As someone who has been personally affected by drug addiction and alcoholism, SherryBaby, about a parolee looking to clean up her life to take care of her young daughter, really hit home for me. It features a selfless, courageous performance from Gyllenhaal that easily should have earned her an Academy Award nomination, and probably a win.
2006 was a crowded year for actresses, but there is one nominee I feel should have been out to make room for Maggie. The fact that Meryl Streep got a Best Actress nod for a supporting role in a mediocre chick flick over Gyllenhaal's astounding work here is beyond criminal.
This Meryl-mania has got to stop, simply for the reason that other actresses who turn in wonderful performances are being overlooked year after year in favor of lighter-than-air roles that Streep could play in her sleep. A bitch fashionista is not a character that Meryl had to work hard to play. I'm sure she meets them everyday in Hollywood.
Gyllenhaal, on the other hand, turned in a mesmerizing performance that deserved far more recognition than it got. Her desperate, terrifyingly accurate turn as Sherry is one that will be seared into my mind for a long time.
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