Cherries & Clover

cherries and clover taylor marie milton jack vaughn

Teen Romantic Comedy

Cherries & Clover is a 2011 independent Canadian coming-of-age movie starring Taylor Marie Milton and Spencer Jenkins about two childhood friends who are reunited in high school and strike up a romance. It was the first full-length movie ever made exclusively by teenagers and was shot for less than $10k — often under illegal conditions — so the production was a complete circus and really fun adventure. Unfortunately, due to a distribution conflict, the completed film is not currently available but you can still watch the trailer, Making Of Featurette and selected scenes below.

Taylor Marie Milton as

Cherries

The Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Spencer Jenkins as

Clover

The Introverted Musician

Brenna Santacroce as

Violet

The Psychic Bohemian

Owen Macri as

Barry

The Grumpy Pessimist

Molly Cera as

Amber

The Annoying Optimist

Jessica Devnani as

Clementine

The Artsy Weirdo

Matthew Russo as

Young Clover

The Shy Boy

Riley Bertoia as

Young Cherries

The Childhood Friend

John A. Petitti as

Mr. Whitman

The Wise Teacher

Cherries & Clover - Making Of Featurette

The cast talks about "one of the most fun summers" they ever had.

Cherries & Clover (2011)

Sparks fly when two childhood friends are reunited in high school.

Spencer Jenkins, Taylor Marie Milton, Brenna Santacroce, Molly Cera, Owen Macri, Jessica Devnani, John A. Petitti, Matthew Russo, Riley Bertoia. Writer-Director: Jack Vaughn.

Cherries & Clover - Balance

Cherries flirts with Clover while balancing on a deck railing.

Cherries & Clover - Childhood

The opening credits show Cherries and Clover as kids. It wasn't until a few years after writing and shooting it, that I realized the same thing happened to me when I was their age.