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Title: Good, engrossing and dissappointing
Review: I enjoyed this truly engrossing account of Judy Garlands Life, written in a predominantly unbiased was by her daughter Lorna Luft. A "no-holds barred" approach, showing warts and all, and still making the whole increadible story unstoppable. HOWEVER I had a couple of issues watching this.... Firstly (as mentioned in another review) the video release cuts out many of the most poignant scenes shown in the TV version. This is nothing short of sad. My second critisim, and this is of both version, was the sense of "running out of time" towards the end. Emotionally charged and powerful scenes were no longer than a few fleeting seconds... this is a scripting fault, rather than a concept/directorial fault, I think. The effect is to dampen the emotions and meanings of these scenes. I found myself wanting more out of the movie, and found the retail version failing even more than the TV version to deliver. Truly diappointing.
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