Maggie Gyllenhaal is absolutely amazing as Sherry, a woman trying to reconnect with her young daughter after just being released from jail after doing a two year stint on drug charges. Gyllenhaal does an excellent job in portraying Sherry as a very faulted character, but one who doesn’t necessarily garner pity from the viewer. Perhaps a little sympathy and a little empathy. Sherrybaby is not bittersweet, it’s sad, it’s moving. It doesn’t leave you with hope or despair, yet it’s satisfying. It’s like a glimpse from a window of the life of a woman who fucked up, keeps fucking up, but really wants and needs to change. If you can’t relate on some level, you’re in denial! Rent it!