Judy

Legendary performer Judy Garland (Renée Zellweger) arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.

It may seem counterintuitive in this hyper-saturated modern-day celebrity landscape, but it sometimes takes a break to most remind an audience of what they love about a popular performer. Such certainly seems the case with Renée Zellweger, who in 2010 stepped off the constant merry-go-round of back-to-back productions and put a six-year pause on her acting career, to reflect and regroup.

Renée Zellweger takes on the iconic role of singer/actress Judy Garland in Judy directed by Rupert Gold.  Set 30 years after starring in The Wizard of Oz, when the spotlight of her stardom has dimmed, she arrives in London as a last-ditch attempt to revive her career and finances to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub, where her troubled past (shown in flashbacks to her childhood spent in the MGM studio system) takes its toll emotionally and the fragile singer struggles to be back in front of an audience.