
EPISODE 1.1
Omelette
In 1962, cookbook author Julia Child boldly pitches a groundbreaking
... More television series centered on demonstrations for the home cook – despite pushback from male station executives and her own husband.LessSarah Lancashire (MotherFatherSon, Happy Valley) plays pioneering tv chef Julia Child in this HBO Max series, covering her rise to fame in 1960s America. Co-stars David Hyde Pierce, Isabella Rossellini and Bebe Neuwirth.
'Julia is inspired by Julia Child’s extraordinary life and her long-running television series, “The French Chef,” which pioneered the modern cooking show. Through Julia’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women’s movement, the nature of celebrity and America’s cultural evolution. At its heart, the series is a portrait of a loving marriage with a shifting power dynamic.' (HBO Max)
LessEach 45-ish-minute episode walks a line between sentimental period drama and high-toned sitcom.
Full reviewUltimately, the series hinges on Lancashire’s transformative performance... Lancashire is never impersonating Child, she is fully inhabiting her.
Full reviewThe first thing to know about Julia is that as Julia Child, Sarah Lancashire is fantastic... The second... is that it is, essentially, a sitcom with dramedic leanings.
Full reviewThere’s not a ton of conflict... to drive the show forward, but as the millions who watched and loved The French Chef know, it’s a good time nonetheless.
Full reviewThe effusiveness with which other characters sing Child’s praises would be cloying if Lancashire didn’t make her so believably and unassumingly admirable.
Full reviewMost importantly, the show feels like the Julia Child it wants to portray: warm, generous, driven, imperfect, charming, and in love with feeling good.
Full reviewJulia: Season 1 is available to stream in New Zealand now on Neon.
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