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When Sherry is released from three years in prison following a conviction for drug related robbery, she trys to put her life back in order, starting with her 8 year old daughter Alexis. Immeadiately from the start we see that she is willing to do pretty much anything to get herself back together. Over the course of the film however, she finds the pressures of leaving jail and adjusting to the real world escalating, and she slowly spirals into drink and worse struggling to comprehend whats happening around her and what she can do, and has to do, to make it right.
Although there is a tendency for the story to meander and focus on the limited underlying plot from different angles, the movie is very watchable. With some excellant performances particularly Maggie Gyllenhaal who is in almost every single scene (and this is very much her movie, and I'd be suprised if she didn't get a Oscar nomination for it), the film doesn't shy away from some difficult content, and deals with it honestly, even if that means making it uncomfortable.
10 Jul 2007 22:45 | (0) comments | Movies
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