Renee Zellweger is triumphant as the great Judy Garland and elevates a standard-issue biopic.
To portray Judy Garland onscreen, Renée Zellweger meticulously studied live recordings and archival footage of the Hollywood icon.
While his film sense is acceptable, because “Judy” is based on “End of the Rainbow,” a play by Peter Quilter, it is not unexpected that the production has a stagey, standard-issue feeling to it. We first meet the adult singer in Los Angeles, trying to check into the hotel where she lives with children Lorna and Joey but getting turned away because her payments have fallen too far behind.
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