'Judy' is a Garland biopic focusing on the last few years of the performers life, but with counterpoint flashback to the young ingénues work horse days at MGM, and if ever a person could be said to have been abused by a studio it's Judy Garland. The flashback's provide an important context for why Judy became the wreck she became, and also how despite her ambivalence about her fame and performing she could never quite give it up.
It's an excellent lead performance by Renée Zellweger, who all but disappears into the role, she even does her own singing. The periphery of the film is all very standard fair though and unexceptional, except perhaps endearing supporting turns by Jessie Buckley, the actress who plays the young Judy, and the two gay Londoners she befriends on tour. ***.
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