Lillian Hellman's tight autobiographical story about memory and friendship gets the full Zinnemann gloss-wash.
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06/24/06
Julia (1977)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:2
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: The story of a friendship between two women and their anti-Nazi efforts during World War II. Though purportedly a true story about Lillian Hellman, her involvement was proved to be untrue by the... [More]
Starring: Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Maximilian Schell
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Reviews for Julia
1 - 4 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Top CriticThe individual lives of Julia and Hellman are well handled, but it's the relationship between the two women which makes this such great cinema.
05/24/03
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10/18/08
Top CriticThe period environment, brilliantly recreated in production design, costuming and color processing, complements the topflight performances and direction.
11/01/07
Top CriticThe movie looks soft, which has nothing to do with the Hellman flintiness, guts, self-mockery, wisdom, above all, impatience with cant.
05/09/05
Top CriticThis movie's problems start with its point of view, and it never quite recovers from them.
10/23/04
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