Very good movie, excellent performances by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Brad William Henke (he is the actor who played a lovely gay teacher in Must Love Dogs).
In Sherrybaby, Maggie plays a drug addict fresh out of prison who wants to reconnect with her daughter. While she was in prison, the daughter stayed with Maggie's brother, played by Brad Henke, and his wife, played by Bridget Barkan.
Our gay content comes in a scene in which the sister-in-law asks whether Maggie did it with a girl in prison, to which Maggie replies: no. The conversation and the tone of the response were pretty neutral, non-judgmental.
Sherrybaby is just out on DVD and you should see it, Maggie's performance got her a nomination for a Golden Globe (she lost to Helen Mirren, though).
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