Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Karen Carpenter (Merrill Gruver, voice) is an American singer whose final 17 years are told by modified Barbie dolls, with actors speaking their lines off-screen. Todd Haynes, who co-wrote it with Cynthia Schneider, mixes the dolls with archival and on-location footage, all set to the Carpenters' own hit songs. Under the tidy, glossy surface sits her anorexia, which the people around her keep mistaking for ordinary dieting.