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Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Danny Trejo, Giancarlo Esposito, Brad William Henke, Bridget Barkan, Ryan Simpkin, Sam Bottoms
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about SherryBaby |
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Sherry Swanson (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is fresh out of prison, having served three years for a robbery to feed a heroin addiction. As part of her parole, Sherry must live in a halfway house, secure a job and submit to drug tests each time she visits her parole officer (Giancarlo Esposito). More than anything, Sherry is eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter Alexis (Ryan Simpkins), who's been living with Sherry's brother Bobby (Brad William Henke) and Bobby's wife Lynette (Bridget Barkan) for the past three years. Sherry's first reunion with Alexis is tearful yet happy, with Sherry heaping presents on her daughter and Alexis giggling and calling Sherry “Mommy”. Sherry is delighted to be back in her daughter's life, but begins to fret when Alexis can never come to the phone anytime Sherry calls the house.
To get an extra edge in getting to know her daughter again, Sherry seduces her way into employment at a daycare center. While she now has her dream job, Sherry is frustrated with the tension-filled and restricted life at the halfway house. She flees the house one night and camps out on her brother's porch. Lynette is not too happy when she finds Sherry in the morning, but Bobby welcomes his sister, stating she can stay only if she keeps her nose clean. She is overjoyed to be with Alexis, but is dismayed that the little girl is now addressing her as “Sherry”. Sherry is envious by the close relationship that Lynette and Alexis share. Tempers and jealousies soon flare and Bobby drives Sherry to a motel, claiming that the house is too crowded for all of them to live comfortably. Heartbroken and angry, Sherry reaches out to tough looking but kindhearted Dean Walker (Danny Trejo), a man she recently met at a twelve-step meeting.
--Tara Dugan, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of SherryBaby |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- custody battle
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
- emotionally unstable
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing nude male butt
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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