Well this was an impromptus decision to watch this one but boy, it certainly opened my eyes. The movie is all about Judy Garland when she is in her 40's. We all known Judy as the sweet Dorothy from the Wizard Of Oz. Someone who got whisked off by a tornado. Well metaphorically speaking, that tornado was already whirling Judy around before she got that part. We see small snippets during the movie of young Judy (played by Darci Shaw), and the struggles that are put upon her while shooting the movie we all know and love. The control and torture that was bestowed onto her of not eating and drugs to take away the need to eat. She was encouraged as a child to lose weight, as "she isn't the prettiest, not got nice teeth and her nose was too big at the bridge", but she had the "voice". In the movie, we see Judy's childhood tortures on the face and in the persona of the adult Judy (played by Renee Zellweger). We see that she has been drained of her money and what we all perceived to be the Hollywood lifestyle of a childhood actress. She is given the lifeline of shows in London, which she has to take so she could be the mother she wants to be to her 2 youngest children. The story is heartbreaking to see, but Renee Zellweger plays the part absolutely amazingly. I was surprised how well she was able to copy the traits of singing in the way Judy did. I also think that Jessie Buckley played a very good part as the London show's assistant Rosalyn Wilder. I can definitely see why Renee Zellweger not only won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, but also the Oscar for Best Leading Actress for this performance.
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