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Julie & Julia (2009)

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Reviews Counted:734

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Rotten:86

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: Boosted by Meryl Streep's charismatic performance as Julia Child, Julie and Julia is a light, but fairly entertaining culinary comedy.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for brief strong language and some sensuality.

Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 Alex Prud’homme.

Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends...until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible. --© Sony [More]

Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina

Starring: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond

Director: Nora Ephron

Director: Nora Ephron
Screenwriter: Nora Ephron
Producer: Nora Ephron, Laurence Mark, Amy Robinson, Eric Steel
Composer: Alexandre Desplat
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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