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Sherrybaby Reviews

2006

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Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to re-establish 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. Read more

Starring	Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Sam Bottoms, Kate Burton
Director	Laurie Collyer
Genres	Drama

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- Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a mother who returns home after serving a prison sentence, and tries to reconnect with her young daughter. read more »
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  Sherrybaby
  
  When I saw Richard Kelly’s excellent Donnie Darko I was, like most people, taken with the storytelling and the performance of Jake Gyllenhaal but a little ... read more »
  
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  - Tonbridge
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 11:09
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- - 0
  - 0
  difficult but deserving of your time
  
  A film that i've been meaning to see for some time but only just watched it. I now know why i resisted as although i thought it was well worth watching it ... read more »
  
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- - denbyc
  - 3 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 09 Jan 2012 at 10:51
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  Not for me
  
  Quite boring! Just found it uneventful.
  
  This film contains scenes which should not be viewd by under 18's.
  
  This should be an 18 film.
  
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- - a customer
  - 21 Dec 2011 at 10:56
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  - 3
  its good
  
  its good movie, i like it fun to watch, its good movie, it has good actions. The story is good.
  
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  - 23 Nov 2011 at 14:28
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  - 0
  Strong stuff
  
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  Only really entertaining in the acting performance that Magiie Gyllenhall delivers. This is a film requiring a fairly strong stomach to watch with the crux of ... read more »
  
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  - 03 Jul 2011 at 12:16
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  Waste of time !!
  
  Really struggled to feel anything for the main character. In fact i felt quite annoyed by her and by the whole film. I did watch it to the end (which was a feat... read more »
  
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- - Beckyc2812
  - 7 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 28 Jun 2011 at 21:04
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  - 1
  Don't waste your time watching this film.
  
  The worst film I have ever seen. Utterly awful, don't even bother with this one.
  
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  - Wales
  - 30 Mar 2011 at 09:46
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  A poor show
  
  Woman leaves prison after three years, wearing skimpy miniskirt and fabulous tan. At that point any thinking person would press 'eject'. I can't ... read more »
  
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- - Oozoid
  - 21 reviews
  - Ayr
  - 16 Jan 2011 at 09:14
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  - 0
  Watchable
  
  Felt like watching a movie from 1980s, good acting and average story. Maggie Gyllenhaal is sexy no doubt about it.
  
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- - carlisle doc
  - Carlisle
  - 31 Dec 2010 at 08:51
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  Sherry Baby
  
  Enjoyed this movie. An excellent portrayal of life outside prison after the nightmare of drug addiction. Maggie Gylenhal was brilliant and the film kept me ... read more »
  
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  - Bracknell
  - 05 Dec 2010 at 13:50
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  Jury Out
  
  Found this film tougher to watch than others. Shows the effect of someone coming back into the lives of family after drugs and prison, who has also suffered ... read more »
  
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- - Blondini
  - Gatwick
  - 07 Oct 2010 at 20:50
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  Sherrybaby
  
  When I saw Richard Kelly’s excellent Donnie Darko I was, like most people, taken with the storytelling and the performance of Jake Gyllenhaal but a little ... read more »
  
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  - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 09 Sep 2007 at 11:09
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  sherrybaby
  
  I HATED THIS FILM its was rubbish full of bad acting and a rubbish plot'!!!!!!!!
  
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- - chez
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  - Bedfordshire
  - 29 Jan 2008 at 14:56
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  - 3
  Plausible tale of rehab, worth a watch.
  
  A reasonably samey sort of movie, you will not be blown away with the originality, but it is an entirely plausibly real look at an ex con drug dependant young ... read more »
  
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- - PaulaWestwood
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  - 17 Oct 2007 at 12:39
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  depressing,degrading amd dehumanising
  
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  This is a hard film both to watch and to tolerate.Drugs, sex, drinking ,more sex and the suggestion of parental abuse make this hard going and hard watching ... read more »
  
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- - harrison
  - 4 reviews
  - Dumfries
  - 07 Jan 2008 at 13:27
- - 8
  - 0
  Thought provoking and often excruxiating
  
  Maggie Gyllenhaal makes playing this character look easy, but I doubt very much that it was at all. Aside the fact that she's obviously a very sexy woman, ... read more »
  
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- - Nihility
  - 30 reviews
  - Outer Space
  - 13 Feb 2008 at 01:54
- - 8
  - 1
  Sherrybaby
  
  Would not recommend. I found this film very slow and boring and was waiting for that 'something to happen' but it didn't. I wish I hadn't ... read more »
  
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  - Blackwood
  - 27 Mar 2008 at 12:11
- - 7
  - 0
  Sherrybaby
  
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  Not my type of film, same old sex and sleeze. It seems to me that they only make films with explicit sex or extreme violence for the film goers today. When can ... read more »
  
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- - flint
  - 9 reviews
  - Nuneaton
  - 01 Feb 2008 at 11:34
- - 7
  - 1
  sherrybaby - disappointing
  
  I was really looking forward to seeing Sherrybaby as I've seen Maggie Gyllenhaal in other films and think she is really good. I have to say I was really ... read more »
  
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- - Carolyn
  - 1 review
  - Glasgow
  - 08 Jan 2008 at 09:58
- - 6
  - 0
  Don't rent!!
  
  A very slow film which involves a lot of scenes purely for Maggie's boobs which is a little unecessary at times. There are parts in the film that are never ... read more »
  
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- - NicC
  - 36 reviews
  - Berkshire
  - 19 Mar 2008 at 08:32
- - 6
  - 1
  really bad film
  
  not a good story, not good acting....
  
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  - england
  - 27 Feb 2008 at 08:52

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