Maggie Gyllenhaal, one of America's most respected young actresses, delivers a magnificent performance in the fantastic Sherrybaby, a humane and moving portrait of a woman trying to reconnect with her child after being released from prison.
Three years after being arrested, Sherry Swanson begins her first day of freedom, clean and sober. A model prisoner who has undergone personal transformation, she immediately sets out to regain custody of her young daughter Alexis, who has been cared for in her absence by her brother and his wife.