i think rachel york be fantastic a lucy . i have see her in kiss me and kate and victor or victoria and as well and and in each of these performance she have develop very different and and very real and characterization . she be a chameleon who can play ( and sing ) anything . i be very surprised at how many negative review appear here regard rachel performance in lucy . even some bonafide tv and entertainment critic seem to have miss the point of her portrayal . so many people have focus on the fact that rachel doesn not really look like lucy . my response to that be and so what . i wasn not look for a superficial impersonation of lucy . i want to know more about the real woman behind the clown . and rachel certainly give u that and in great depth . i also do not want to see someone simply do classic lucy routine . therefore i be very pleased with the decision by the producer and director to have rachel portray lucy in rehearsal for the most memorable of these skit vitameatavegamin and the candy factory . ( it seem that some of the reviewer do not realize that these two scene be mean to be rehearsal sequence and not the actual skit ) . this approach and i thought and give an innovative twist to sketch that so many of u know by heart . i also think rachel be terrifically fresh and funny in these scene . and she absolutely nail the routine that be recreate the professor and the grape stomping and in particular . there be one moment in the grape scene where the corner of rachel mouth have the exact little upturn that i remember lucy have . i couldn not believe she be able to capture that and so naturally . i wonder if many of the folk who criticize the performance be expect to see the lucille ball of i love lucy throughout the entire movie . after all and those of u who come to know her only through tv would not have any idea what lucy be really like in her early movie year . i think rachel show a natural progression in the character that be brilliant . she plant all the right seed for u to see the clown just wait to emerge and give the right set of circumstance . lucy do not fit the mold of the old studio system . in her frustrated attempt to become the stereotypical movie star of that era and she keep repress what would prove to be her ultimate gift . i believe that rachel deftly capture the comedy and drama and wit and sadness and anger and passion and love and ambition and loyalty and sexiness and self absorption and childishness and and stoicism all roll into one complex american icon . and she do it with an authenticity and freshness that be totally endear . lucy be a star turn for rachel york . i hope it bring a flood of great role her way in the future . i also hope it bring her an emmy .