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DVD : SherrybabyIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Michelle Hurst, Sandra RodrÃguez directed by: Laurie Collyer  List Price: $27.98 Amazon.com's Price: $19.99 You Save: $7.99 (29%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Universal EAN: 0025193343628 Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: IFC Films Manufacturer: IFC Films Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: IFC Films Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 23, 2007 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: IFC Films Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 13489 MPN: MCAD33436D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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: R Amazon.com: A 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - So, so. Plot was never established...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 ... Read More Rating:  - Great movie that is both gritty and realisticThis film is all too real. How many of us have know someone like Sherry at some time in our lives? There are many Sherrys walking around in the world. I feel like this film has been vastly underrated. It's funny...I read some reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website and one male movie critic even referred to Sherry's character as a skank. I'd agree that Sherry had acquired some bad habits that proved hard to shake, and that she uses sex to get what she wants -but I wouldn't call her a skank. Sherry ... Read More Rating:  - a satisfying taleSherry is a troubled woman who just got out of prison for drug related charges. While she was incarcerated, her brother and his wife help take care of her young daughter and are more or less like parents to her. The story focuses on Sherry changing her life so that she can be a mother to her daughter. Later in the film we see that Sherry is far from recovered... she relapses and she continues to make bad decisions. It seemed a little cruel with how Sherry's brother and his wife told ... Read More Rating: - Satisfying, but in a "let's discuss" kind of wayThe intelligent, engaging "Sherrybaby" probably reveals more about the people who watch it than it ultimately does about its own characters. As seen in many of these reviews, some viewers will empathize with Sherry, feeling bad that her kid is essentially being taken from her by her brother and his wife. Others will recognize and appreciate the sacrifice Sherry's brother and his wife are doing in raising a little girl who'd otherwise be subject to an unstable mother. I related to both ... Read More Rating: - Excellent and understated movie with a powerful messageThis was a fascinating movie, with a first-rate performance by actress Maggie Gyllenhaal as an ex-con on parole, a woman trying to pick up the pieces of her life, including a daughter who has been raised in her absence by her brother and sister-in-law. The beauty of this movie is in the subtle and greatly understated moments. One scene in particular - during the reunion between Sherry and her father, has little dialogue, but watch the way she tries to get his attention; it's sad and disturbing. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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