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Renee can get the dress size to suit! - Judy review by NC

Amazing slim down by Renee. Looks a lot like the diva as well, but never really get into empathy with the failing Judy. Most of the pouty thing is basic Renee.......expect Hugh Grant to appear at any moment!

Hollywood has a thing about doing the dress and body change thing to get recognised/oscarable film. Bale as Chaney in Vice..........weight the other way, very clever, but, unless a US politics follower, a bit boring.....except for Rockwell stealing it as Bush............

Sympathetic portrayal imaginatively presented - Judy review by CP Customer

Yes I liked this film, and would recommend it, the costumes and sets were very evocative, all the actors well cast.

It portrayed the particular problems for female solo artists and the wrenchingly unfair choices that had to be made.

The singing was great, though I would have liked more - maybe that's the point - to encourage us to listen to her music.

Renee Z outstanding - Judy review by CSF

I loved the film. I was disappointed that it was just a side of Judy's life, I would have liked more. The film is realistic, emotional, intriguing. It makes you wish you would talk for Judy because she was often wrong but was it her fault? Well filmed, well directed, everything was perfect.

No wonder Renee Zellweger won the academy award! - Judy review by CW

I think Renee Zellweger nailed the role. She achieved the look, the voice and the way Judy Garland moved her body, turned her head, used her arms. I was amazed and delighted to learn that Renee Zellweger did her own singing. She transformed her body for the role (thin to the point of gaunt) as she has for other roles. I was in NYC when Judy Garland died and it felt as if the entire city was mourning. I thought the movie was very well done. Wouldn’t change a thing. 

Not quite Wizard - Judy review by SW

Why didn't this film excite or move me as much as i expected it too? The components are all there - an excellent central performance and a very sad story but something was for me missing. I think compared to other bio films Judy never really got into the skin of its central character. It never really explains why and how she became such an emotional mess - yes we see her being forced to take drugs but we never see what drove her to be like the messed up figure she became.

The minor characters in the film are sketchy - there are a couple of gay fans, a new husband and an personal organiser but they don't do much or illuminate Judy's character.

Its not a bad film - it couldn't be - but I expected more.

Curates Egg of a Film - Judy review by CP Customer

Very Good in parts, but at other times stretching it to fill the film out.  Cast very good with a tour de force performance from Renee Zellweger, wonderfully support by Jessie Buckley in particular!  

A great movie - Judy review by IM

This was an interesting movie , first class acting and singing by Renée Zellweger, the Oscar was well deserved. Direction and editing were superb and the story was well told with a steady pace that kept us involved. It is worth mentioning that the sound track was also as good as it gets. It is one of the best films of it's genre.