Sherrybaby (2006)

Sherrybaby: Directed by Laurie Collyer. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelle Hurst, Sandra Rodríguez, Anna Simpson. Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.

“There is one reason and one reason alone to see u0026#39;Sherrybabyu0026#39;, and that is for Maggie Gyllenhaal tour-de-force performance. Gyllenhaal gives her best performance to date as Sherry, a heroin addict/thief on parole who struggles to stay clean and re-kindle a relationship with her estranged five-year-old daughter. Everything else in the movie is mediocre at best. The other actors are good, but none of them have roles with enough substance for special merits. u0026#39;Sherrybabyu0026#39; is not an easy movie to watch, itu0026#39;s painfully realistic and I felt incredibly embarrassed by Gyllenhaalu0026#39;s Sherry through-out the entire film. Itu0026#39;s also somewhat predictable. Long story short, u0026#39;Sherrybabyu0026#39; would be nothing without Gyllenhaalu0026#39;s groundbreaking and tear-jerking performance. Grade: B”