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Julie & Julia (2009)
description written by member Zara:
Amy Adams stars in this truth-inspired tale as Julie Powell, a disenchanted government secretary who decides to enliven her uneventful life by cooking all 524 recipes outlined in Julia Child's culinary classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Based on Powell's book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, director Nora Ephron's heartwarming dramedy also stars Meryl Streep as legendary chef Child.
| Release Date: | August 7th, 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
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Julie & Julia Movie Review by Zara  (8/28/2009) |
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It occurred to me that going to the movies, seeing a film in a theater as opposed to rentals on DVD is preferable to me. Hell, even if the movie's sh*tty, I walk out of a theater feeling lighter on my feet. When a movie's really good, I float out like a giddy idiot. In my family, we've always made time to go to the movies....
(complete Julie & Julia review by Zara)
Like the most of my generation, I knew little of Julia Child save for the few things provided by her cultural icon status: she was a chef, she talked funny and she was on television. I assumed from these factual tidbits, and from my familiarity with the Food Network, that she was some sort of tired food snob and nothing...
(complete Julie & Julia review by Farmer Waltz)
| Julie & Julia Movie Review by Jarrod (8/7/2009) |
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The extraordinary life and career of famed chef Julia Child is adequate fodder for a biopic; 'Julie and Julia' is not that movie, but we nonetheless catch a glimpse of Child before she rose to prominence, when she and her husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci) move to France, in 1949.
It has been revealed only recently that...
(complete Julie & Julia review by Jarrod)
| Julie & Julia Movie Review by RONNIE (7/16/2009) |
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Julie&Julia, Meryl Streep plays Julia Child outstandingly well, even down to Julia's voice. A true story about Julia Child and Julie Powell played by Amy Adams. The two stories parallel each other. Julia Child's life, how she started in the cooking world that featured her on television, and Julie Powell, taking Julia's...
(complete Julie & Julia review by RONNIE)
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