Judy

Renée Zellweger gives her all — and then some — in a portrait of the showbiz icon's final year that rightly prioritizes raw feeling over slavish verisimilitude.

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Renee Zellweger goes over the rainbow in Judy Garland biopic Judy

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Renée Zellweger delivers gut-wrenching portrayal of Garland

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Renée Zellweger zings in a Judy Garland biopic that clangs

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The result is a relatively straightforward slice-of-life biopic, bogged down with flashbacks and backstage histrionics, that nonetheless offers an utterly transfixing glimpse at the art of screen performance writ gloriously, glamorously large.

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Zellweger’s film — and it is hers — creates an intimate illusion that feels authentic, witty and affecting.

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Renée Zellweger Captures Judy Garland's Dazzling Essence in Judy

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Renee Zellweger portrays Judy Garland near the end of her life in Rupert Goold's big-screen adaptation of a play by Peter Quilter.

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Renée Zellweger shines as a late-career Judy Garland in Rupert Goold’s film.

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This drama on Judy Garland’s final comeback falls into some standard biopic traps — but Renée Zellweger still gives the performance of the year

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Zellweger’s singing here passes through to the other side. Suddenly, Zellweger herself seems to pass over to the other side of the character, to come out from behind the curtain and reveal that the cabaret performer and singer in question isn’t Judy Garland but Renée Zellweger, and has been all along. She leaves the movie behind, where it belongs, and heads off on her own, by herself.

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'Judy' only sings with Renee Zellweger's remarkable Judy Garland

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1968. With her ex-husband Sid Luft (Rufus Sewell) demanding custody of her children and struggling to pay a $4 million tax bill, fragile Hollywood legend Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) takes up a sold-out residency at London’s Talk Of The Town nightclub. Can she keep it together so the show can go on?

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A dreamlike portrait of Garland on the rocks – but is it too prurient for comfort?

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Zellweger rises to the challenge superbly in a standard-issue heartwarmer, premiering in Telluride, that sugarcoats the sadness

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Zellweger gives a fearless performance in this movie. She captures the essence of Garland with such immersive nuance that the line between the actor and the role doesn’t only disappear, it’s as if it never existed.

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For many people, Judy Garland’s story is the story of Hollywood: a natural talent who grew up in front of the movie camera, the pressures of fame that consumed her and the tragedy she eventually met.

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Renée Zellweger can reach all the notes and hit all the marks, but Garland’s intense emoting eludes her.

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Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland near the end of her life, when she grasped onto one more comeback and one last chance.

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