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Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep plays iconic chef Julia Child and Amy Adams plays author Julie Powell in this film by chick-flick Queen Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail).
The real Julie Powell began a blog in 2002 chronicling her attempt to cook every recipie in Child's cook book 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' (1961). This was later published as a book called 'Julie & Julia'. This story, as well as Child's memoir 'My Life in France', are intertwined in the film.
These two women, though separated by time and space, find themselves at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Starring Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Jane Lynch, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Directed by Nora Ephron ('Sleepless in Seattle', 'You've Got Mail')
Written by Nora Ephron (based on the book 'Julie & Julia' by Julie Powell and 'My Life in France' by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme)
Festivals & Awards Golden Globe winner for Best Supporting Actress (Meryl Streep), 2010.
Drama, Biography, Adaptation | 2hr 3mins | Rated (PG) | contains coarse language | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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Julie & Julia offers two storylines that run in parallel to each other. The strongest belongs to Meryl Streep, who plays the shrill Julia Childs via a loony yet loveable impersonation with vocal inflections that seem to pitch the celebrity chef as an excited rubber chicken. Her story takes place in pretty ‘50s France, a shorthand location for haute cuisine. Her husband (played brilliantly by Stanley Tucci) is a gentleman academic and a supportive, devoted companion.
Meanwhile, Julie Powell (a sweet Amy Adams) is a plucky pixie in contemporary New York, working her way through Childs’ best-selling cookbook and blogging about it. Her husband (Chris Messina) lurks in the background, wiping the bowl with his fingers and talking with his mouth full.
Unfortunately, the second storyline doesn’t prove as engaging as the first and the two strands don’t compliment each other. Awkwardly, a late plot point reveals that the great elder chef is less than fond of her modern-day fan but nothing arises out of this conflict and the way it gets glossed over leaves an unsatisfying aftertaste.
Fans of director Nora Ephron’s previous movies (Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail) will feel at home, while Streep’s squawkings offer plenty of humour. The bright production design and light touch are just the icing on a slightly over-cooked cake.
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Julie & Julia is not lacking in entertainment value, especially with the Streep performance. But if the men had been portrayed as more high-spirited, it might have taken on intriguing dimensions.
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Empire (UK)
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Deliciously funny and warming fare, for which the amazing Meryl deserves her ridiculously overdue third Oscar.
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Hollywood Reporter
As enjoyable as this foodie movie is, you wish it would take a deeper, more nuanced measure of the women who, in two different eras, star in the movie's kitchens.
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Los Angeles Times
A consummate entertainment that echoes the rhythms and attitudes of classic Hollywood, it's a satisfying throwback to those old-fashioned movie fantasies where impossible dreams do come true. And, in this case, it really happened. Twice.
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New York Times
Julie & Julia proceeds with such ease and charm that its audacity -- is easy to miss.
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NZ Herald (Peter Calder)
4
It's the best mainstream American film I've seen this year and, like the best meals, it satisfied while leaving you wistfully wishing there were more.
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Otago Daily Times (Christine Powley)
5
Streep has been going through a good patch lately, but even so, Julia Child is the role of a lifetime for her.
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Rolling Stone (USA)
Meryl Streep -- at her brilliant, beguiling best -- is the spice that does the trick for the yummy Julie & Julia.
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Variety (USA)
This middling melange of Child biopic and contempo dramedy feels overstuffed and predigested as it depicts two ladies who found fame and fulfillment in their respective eras by cooking and writing about it.
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