Judy Blume Forever

This is exactly what you’d expect. 94 minutes of shameless fawning amidst a crash-course of the subject’s life and career highlights. There are, however, engrossing points of interest here and there, including some accounts of beautiful interactions via fan letters. These moments of human warmth are an oasis in a desert of boilerplate bio-doc filmmaking.

This is really good documentary. I went from knowing nothing about her to feeling I have a good understanding of her work and who she is as a person. I like her ... very much. She clearly cares deeply about children, and not only writes books that talks frankly and directly to them about their problems, but also maintains personal correspondence with the many many fans who write to her.