Makes deboning a duck a feminist act and cooking a great meal a creative triumph. The stakes may not be as high as the kill-or-be-killed suspense of a summer action movie, but the sauces are way tastier.
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08/06/09
Julie & Julia (2009)
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Reviews Counted:192
Fresh:143
Rotten:49
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Boosted by Meryl Streep's charismatic performance as Julia Child, Julie and Julia is a light, but fairly entertaining culinary comedy.
Theatrical Release:11-09-2009
Synopsis: Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with... [More]
Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina
Director: Nora Ephron
Reviews for Julie & Julia
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
I suppose it’s telling that the only time in Julie & Julia that I heartily chuckled was during an archived clip of Dan Aykroyd impersonating Child on Saturday Night Live. Now there was entertainment with some life to it.
08/06/09
Streep nimbly apes that famous warbly voice and bemused laugh, clomping around the set like a delightful giantess.
08/06/09
The film features a typical bio on the one side -- the making of the legend that is Julia Child -- and a coming-of-age rom-com on the other, with the good but underused Amy Adams pouting her way through New York City and a cookbook; the only shared ingred
08/06/09
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.
08/06/09
Top CriticShowcases stable, loving relationships (complete with supportive men), offers honest depictions of self-worth, and imparts a message of feminine achievement through the art of divine creation. Now how about that.
08/06/09
Ephron wanted to compare and contrast the two women...But the bottom line is that one of those lives is truly interesting, while the other is truly not
08/06/09
Julie and Julia is a delightful, tasty treat for adults.
08/06/09
[G]iddily joyful performances [by] Adams and Streep: spending time with them is like spending time with the kind of friends who support you and love you no matter what...
08/06/09
Though hardly a perfect soufflé, Julie & Julia is the movie American foodie culture has been waiting for. It hooks you up, happily, to your inner top chef.
08/05/09
For all its merits, Julie & Julia is felled by a near total lack of compelling drama.
08/05/09
The comedy about a would-be writer's attempt to cook her way through Child's culture-changing cookbook sees Nora Ephron return to her Sleepless in Seattle form.
08/05/09
Streep and her colleague from The Devil Wears Prada, Stanley Tucci, make up a thrillingly rich and urbane union. They are perfect ingredients.
08/05/09
Although the calories ultimately are empty, they sure are enjoyable.
08/05/09
The Julia parts in Julie & Julia are a delight. The ones about Julie? More like an annoying distraction.
08/05/09
Ephron conveys neither gustatory joy nor cinematic know-how.
08/05/09
This movie is an emerald of enchantment in the current sewer of cinematic trap rock.
08/05/09
There's almost no conflict in either of the stories presented in Julie & Julia, and though this is preferable to contrived conflict, it still leaves us with a rather overlong, lovey-dovey picture.
08/05/09
Like a fallen soufflé, this movie delivers flavor but not the dizzying deliciousness it promises.
08/04/09
If Ephron is to be criticized for treating Powell like a soggy sitcom creation, she (along with Streep) should be celebrated for rendering Child flesh and blood -- all passion and pleasure, even during moments of self-doubt.
08/04/09
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