
Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.... (Full plot summary below)
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Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.
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| Film Journal InternationalEric MonderMaggie Gyllenhaal plays the part with raw conviction and she is ably supported by a well-chosen cast. |
| Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMaggie Gyllenhaal is such a miracle of an actress that she makes you respond to the innocence of Sherry's desperate, selfish destruction. |
| Associated PressDavid Germain... Sherrybaby is not so much a film as a performance, and it's a great one from Gyllenhaal. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenFeatures Maggie Gyllenhaal's stunning performance. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerIn Gyllenhaal's all-out performance, it reminded me most of Judy Davis in "High Tide," another movie directed by a woman (Gillian Armstrong) about a misfit mother and her daughter. It has the same fierce honesty. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerGyllenhaal presents us with an indelible character study that will be seared into our minds for a long time to come. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA raw, startlingly honest central performance from Gyllenhaal. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussSherrybaby is Gyllenhaal's show ... and the gifted actress puts everything she's got into it. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance is wonderful, diving into this character that has barely anything worth sympathizing with... |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerWhat do you need to recognize a captivating screen presence that can carry a movie, an Oscar nomination? You might just get it here. |