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Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland


Do you think she can pull it off?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q46cw-cuzAQ

She can't match her singing voice (who can?). I think she does okay with the acting part of it, but that's judging merely from the trailer.

I understand Liza Minnelli is not happy with the movie, but I suppose that's not unusual for family members.

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The trailer looks okay. I don't think Renee is a bad singer, although thinking about it I can only remember her singing in Empire Records, so at least there is that. Like you said though, she can't match Judy.

I understand why family's get upset with movies like this, as they do take a lot of liberties with the truth in these.

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Not only the liberties taken, but the movie makers just don't know the subject like their family members do. They may think they do, but they simply can't.

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Is she doing the singing ??

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Yes, from what I've read.

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I noticed it's a BBC production - not sure how much attention this will get.

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She was big in London, so who knows?

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Annette Benning had a movie a few years ago about Gloria Grahame which didn't get much attention.

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I guess that one got by me. It had decent reviews; not great but not horrible either. I imagine Judy Garland is known to more people because of Oz.

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It looks very good, a period piece is always welcome if the script is right

The make up and wardrobe look great

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I thought so too - the makeup and wardrobe. But if the script is bad, well...it doesn't matter about the rest of it. Most of us know that.

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What? She doesn't look anything like Judy Garland! Nobody could replicate the voice of Judy Garland.

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She looks the part, Wonder how the singing will go. I think Eastwood messed up Jersey Boys by not dubbing Frankie Valli's voice. I know they were the Broadway stars but it took me out of the film. We'll see. 🤞

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hmmm... tall order. obvious Oscar bait.

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