Fresh
Ebullient, witty, and wonderfully warm-hearted Julie & Julia is a celebration of how to live life to the full.
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Julie & Julia
Based on two true stories.
2009 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Nora Ephron
Overview
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Director and cast
- Nora Ephron Director
- Meryl Streep as Julia Child
- Amy Adams as Julie Powell
- Chris Messina as Eric Powell
- Stanley Tucci as Paul Child
- Linda Emond as Simone Beck
- Helen Carey as Louisette Bertholle
- Mary Lynn Rajskub as Sarah
- Jane Lynch as Dorothy McWilliams
- Joan Juliet Buck as Madame Brassart
- Crystal McCreary as Ernestine
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Nina Caplan, Time Out
Rotten
The main reason for seeing this is Meryl Streep's deft comic performance as the fluttery TV chef.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News
Fresh
Julie & Julia is one of the gentlest, most charming American movies of the past decade.
David Denby, New Yorker
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