SherryBaby (IFC Films, R)
Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is fucked up. She just finished a three year prison sentence and hasn't seen her young daughter in as much time. Sherry's also battling a serious drug addiction and a dependence on sex that could undo her attempts at total rehabilitation.
SherryBaby is a hard film to watch. We see her take one step forward and then half a dozen steps back into the pit she's trying to claw her way out of. I've known people like this; ones who make you wonder how they could have gone so wrong so early in their lives. In Sherry's case, though, one moment at her daughter's birthday party makes everything crystalline. And to heart-breaking effect.
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