Julie and Julia
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.
29 October 1957, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
19 October 1967, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
20 August 1974, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
13 January 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2 February 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
February 11, 2012
Streep does an amazing job bringing television cooking legend Julia Child to life and making us smile every frame of the way.
September 11, 2009
A film that's charming, funny - especially when Streep is on screen, broadcasting her superb impression of the tall, charismatic, high-pitched Child - but leaves you with a dissatisfaction with modern life that no culinary masterpiece can relieve.
August 14, 2009
One can't help but wonder if Ephron would've been better off focusing exclusively on Child: She's simply more interesting screen company. But Ephron's commercial touch serves her well here.
December 31, 2010
Half-baked comedy barely whets the appetite.
December 08, 2016
Streep is mannered and camp... gleefully impersonating Child's eccentric demeanour and hooting voice. Yet her performance brims over with such joy and mirth and love that it's hard not to be won over.
October 08, 2009
Ebullient, witty, and wonderfully warm-hearted Julie & Julia is a celebration of how to live life to the full.
August 20, 2009
The main reason for seeing this is Meryl Streep's deft comic performance as the fluttery TV chef.
April 12, 2016
Julie & Julia is a delectable cinematic concoction about two food-loving women.
August 04, 2010
Two true stories are merged into one delicious treat of a film in Julie & Julia.
August 17, 2009
Julie & Julia is one of the gentlest, most charming American movies of the past decade.
September 28, 2010
You might dismiss this as a "chick flick", but I think anyone can enjoy it. You don't have to leave your "Manly-Man" card at the door.
August 19, 2009
Sometimes a meal can be less than perfect but still so thoroughly enjoyable that a missed ingredient here or a bit of overcooking there doesn't really matter.
