As good an actress as Renee Zellweger can be, I just can’t stop thinking about how little she resembles Judy Garland in any way here. She doesn’t look like her, she doesn’t sound like her, she doesn’t sing like her. Even though actors have given critically acclaimed performances as famous people before without really imitating them (Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe for example) that’s going to be too distracting for me here, I think.
JUDY In Cinemas 4 October Winter 1968 and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in Swinging London to perform in a sell-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.
