joj36 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

tay-sedai I did actually manage to watch this whole movie, but it was a painful experience. I saw another review that mentioned how the girl playing Brittany looked nothing like her - she may have had the curly hair that Murphy had during the filming of Clueless, but that was about the extent of it. It was pretty awful to watch.Having recently seen that fabulous documentary film about Amy Winehouse, I can say that this movie was worlds and worlds apart from the Amy one. Then again, the Amy one was full of actual documentary footage. This one was a really awkward telemovie that shouldn't have ever been produced.I saw that Murphy's father called it 'trashy' - I couldn't agree more. I think Murphy deserves something much better.

handsomedevil1988-104-540273 Shame on the director and the writer , they didn't even mention 8 miles in the movie nor picked an actress who even slightly resembles Brittany . Brittany wasn't chubby or that ordinary looking , she was pretty and charismatic with a nice smile . Couldn't the director at least pick a decent looking blonde or something ??!! , no he made the effort to find an actor who looked like Ashton Kutcher and forgot about the leading character . Amanda Fuller lacked performance and looks on that movie about a very special talent that the cinema lost . The whole movie lacked excitement , it was supposed to be one of them movies that moves you or touches you but for me that never happened . Movies about biography should be written and directed very carefully and honesty to deliver for the audience the real story with all its feelings and emotions . Disappointing !!!

Eric 'Eno' Hess Awful... Just plain awful.First of all it's sooooo far fetched.Second of all, The girl from "Last Man Standing" (Amanda Fuller) is the worst choice ever for this roll. She looks NOTHING like the real Brittany and brings nothing to the movie.I know it's hard to bring someone's life into a 2 hour movie, but this one will really annoy you.If you have nothing to do for two hours (only 90 min if you FF the commercials) then go ahead and watch it.Awful.Awful.Awful..