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Cherry 2000

Name: Cherry 2000
Director: Steve De Jarnatt
Released: 1987
Duration: 99 min

Representation Score

5.7/10

Fair

1987

PG-13

Director

Steve De Jarnatt

Runtime

99 minutes

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New Showbiz Analysis

Cherry 2000 is a genre piece that uses a post-apocalyptic setting to explore human desires and technological artifice. While the demographic profile remains traditional, the film offers a sophisticated critique of consumerism and the commodification of companionship. The narrative challenges gendered expectations by introducing an independent female character who contrasts with the protagonist’s search for a perfect, controllable machine. This creates a meaningful tension between programmed perfection and unpredictable organic identity. However, the film lacks diverse ethnic representation and non-straight-centered perspectives, adhering to the homogeneous casting trends of its time.

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Category Breakdown

Does Cherry 2000 have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or stories that go beyond the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender. The central romance revolves around a specific female archetype that fits traditional heterosexual norms.

How does Cherry 2000 portray gender?

Fair

The story challenges the idea of women being passive by contrasting an artificial android with the independent character E. Johnson. This character questions the protagonist’s dependence on domestic roles and programmed obedience.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Cherry 2000?

Limited

The casting is mostly limited to white actors, with a lack of diverse ethnic representation in the main characters. There is no multi-layered portrayal of different racial backgrounds within the primary character arcs.

How does Cherry 2000 represent religion and culture?

Good

The film criticizes consumerism by presenting companionship as a manufactured product. The lawless 'Zone' highlights the breakdown of traditional Western societal structures.

Does Cherry 2000 include disability representation?

Limited

The post-apocalyptic setting examines physical vulnerability and survival in a resource-scarce environment. However, these elements are used as genre clichés rather than intentional portrayals of disability.

Present on Screen

Challenges the idea of women being passive by introducing a capable, independent female character.
Provides a sophisticated critique of consumerism and the commodification of companionship.
Explores the tension between manufactured perfection and unpredictable organic identity.

Limited or Absent

Lacks visible racial diversity or characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity within the main cast.
Does not include explicit LGBTQ+ characters or non-straight-centered narratives.
Does not provide intentional or agentic portrayals of neurodivergence or physical disability.

Official Synopsis

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

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