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SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN Gyllenhaal's performance as an ex-con mom in Sherrybaby rightfully had people talking, so the absence of a commentary track on the DVD is a crime
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Rateds: , Unrated; DVD Release Date: Jan 23, 2007; Genre: Drama; With: Maggie Gyllenhaal and Brad William Henke; Distributor: IFC Films

Shame on Screen Media Films for releasing the difficult drama Sherrybaby sans extras. Maggie Gyllenhaal is mighty good as the titular ex-con trying to reconnect with her young daughter. Sherry is at once sympathetic and utterly maddening — needing the world to bend to her, collapsing in selfish despair when it won't — but never rote. Rarely are characters like open wounds you want to bandage and rub salt in. So where is writer-director Laurie Collyer's commentary discussing Sherry's creation? Or the making-of with Gyllenhaal walking us through this career high? C


Posted Jan 24, 2007
 

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