Judy (2019)

Let me set the record straight, I do not like Renee Zellweger. Bridget Jones's Diary is not a good film and I've never been terribly impressed with Renee's acting.
That being said, she is brilliant as the deeply troubled and fraying Judy Garland toward the end of her career, struggling to earn enough money to keep her children.
She has to leave them behind to do shows in London, where she is mostly beloved. However, on the inside, Judy's a huge mess thanks to the cruel ways of Louis B. Mayer (Richard Cordery) and MGM, forcing her to take pills to curb her appetite, then she needed more pills to counterattack the tiredness so now, she rarely sleeps. Judy is also needy and fails to understand how the real world works. When new husband, Mickey Deans's (Finn Wittrock's) plan fails. Instead of also blaming herself and reevaluating everything with him, she snaps and kicks him out. We don't see him again.
Still, when Judy is on, she is on. She wants so desperately to be loved, which is something that she never really had and those that she is with, don't understand her true needs.
While the plot is simple and doesn't have a happy ending, of Judy getting full custody of her children, she is thrilled that she ended London on a high note. But unfortunately, given everything, she didn't have much longer to live. She died just months after leaving London.
Fortunately, while the story is known, this film is worth watching. Zellweger is a revelation, in fact, she's so good you almost believe that you're watching Judy Garland on the screen, not Zellweger acting as Garland. The sets and costumes are also brilliant. This film is a must-watch. Grade: A-
Side Notes:
-Jessie Buckley is assigned as Judy's handler, Roslyn Wilder, who could have had the chance to truly get Judy help. Her character is, sad but true, largely wasted space.
-Darci Shaw shines as the young Judy Garland, who buys into Louis B. Mayer's complete and utter crap.
-Rufus Sewell is rather good as Judy's third husband, Sid Luft, who might care about his children, but he nevertheless gambled away plenty of her money at the racetracks.