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Judy

2019

Rupert Goold

Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock ...

6.1

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Drama Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform a five-week sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown. As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Zellweger’s transformation is quite astonishing (...) [Goold] delivers a film which never transcends (...) But it is always, unlike the notoriously frail and unpredictable singer/actress, solid, reliable, and competent."
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Goold and resurgent star Renée Zellweger have pulled off something unusual and affecting in 'Judy': a biographical portrait in which performer and subject meet halfway, illuminating something of each other in the process."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	Zellweger gives us a heartfelt, studied portrayal of Garland (...) But this is really a standard-issue biopic heartwarmer about a Hollywood star in decline (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Stephen Farber The Hollywood Reporter	"Judy is three-quarters of a good movie that would have been even better if it trusted the urgency of the last act of Garland’s life — and the brilliance of Zellweger’s performance"
		Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Renée Zellweger’s passionate and vulnerable incarnation of Judy Garland energizes this empathetic, nuanced, yet patchy drama"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"There's never a feeling that Zellweger's "doing" Judy; she's being Judy"
		Ian Freer Empire	"Despite an imposing performance by Renée Zellweger, 'Judy' never exposes the dark heart of Garland’s last years, creating an enjoyable backstage drama movie while failing to get under its protagonist’s skin (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Sasha Stone The Wrap	"[It] contains what is easily the best performance of Zellweger’s career (...) It is not just the best thing she’s ever done but a tender, memorable realization of a star"
		Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Renée Zellweger puts on a show as a waning Judy Garland in a redemption story that runs clean out of juice. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"Sketchy it may be, but the film finds dreamy consolation in the final curtain (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"[Zellweger] delivers the perfect kind of biopic performance (...) It’s the performance of a lifetime (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"Overall, 'Judy' is simply marvellous and as good as last year’s 'A Star is Born' (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Chris Wasser Irish Independent	"[It] isn’t nearly as good, or as insightful, as it might have been, and you come away with more questions than you had going in. Zellweger is the best she’s ever been (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		John Byrne RTÉ	"Zellweger adds punch to Judy biopic (...) Unfortunately, her performance only highlights the flaws in this film. She's easily the best thing about it (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"Renée Zellweger is unconvincing (...) 'Judy' never feels like anything more than a classy teatime TV movie (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Liam De Brún Film Ireland	"What makes 'Judy' riveting is the decision not to stray away from the actor’s struggles (...) 'Judy' more than does justice to the legacy of Judy Garland"

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