Comments on: In Such a Rough Place http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/12/20/sherrybaby/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:44:44 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/12/20/sherrybaby/comment-page-1/#comment-7687 Joe Valdez Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:13:29 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=5779#comment-7687 <strong>Jim</strong>: Thanks for commenting. <em>SherryBaby</em> offers a great lesson for screenwriters, I think, on how to avoid schmaltz in your domestic drama. This is a very R-rated film in which Sherry is put in a rough place and forced to earn everything. There are no easy reconciliations or tidy resolutions at the 90 minute mark. That and Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance are what makes <em>SherryBaby</em> a very good film. <strong>Mark</strong>: Collyer indicated that she wrote a first draft of <em>SherryBaby</em> in 1994, but even if she wrote it after she watched <em>Clean</em>, I think filmmakers can and should steal from every movie ever made. Thanks for visiting and for commenting! Jim: Thanks for commenting. SherryBaby offers a great lesson for screenwriters, I think, on how to avoid schmaltz in your domestic drama. This is a very R-rated film in which Sherry is put in a rough place and forced to earn everything. There are no easy reconciliations or tidy resolutions at the 90 minute mark. That and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s performance are what makes SherryBaby a very good film.

Mark: Collyer indicated that she wrote a first draft of SherryBaby in 1994, but even if she wrote it after she watched Clean, I think filmmakers can and should steal from every movie ever made. Thanks for visiting and for commenting!

]]> By: Mark Langston http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/12/20/sherrybaby/comment-page-1/#comment-7685 Mark Langston Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:05:18 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=5779#comment-7685 Any thought that Colyer lifted this from "Clean", directed by Assayas and released two years earlier? Near-identical plotline starring the other Maggie: Maggie Cheung. Any thought that Colyer lifted this from “Clean”, directed by Assayas and released two years earlier? Near-identical plotline starring the other Maggie: Maggie Cheung.

]]> By: moviezzz http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/12/20/sherrybaby/comment-page-1/#comment-7672 moviezzz Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:09:50 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=5779#comment-7672 This is one of those I rented just because I thought I had to see it, not because I wanted to. Yet Gyllenhaal is so good, it made me a fan. A very good film. This is one of those I rented just because I thought I had to see it, not because I wanted to. Yet Gyllenhaal is so good, it made me a fan.

A very good film.

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