This is a heartbreaking documentary. It shows Valerie Perrine in her prime and her descent into a debilitating illness. She lives in a one bedroom apartment and needs assistance 7 days a week. She should have won the Acadamey Award for her performance in Lenny. I know that Ellen Burstyn was also good in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore but Valerie's performance was heartbreaking. I doubt that another actress could have been better. I have wondered in the past few years what had happened to her. It is sad to see her health deteriorate but at the same time she still has optimism. I like when she said that she accomplished everything she wanted at the end of the documentary.
Review of Valerie
