Julie & Julia (2009)

You won't be disappointed!

Sorry, this movie sucks

Admirable film.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Why its good: Enjoyable plot, watchable at any time, funny at parts, great music and Meryl Streep is great.However, there are some problems: The Julia plotline is a bit too weak to merit as much time as it does. There are one or two periods of very long narration by Julia which verges on annoying due to her over the top nature. Also, disappointing in the sense that the two characters never actually interact which leaves the film feeling more like two seperate films rather than one big work.

This movie poses a simple question: can an audience member rally behind a spoiled protagonist? What can we tolerate? What can we ignore? What can we forgive?Norma Ephron (that's her name, right?) tests our limits in a movie replete with first world problems. Amy Adams, an elf-boy living in Queens, has a respectable mid-level job, living in her own apartment in the New York City Metro area, surrounded by her supportive friends and co-workers. Of course, having your own life and sharing it with an attractive husband who loves you (and is nauseatingly agreeable) is not enough for her. Rather, she bitches and moans about it, interspersing her temper tantrums with unprovoked emotional breakdowns. "I'm gonna write a blog!," she says. Umm...okay, so do it. What's the antagonist there? Norma Ephron (that's *still* her name, right?) lets you figure that one out; she'll keep the shot on the actors seconds too long for the awkward pauses to set in. She (he?) also loves putting Julia in the center of the frame. Rules of threes, Norma! Without spoilers, let me summarize this movie with one of its quotations by Amy Adams's character: "I'm a bitch. That's me, Sarah - I'm a bitch." Everyone knows it. Everyone acknowledges it. Amy even knows that they know. Yet, no one has the cajones to tell Julie to take a chill pill......because no one cares (which is ironic because the whole point of this movie was that Julie would get people to care about her uneventful life). Even Julia Child called the whole thing a publicity stunt. Julie Powell, if you're reading this, there are easier ways to make friends. Go help out for a charity. Bring a dog to the dog park. Whatever it is, it's easier than getting Norma Ephron (who?) to write a movie about you crying for attention and expect people to watch it.

I liked it, but it was very different from what I had expected, well I don't actually know what I had expected... it was just not that.The two main characters are played by Streep and Adams, they both do a very good job, but my good Streep must have had some problems with her voice at night after shooting a could of scenes on this set. Their husband/boyfriends are played by Tucci and Messina, also they do a good job. Its kind of like the older generation of great actors vs. the new one :)The story is good, long but good, this could have been at least half an hour shorter if that was what the director etc. had gone for. But it wasn't, this film was to show Julies and Julias struggles in their time and their hard work to get appreciated and loved.This movie will tell you a lot about Julia Child and her life, but you still have to buy her book to learn and experience the dishes yourself.

With Food Network playing shows all day about the food industry, travel Chanel basically changing its name to the next Food Network, and food constantly being advertised in our faces, why in the world would we make a another food movie? Two words: Meryl Streep. Yes, that's right, old Meryl is showing the world that she's such an amazing actress and pretends to act humble when really she's just looking for another Oscar nomination. There's no denying the skills of Meryl Streep's acting, or that she has had an impressive career, but enough is enough! We don't care about your lame french accent or about a boring chef who can't cook without butter! 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. Yes, history and modern day have clashed into one mess of a film. Amy Adams is so obnoxious and delivers her worst performance to date as Julie. Usually, Adams is delightful in everything she does. This time around she fails miserably, playing a desperate for attention wannabe who can't find the groove of her terrible character. Streep, like most biographic performances by an actor or actress, is cliché and unimpressive. She tries way to hard and portrays Julia Child as if she were in a cheap commercial for a local french restaurant. With only a two hour long running time, "Julie & Julia" feels longer than a week! It absolutely refuses to make one scene interesting or artistic, returning to the same old biography movie techniques that have been done hundreds of times. And, in all fairness, there's nothing interesting about a chef who made millions by using butter.