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Julie and Julia
| Release Date | 08 Mar 2010 |
|---|---|
| Director | Nora Ephron |
| Creator |
Meryl Streep Amy Adams |
| Actors |
Meryl Streep Amy Adams |
| Discs | 1 |
| Region | 2 |
Review
Julie & Julia is a film that should be relished with gusto--accompanied by the freshest and best ingredients, pounds of butter, and bottles of the very best wine. It lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads: Julia Child--played here with zest, humor, and a sweet, subtle respect by Meryl Streep, whose performance is spectacular. Julie & Julia is based on the book by Julie Powell, a frustrated New York bureaucrat who wants to be a writer. "But you're not a writer until someone publishes you," she moans. So she gives herself a challenge: to cook her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year, and to blog about it. As Powell (played with chirpy determination by Amy Adams), begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own--and in the end it does provide the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. But mostly, Julie & Julia is a valentine to Child, to Child's amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci, as divine as any soufflé in the film), and to her outlook on embracing life, and ordering seconds. Streep throws herself into the Child role with real affection for her character, and while certain of Child's idiosyncrasies--including her warbly voice and unflappable haphazardness in the kitchen--are retained, it's Child's character and vision which form Streep's portrayal, and which make the film so involving and rewarding. Nora Ephron directs with deftness and a light touch, though she seems at times to be encouraging some of Meg Ryan's onscreen tics in Adams (the self-conscious head tilt, for one). But mostly she simply allows Streep to channel Child and her love of food, her husband, and 1950s Paris. And that is a recipe for something truly sublime. --A.T. Hurley
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Great Film
Loved the film! Cook book is a small taster of the large cook book which the film is all about!
Julie & Julia DVD
Went with a group of ladies to see film at a local village hall film evening. The quality of the film shown was not great so I decided to buy the dvd and watch it again at home. It really is a most enjoyable film, especially if you have an interest in food and who doesn't! I have never seen a film with Meryl Streep in it and not enjoyed it she is an amazing actress. This film was romantic and also very funny.
so refreshing !
This film is brilliant thanks to its fantastic actors,it goes without saying how wonderful Meryl Streep is !...
Watch is asap !!!
A good inspiration to start something...
For one, I love to cook, and I welcome movies that are about food. However Julie and Julia goes beyond being a movie about gourmet and connoisseur. It is a movie about finding inspiration to do something and then following it through.The acting was of course perfect by Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci. Everybody in the movie as a matter of fact! The emotions, the conversations and attention to detail makes the movie, well, truly entertaining. I love the way the 'French' people in the movie spoke! (Maybe it's because I haven't been to France!)
I particularly like the contrast of the locations and time: Julia in beautiful Paris in the 40s to 50s, and Julie in Queens, NY in 2002. Marrying the surreal and the unremarkable to something delightful is what few movies can achieve.
I was touched by the unalloyed adoration Julie (Amy Adams) has for Julia (Meryl Streep) even when it didn't seem Julia considered Julie serious or remarkable. People need to find something to adore!
That it is on Blu-ray adds a thick layer of crispiness to the movie. Brilliant on my HD TV.
Buy this movie. You won't regret it!