For the most part, Sherrybaby is [Maggie] Gyllenhaal's show, but that doesn't mean the other actors fail to register. As usual, [Giancarlo] Esposito is great and the rugged [Danny] Trejo...proves a sympathetic co-star.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 21, 2024

Gyllenhaal shines in gritty, haunting drug drama.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2010

Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance is wonderful, diving into this character that has barely anything worth sympathizing with...

| Apr 29, 2009

"Sherrybaby" is an insightful and penetrating drama that never condescends or sentimentalizes its subject. Maggie Gyllenhaal gives a tour de force performance that is not to be missed.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 19, 2009

...generally manages to overcome its almost egregiously familiar sensibilities to become an entertaining (yet hopelessly uneven) piece of work.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 6, 2009

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 2, 2008

You'd swear Maggie Gyllenhaal grew up on the streets after seeing her in this gritty indie about a recovering heroin addict trying to go straight.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 26, 2008

Maggie Gyllenhaal is an actress you simply cannot take your eyes off of.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 28, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 27, 2007

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 26, 2007

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| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2007

Just as she did in the dark, sadomasochistic comedy "Secretary," Gyllenhaal raises her share of eyebrows here, though for a whole host of different reasons.

| Original Score: B+ | May 1, 2007

A raw, startlingly honest central performance from Gyllenhaal.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 19, 2007

Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the part with raw conviction and she is ably supported by a well-chosen cast.

| Mar 1, 2007

A bittersweet tale of human failings and redemption which ought to establish Gyllenhaal as one of the best actresses around.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 6, 2007

The film itself is a collection of emotional highs and mostly lows for Gyllenhaal, who elevates it all far above the slim story.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jan 26, 2007

It's the movie for you if you liked the pessimistic street view of Half Nelson.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 26, 2007

Watching Maggie Gyllenhaal's bare body and battered soul in Laurie Collyer's quietly extraordinary Sherrybaby, you almost get a sense that the actress knows the load that was her star-making turn in Secretary ...

| Jan 18, 2007

Like Vera Farmiga in DOWN TO THE BONE, Gyllenhaal creates a full-bodied portrait of a woman struggling with addictions. And like Felicity Huffman in TRANSAMERICA, Gyllenhaal elevates a flawed motion picture to a higher level.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 11, 2007

Gyllenhaal couldn't be better in service of a film that seems to focus on the wrong character; the more interesting point of view would be Bobby's, a gallant, unglamorous guy who's trying to hold his family together in the midst of Hurricane Sherry.

Full Review | Original Score: 87/100 | Jan 1, 2007