SherryBaby

(2007)

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Being an American indie film, Sherrybaby has a minimum of plot, but it's a sharply observed and uncompromising character study: the world may make things difficult for someone who wants to go straight, but the resentful, short-tempered and attention-seeking heroine... ... Full Article

In her most demanding outing since Secretary (2002), Maggie Gyllenhaal is magnificent here as Sherry Swanson, a strung-out single mom who has just been released from prison after a stint behind bars for narcotics possession. ... Full Article

A strong streak of Anglophilia also carried through the nominations. In the best dramatic actress heat, for example, American Maggie Gyllenhaal, who stars as an ex-con trying to re-establish her life in "Sherrybaby," and the Spanish-born Penelope Cruz, playing a ... Full Article

For all the star lung-power (Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kathleen Turner) and state-of-the-art technique, this 3D tooner has a pleasing modesty similar to Sonys last house-based kid-scarer, Zathura. ... Full Article

Sherrybaby: Drama. Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Danny Trejo, Ryan Simpkins and Bridget Barkan. Directed by Laurie Collyer. (R. 96 minutes. At Bay Area theaters Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the title character in "Sherrybaby,'' an ostensibly reformed heroin addict out ... Full Article

Courtesy: Galatta Tuesday, September 12, 2006 Subscribe to Newsletter Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the role of Sherry Swanson in Laurie Colleyr's indie drama Sherrybaby . Sherry Swanson, the 22-year old drug addict has just finished three years of jail, and is ... Full Article

SYNOPSIS : Sometimes life gets in the way of your best intentions.Even if you have everything going for you, an emotional wound from childhood can reemerge as a monster in your adult life and swallow you whole. ... Full Article

Sherrybaby
comingsoon.net2006-09-08
Plot Summary: Three years after entering prison for robbery as a 19-year-old heroin addict, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) begins her first day of freedom, clean and sober. ... Full Article

In "Sherrybaby," which makes its premiere tonight, Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the title character, and just like Julia Roberts in "Erin Brockovich," she sets out on a scantily clad expedition to exceed preconceived notions about herself. But "Sherrybaby" is everything that ... Full Article

Maggie Gyllenhaal roughs it up as an ex-con heroin addict trying-and failing-to live the straight and narrow in Laurie Collyer's gritty film. Strung-out and antsy, she dances the twelve-step two-step, trading sex for favors and drugs, and mistreating the daughter... ... Full Article

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