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A chronicle of Brittany Murphy's rise to fame in the 1990s, her struggles with self-esteem, and her tragic early death.A chronicle of Brittany Murphy's rise to fame in the 1990s, her struggles with self-esteem, and her tragic early death.A chronicle of Brittany Murphy's rise to fame in the 1990s, her struggles with self-esteem, and her tragic early death.
Chloë Crampton
- Morgan
- (as Chloe Crampton)
Dan J. Johnson
- 30-Something Man
- (as Dan Johnson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIt is seen in the movie that Brittany was fired and replaced in the 2011 sequel to Happy Feet (2006). That was first revealed in a Hollywood Reporter article of the same year.
- GoofsClueless (1995) is shown being shot on a studio soundstage, in actuality the film was shot entirely in practical locations.
- Crazy creditsAfter Murphy is taken away in the ambulance at the end of the film, an explanation of her fate is given. Immediately after this, the film flashes back in time very briefly, showing a young Murphy posing for a photographer during the making of Clueless (1995). As soon as this quick moment has been revisited, the credits roll.
- ConnectionsReferences Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
- SoundtracksStep by Step
Written by Maurice Starr
Performed by New Kids on the Block
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Published by EMI April Music, Inc.
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Utterly Clueless
My expectations were mighty low on this biopic but unfortunately that never assists enjoyment. Who doesn't want to see the story of a talented actress' rise to fame and what she had to sacrifice to get there? Her mysterious death is initially pegged as a potential driving plot point but crumbles under the train-wreck that this movie becomes.
Amanda Fuller who takes on the title role head wobbles her way through all 86 minutes. She is reminiscent of Murphy's Clueless character, complete with East coast twang just to remind us whose life story we are watching because there is no resemblance between the two actresses at all. What she has to work with isn't exactly keeping members of the Hollywood foreign press up at night reminiscing about its brilliance. This clichéd, overly biased piece made me wonder if it was penned by her own mother as it desperately tries to show Britt as a self confessed homebody who stays away from drugs and loves her mummy more than life itself. We get it. No one wants her remembered as a drug abusing, malnourished party girl that the press portrayed, but making her character one dimensional seems desperate to prove otherwise. Conforming to to the skinny blonde Hollywood wanted her to be isn't a ground breaking revelation in any actress's career so there was no need to treat it like it was.
Hyper-reactive acting makes this piece more unrealistic than the poorly placed wigs most of the characters are forced to wear. Britt is shot unflatteringly and looks far from the real deal. The intelligence of viewers is insulted by avoiding any subtlety with the characters and the script. Murphy's creepy husband weakly confessing he's a bit of a sociopath is laughable and shows little faith of the screenwriter in how their material would be used. Repetitive information about Brittany's medical history is also unnecessary but drilled like the target audience average age is 5. (CPR on a conscious breathing man was the icing on the cake).
The villain here are the press when they are seen to cause undue speculation and Brittany's eventual paranoia. They are seen as the bad guys because they over-dramatised, embellished and fabricated stories about Brittany throughout her career.
Hypocritically that is exactly what this movie does
Amanda Fuller who takes on the title role head wobbles her way through all 86 minutes. She is reminiscent of Murphy's Clueless character, complete with East coast twang just to remind us whose life story we are watching because there is no resemblance between the two actresses at all. What she has to work with isn't exactly keeping members of the Hollywood foreign press up at night reminiscing about its brilliance. This clichéd, overly biased piece made me wonder if it was penned by her own mother as it desperately tries to show Britt as a self confessed homebody who stays away from drugs and loves her mummy more than life itself. We get it. No one wants her remembered as a drug abusing, malnourished party girl that the press portrayed, but making her character one dimensional seems desperate to prove otherwise. Conforming to to the skinny blonde Hollywood wanted her to be isn't a ground breaking revelation in any actress's career so there was no need to treat it like it was.
Hyper-reactive acting makes this piece more unrealistic than the poorly placed wigs most of the characters are forced to wear. Britt is shot unflatteringly and looks far from the real deal. The intelligence of viewers is insulted by avoiding any subtlety with the characters and the script. Murphy's creepy husband weakly confessing he's a bit of a sociopath is laughable and shows little faith of the screenwriter in how their material would be used. Repetitive information about Brittany's medical history is also unnecessary but drilled like the target audience average age is 5. (CPR on a conscious breathing man was the icing on the cake).
The villain here are the press when they are seen to cause undue speculation and Brittany's eventual paranoia. They are seen as the bad guys because they over-dramatised, embellished and fabricated stories about Brittany throughout her career.
Hypocritically that is exactly what this movie does
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- joj36
- Dec 27, 2015
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