I adored Gilda Radner and I was pleasantly surprised by this biopic of her life. To call this movie "insipid", "treacly" or a "hack movie of the week" is to be seriously unjust. It is definitely a cut above your average TV movie. Jami Gertz does a truly great job as Gilda and at times is almost uncanny in her physical resemblance to the great comedienne. Likewise Eric Siegel who is very good as John Belushi. If you were a true fan of Gilda and you don't at least threaten to shed a tear during the cancer sequences then you've got a hard of stone. As for me I cried my eyes out - it once again brings home to you the cruel nature of the world we live in when so many great people die young for no explicable reason. Anyway give this a chance and you will be rewarded - it was obviously a labour of love for those involved in its making. The only caveat I have is that the actor cast as Gene Wilder is way to serious for his role and is seriously lacking in comic ability and the script at times depicts him as a bit of a selfish monster.
Gilda Radner: It's Always Something
(2002 TV Movie)
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4 October 2004