SherryBaby Page #2

Synopsis: Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Laurie Collyer
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
66
R
Year:
2006
96 min
308 Views


Look at the little mermaid.

Don't go too far.

Come back here.

Get over here.

Munchkin.

Hey, girls.

Hey, hon.

Lynnie.

Hi, Sherry.

Welcome home.

Hi.

You're here,

wow.

Not going to hug you--

I'm wet.

You remember Sherry,

Lexi?

Mommy?

Hi.

I'm going

to clean the pool.

It's dirty.

Hey, baby.

Oh, you want

to hug me?

Yeah?

Oh, baby.

Oh, baby.

Oh, Lexi,

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry, baby.

I missed you

so much.

Where were you?

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy.

Damn, girl,

you got heavy.

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy.

Mommy, Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy, Mommy.

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy.

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy.

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy.

Mommy, Mommy,

Mommy, Mommy.

Don't jump on the couch,

sweetie.

Sit down, baby.

Let me put on

your robe.

Arm.

You want to see

your presents, baby?

What are you doing,

silly goose?

Okay, look at this one.

Look at that.

I picked that

for you.

Eeee.

I like that.

I think that's cute.

Okay, look at that.

I already got

that stuff.

You do?

Okay, whatever.

A Barbie.

Yeah, you like Barbie?

She's so pretty.

You do?

Oh, can I kiss her too?

smooch!

Okay, now this present

is the most special one,

that's behind

my back.

This one is from

my best friend.

She made it.

She made it all

by herself for you.

Red, red, red.

Ohh.

I like it.

You like it?

Uh-huh.

You do?

Uh-huh.

Oh, I love you,

Lexi.

You want Mommy to tell you

the story now

of what happened

to me?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah?

Look, honey,

come here.

I want to tell you

the truth, okay?

Okay?

And sometimes

it's not easy

to tell the truth;

you know what I mean?

Mm-hmm.

I did a bad thing,

and they sent me to jail.

Do you know

what that is?

What bad thing?

I stole from people

to get money for drugs.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, baby,

come here.

Oh, honey, I missed you

so, so, so, so much.

I used to talk to you.

Did you hear me?

Mm-mm.

No?

Lord, please, please, please,

please, please

hear my extra prayer tonight.

y weaknesses

and my mistakes.

Give me the strength

to take life one day at a time

and take care

of my daughter again, amen.

Three years in Clinton, huh?

Well, there's the Del Monte

plant in Irvington,

just started hiring

new people.

Actually, I would like

to work with kids.

Kids?

Yes, I graduated the Parenting

From the Inside program,

and I worked 13 months

in the family trailers

and 6 in the children's center.

So I'd like to work

in a Head Start

or a day care

or something like that.

Uh-huh.

Also, I have a child.

Swanson, you're a young,

pretty girl.

If you don't want to work

in the factory,

you know, maybe you could

wait tables, cocktail--

oh, no, no, no, no,

not--not with...

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Laurie Collyer

Laurie Collyer (born 1967) is an American film director. Born in Summit, New Jersey, she grew up in Mountainside, New Jersey and attended Oberlin College. After working at a series of odd jobs, she went to film school at New York University. She is best known for writing and directing Sherrybaby, for which actress Maggie Gyllenhaal received a Golden Globe nomination. She also directed the film Nuyorican Dream in 1999. She is in development to direct a film based on the story of Julia Butterfly Hill and Luna which is to star Rachel Weisz. She has also written the screenplay of an upcoming adaptation of Sara Zarr's novel Story of a Girl. In 2013 she directed, Sunlight Jr., starring Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon. In 2015, she directed The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe which stars Kelli Garner, Susan Sarandon, Emily Watson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Eva Amurri Martino. In 2018, she directed a comedy-drama Furlough, starring Tessa Thompson, Melissa Leo and Whoopi Goldberg. more…

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