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Hollywood should be ashamed. I've never seen a worst cast movie in all my life. Renee looks nothing like Judy and can't hold a candle to her singing. This movie should have never been made, I understand why her family wants nothing to do with it.

What an unbalanaced and sad take on Garlands life, no wonder her children refused to endorse it. It does not balance with the successful years between 14 and 40, star is born or.songs like "the man that got away" but focuses on her difficult teen years and last few months in UK when she was struggling most. What about her highlights and the great songs, where were they. No one can capture Judy craftwork, pathos and emotion including Rene who did the best of a impossible job.

Quite miffed by the production

Why didn't the producers take a cue from Hungarian Rhapsody's decision to use Freddie Mercury's actual recordings. To listen to non-singer Renee Zellweger try to sing like Judy (with the aid of lots of studio digital adjustments) is a waste of time when one is viewing a film that celebrates her talent. NO ONE SOUNDS LIKE JUDY! This film should have been a cinematic record of Judy...instead it is a film about an actress (Renee) who had the gall to want to use her own voice instead of Judy's for whatever egotistical needs she had to feed.

One of the worst movies I have seen in a while. It is long, it is boring and it is depressing. Renee neither looks nor sounds like Judy. As a matter of fact nobody in this turkey looked or sounded like the person they were portraying. The younger Judy was no where close to the original. I only way you could tell the Liza character was Liza was the haircut. Renee has done some good acting in other movies but this was not one of them. She just looked like an actress trying to do a poor imitation of Judy.

I've never been so bored by a movie, Renée tried really hard to act and even overacted in some scenes. Her stage performances were boring and awful. Bad voice. I can't believe they gave the role to someone who can't sing or dance. The whining look on her face was most annoying.

Renée Zellweger is just awful... squinting, twitching and pursing her lips? A mere caricature of the real woman. Terribly miscast - RZ with all her fakery and over the top performance was shameful. She looks nothing like Judy and the singing was almost as bad as the acting. Awful just awful.

Oh and you won't hear Judy Garland's amazing voice- just this wanna be who portrayed Judy without any semblance of who she was. No wonder Liza Minnelli had nothing good to say about this train wreck.

No. Stop it. Leave Judy alone. Nobody can pull it off. The closest was Judy Davis in "Judy".

Awful, wildly inaccurate, and poorly acted (Even Renee). It was painful to watch, as if Judy's life wasn't painful enough.

Obviously Zellweger... what a mouthful..has never heard of the old saw of never working with children and animals. This poor show doesn't even come close to pathos compared to when La Garland threw away her microphone during a live show at the London Palladium. The wigs are terrible and the wardrobe department should be prevented from ever working again. Overblown and overstretched.

A really bad example of a biopic and hardly a true account of the life of Judy and just a really mess of a movie.

I fell asleep. Don't waste your time. You'd be better off listening to one of her albums on your record player.

I only went as my wife is a fan. It's a tragic story not very well told. Boring as heck (I am a 65 Yr old guy). The acting is superb. It's a predictable story with no hope

I wanted to like this movie and thought it would cover her early years. Instead, the movie started in 1968.

A completely horrendous production from top to bottom starting with the horrendous casting of Renee Zellweger (She is brilliant in "Chicago"). But do not be fooled, this is not Judy Garland and this movie is the equivalent of staring at a brick wall.

I note that there is no Mickey Rooney part in this movie of Judy Garland. I note that he was there in several movies. Why was he left out?

I love Judy Garland and her story. This isn't it. If you want to see a more accurate, engaging, and in depth version of her life story then watch "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows." The casting and acting are far superior. Young Judy in "Judy" looks absolutely nothing like her and Renee Zelwegger does not have the range to play Judy. This is basically just her playing an older version of her character from Chicago. I literally got so bored while Renee was singing that I fast forwarded through most of her songs. If you're portraying Judy Garland, the audience should be hoping for an encore, not hoping you get off the stage soon.

I wish I could give it zero stars. It was incredibly boring and after 10 minutes, I turned it off. Renee was OK in the part bc she sang, buy other than that, the constant face twitching she does, did Judy have Parkinsons or something? I don't kknow, but the face twitching got on my nerves. All we saw, was her taking her medicine and having crazy flashbacks. Owell, really angry that I spent six dollars to rent it, please don't waste your money renting or seeing at the theatre.

Those were 2 very important people in Judy's life. In fact at one point or another all 3 of her kids appeared on the Judy Garland show.

The movie looks great however i dont see a Mickey Rooney character in this story. Why?