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Judy (2019)
Director: Rupert Goold
Writers: Tom Edge (screenplay), Peter Quilter (based on the stageplay)
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Finn Wittrock
Genre: Bio Pic


Renee Zellweger won a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Judy Garland in the 2019 bio pic, Judy.

I sometimes seen Judy Garland while watching this Best Actress nomination but sometimes I seen Bette Midler...weird I know! I guess Renee looked like Judy as much as any actress could. And I'd give the make-up people an Oscar for their efforts. But I'm not sure if I 'seen' Judy in Renee's performance as much as I had wanted to.

I've seen a lot of Judy Garland films that's for sure, but who cares, that doesn't mean I know who the real Judy was. In fact I don't know who she was and either do you...unless of course Liza is reading this. But I do know I've watched a lot of her live interviews in the 1960s and one thing that struck me about her was that she was a very needy person. She'd physical cling to people around her as if she was drowning and they were a life-preserver. It's like she just wanted to be loved and craved affection, not attention, but affection...and I didn't see that aspect of Judy in this film.



What I did see was a nice tribute to Judy and kudos to Renee for singing, she did an excellent job here. But...I asked myself one question before writing this review: What if there had been no Judy Garland and this was a fictional movie about a child star from the 1930s who grew up and had all sorts of problems. And if this was a fictional movie, then my review would strictly be about the entertainment value of this film. And when I think about the quality of the movie, sans the allure of Judy Garland, then the movie itself just wasn't all that great. I never felt like I seen the soul of Judy.