Sherrybaby
by Laurie Collyer
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Actor: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michelle Hurst, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Sandra Rodr?guezDirector: Laurie Collyer
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Russell Lee Fine
Writer: Laurie Collyer
Editor: Curtiss Clayton
Editor: Joe Landauer
Producer: Jeb Brody
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Screen Media
DVD Reviews of Sherrybaby
DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance (and often nude body) is the only real reason to watch this mediocre film, and even she is unable to elevate the movie above the dozens of similar independent offerings out there: only make time for this one if you're a Gyllenhaalic.
DVD Review: Magnificent Maggie...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is not a film I'd buy for subsequent viewings. Once was enough. So depressing and so unrelenting... And that's what makes it worthy, thanks to the unflinching performance of Maggie Gyllenhaal. Magnificent! There is focus and good direction throughout, and fine supporting characters, but all you can remember is Maggie, thorougly in touch with her most unlikeable character. A stellar study in acting, and a fine achievement in realizing the human condition, as it may apply. DVD Review: Good acting but a depressing movie of the effects of drugs
Summary: 3 Stars
The acting was quite good but all the wonderfully shaped cleavage and close ups of her from behind and bending cheapened her otherwise good performance. My negative feelings result from the hopelessness of her life and the only likeable character being her brother, and that took a while to develope. I was concerned why her patrol officer gave her so many breaks in the beginning that lead to her down fall. Did her father always molest her and did that lead to her inevitable down fall? Her use of her body to get a job, housing and drugs tells of the perpetual downward spiro. This along with her inability to resist re-addition tells the terrible tale all should heed. VERY GOOD movie but not a cheerful one and not even a good cry, just an over all feeling of depression. Its message is simply about the hopelessness of drugs and sex that leads to an attitude and conduct she does not really see, that would continue to drag her down.DVD Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal is sexy and real
Summary: 5 Stars
Easily Maggie Gyllenhaal's best movie to date. If you saw her in Secretary and were fascinated by the twisted sexuality you should definitely see her in Sherrybaby. She has such a natural style and is so immersed in the role you will not believe she is acting but just being herself.
Please read the other reviews if you want the details of the plot.
The purpose of this review is to tell you that this movie is visually rich and features Maggie Gyllenhaal's perfect legs and thin but shapely body and perfectly natural and very enticing breasts in almost every scene. She wears tight fitting tops with no bra, mini skirts, short-shorts and has many nude scenes. Some of the scenes are gritty and dirty while others are passionate and show her soft side.
I got this movie expecting a few shots of her long legs and was pleasantly surprised to find it was full length tribute to her very natural and uninhibited sexuality. Did I tell you she has a beautiful body?? In one scene she even wears a see through thong and nothing is left to the imagination.
Get this movie if you are a Maggie Gyllenhaal fan. If you haven't seen any of her previous work you will be a fan after seeing this movie.
On a scale of 1 to 5 stars:
3.5 stars for the plot
4.0 stars for the acting
6.0 stars for visual presentation!
Enjoy it I did!
DVD Review: So, so. Plot was never established...
Summary: 2 Stars
Plot was never established, so the entire flow of the movie, as the viewer I felt was "in constant waiting" for it to start.
Acting was excellent!
The script and the flow definitely was lacking.
Subject matter is important to address and the movie made good points, but again, certainly lacked in content.
I would have liked to have known it was as sexually graphic as it is.
As the movie was difficult to follow, I am left with many questions...too many. I realize the ending was left with a lot of unknowns which enables the characters to portray reality and truth, but this movie left the viewer with too many unanswered questions to qualify as a good movie or as a movie period.
Description of Sherrybaby
Sherry is a young woman with a history of drug abuse & emotional turmoil. Just out of prison she finds herself struggling against all odds to reconnect with her estranged 5-year-old daughter while trying to readjust to the outside world. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/23/2007 Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal Brad William Henke Run time: 96 minutes Rating: RA disturbing film about a recovering drug addict trying to regain control of her life, Sherrybaby succinctly depicts what can happen when want and desire aren't offset by control. In this bleak indie film, Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stranger Than Fiction, Secretary) has just been released from a three-year stint in prison. Dressed in her inappropriate uniform of a halter top and oh-so-high platform heels, she goes to brother's house to see her 5-year-old daughter, Lexie (Ryan Simpkins). Sherry is determined to be a mother to her child, but without a home, job, or any other form of stability, she grows frustrated and jealous of her brother and sister-in-law's roles in Lexie's life. Tall and willowy, Gyllenhaal brings a sad desperation and simmering sexuality to the role. Sherry's middle-class childhood was a blur of sex and drugs, and she seems incapable of breaking out of that destructive trap. While the script by first-time feature film director Laurie Collyer isn't wholly original, the picture moves at a good pace, giving insight as to why Sherry's resigned to using sex to get what she wants. While the family secret doesn't come as a complete surprise, it is somewhat perplexing that no one addresses it. Ultimately, it's Gyllenhaal who makes you care about a character that most people would've given up on. --Jae-Ha Kim
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