Re: What Movies Have You Watched Recently?
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Sherrybaby
Based on Barcalounger’s recommendation, I just saw Sherrybaby today. Wow, great performance by Maggie Gyllenhaal! I really loved the casting of this film. All the actors were so believable they could have stepped out of real life. Very nice direction here. Kind of like watching a documentary.
It follows a troubled young woman after she is released from prison and trying to re-establish a relationship with her little girl who is being cared for by her brother and sister-in-law. Our hero, Sherry, is clearly in trouble. Man is she awkward. That scene at the dinner table where she wants to sing, holy [censored]. And I thought I was messed up!
At times this movie is so uncomfortable it makes you squirm. There’s even one real Whoa, wtf? moment that happens pretty quickly where it leaves you sick to your stomach. Not exactly a feel good movie at all but definitely an awesome and heart-wrenching performance by Maggie G. Hope she won an award for it because she knocked it out of the park.
I have to agree with Barcalounger's comment that the film didn't need the weird plot point as an excuse for Sherry's behavior. It wasn't necessary.
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