On February 10, Beijing time, the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony was held in Los Angeles, USA. Renee Zellweger won the Oscar for best actress without any suspense. This is the first time she won the film "Judy". The 13 actresses have won almost every mention in major awards before.
"Judy" is a biopic of Hollywood superstar Judy Garland . As a well-known child star in the United States, Judy was discovered and packaged by Louis Mayer, the owner of MGM, and became famous in 1939 through "The Wizard of Oz". "Flying Over the Rainbow" was also widely sung, and since then her image of the girl next door has become popular, and she has made a series of musicals for MGM.
However, when Judy was 29 years old, she ended her second marriage and was fired from the company. Since then, she has fallen into a vicious circle of life and once committed suicide. The closest she came to a comeback was when she starred in "A Star Is Born" in 1954 and was nominated for an Oscar. On the night of the awards, reporters gathered outside Judy's delivery room for in-depth reports, and the award was awarded. Lace Kelly led it away, and the reporters at the door quickly dispersed. In 1969, Judy died of an overdose of sleeping pills at the age of 47.
"Judy" features clips from Judy Garland's London tour six months before her death. At this time, she was living in desperation. She ran around with her two children to perform in a small theater in exchange for a meager appearance fee. Because she could not pay the rent and was kicked out of the hotel, she had to let the children stay at her ex-husband's house and compete for guardianship in order to have enough money. Kwon, Judy accepted a five-week tour of London.
However, the trip to London was not smooth. Judy occasionally reappeared as a superstar on the stage, but most of the time she was late, avoided performances, was in a trance, played abnormally, abused the audience, and was booed. The partner said that she would terminate the contract with Judy. Judy, who was on the verge of collapse, took to the stage again, sang a famous song, and said a final goodbye to the audience.
"Judy" uses a montage that intersects the past and the present. The unfortunate child star career has made Judy Garland's embarrassing situation traceable. Since she was pushed to MGM by her mother, she has not enough food and sleep every day. He was forced to take various drugs to maintain his body image, and he had to endure harassment from high-level officials. How many viewers adore Judy's innocent, lovely and beautiful screen image, but who understands her exhausted life of being rejected, restricted, and deprived.
Celebrity is an unreal profession. What's behind everyone's love? Actress Renee Zee Weig is literally playing Judy with her own soul and passion, completely propping up this mediocre film. The cry of the actress.
It's hard for you to imagine that the actress who plays Judy is the clumsy, reckless, and lovely older leftover girl Bridget Jones in the romantic comedy "BJ's Diary". ;
It's also hard to relate her to the sexy plump, ambitious Lorsie in "Chicago";
There is also the strong and brave Ruby with a shotgun in "Cold Mountain", and the simple and beautiful wife in "Iron Fist Man".
In the ten years after 2010, Renee Zellweger did not film for 6 years, and her comeback works were not splashy, but news such as losing weight and plastic surgery attracted attention, until in "Judy", always Renee Zellweger, who shows a healthy and natural image, is surprising and can be called a plastic surgery-like acting.
In appearance, Renee was thin and skinny, she wore dark gray contact lenses to resemble Judy's dark brown eyes, and her squinting eyes turned into round eyes, full of panic and anxiety. The wrinkles on her face are so real, and the embarrassing smile that is iconic at this time makes it even more difficult to distinguish the real from the fake, and it can't be lifted like a mask. Her uncontrollable facial expressions and exaggerated body movements give a stiff feeling of weakness, while also implying pride and confidence. She walks loosely, swaying from side to side, showing the neurotic side of Judy's extreme insecurity after taking medicine for many years.
In this way, even if the history is not explained, the audience can see the traces of Judy's past life from Renee Zellweger's performance, and find a clear and coherent growth line. Those close-ups of her face are too tear-jerking, showing the broken heart of an actress on her face, so catchy, so rich, so restrained.
At the end of the film, Judy, who was sitting on the edge of the stage, said to the audience, "You won't forget me, will you? Promise I won't forget." At this moment, she was immersed in the stage, still the radiant queen.
"Judy" is not only about Judy Garland's life, but also about Renee Zellweger's turnaround, encouraging all those who are in the low ebb, go through ups and downs, find their way, and start a new life, just like "Flying Over" "Rainbow" sings: as long as you dare to dream, it will come true.
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