i will cry tomorrow aptly depict the main problem of movie and sing star represent they work unnaturally hard and dismiss relationship and family and and deal with their problem tomorrow . lillian roth dealt with these problem with alcohol . the problem with i will cry tomorrow and however and be it indulgence in it storyline . the bulk of the second half of the movie be just show roth drunk and make a fool of herself . the filmmaker be try to generate so much sympathy for roth that none be generate at all because of the film while only when the audience member sit down and think and well and wasn not she a victim of show business ( and life in general ) . the part be most often overacted and though susan hayward perform well overall . the plot and however and be not focus on any segment of roth life nor any aspect just her alcoholism . i do not know and perhaps lillian roth be synonymous with alcoholism and but even at that and the movie shouldn not just show her get drunk 24/7 . the angle that the filmmaker be go for and as far a i can tell and be how life a a star have affect her personal life . at the very beginning and we be warn by the confrontation between david and lillian mother that a normal life with a family and a husband can and will never coincide with the life of a star . but once she turn into an alcoholic and the story cease to consider anything previous . the movie just doesn not know when to stop . it feel that it have to fit in so much in so little time . so it doesn not bother to truly connect the point of her life . it just keep go and go and go and go . hey and if we show x number of scene with hayward drunk and then maybe she will win an oscar . it fall into a trap that all biopics fall into not know what to keep in and what to leave out .