Ephron does the smart thing in Julie & Julia and lets Streep carry the day, with a minimum of embellishment.
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08/07/09
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Julie & Julia (2009)
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Reviews Counted:191
Fresh:143
Rotten:48
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:Aug 7, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $93,900,336
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
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Reviews for Julie & Julia
Top CriticThis is one lip-smacking, celestially aromatic, drop-dead delicious movie.
08/07/09
If Ephron finds any parity in the tilting that Powell does at this edible windmill, she doesn't share it with the audience.
08/07/09
Fluffy, sweet and deliciously delightful, Julie & Julia is a hoot of a movie and a surefire recipe for a good time, assuming of course you can do without robots, superheroes and comics who curse.
08/07/09
Few movies are as delightful as Julie & Julia.
08/07/09
Top CriticMeryl Streep is so utterly delightful as Julia Child it made me think the best definition of a movie star is that when she's off-screen for even a moment, you want her to get back up there fast.
08/07/09
The film is not just a showcase for Streep's considerable talents, it's also another demonstration of the career growth of Amy Adams.
08/07/09
Ephron has crafted a movie that is bursting with butter and sweets yet ends up completely bland.
08/07/09
What an expression of the joy of cooks and cooking Julie & Julia turns out to be.
08/07/09
Child was often imitated but Streep lets us see her jubilant soul.
08/07/09
From Child's warbling, New England-by-way-of-Paris voice to her towering yet curiously lighthearted physical presence, Streep gets everything technically right about the woman.
08/07/09
Top CriticTempting Meryl Streep dramedy satisfies but doesn't wow.
08/07/09
Yum! One of the Best Films of 09 with its celebration of culinary creativity and the spiritual practice of enthusiasm as the energy which animates the efforts of two women to give their best to the world.
08/07/09
It's a light and entertaining treat, with winning performances, sharp writing and some happy surprises.
08/07/09
Parental Content Review
08/07/09
Streep and Tucci enjoy a terrific, infectious onscreen chemistry as soul mates for whom food and entertaining were part of one long, sensuous continuum.
08/07/09
There are many things wrong with Julie and Julia but, if you're looking to get hitched, you won't find a better booster. Just make sure that one of you can cook.
08/07/09
Loved the first course, hated the second.
08/07/09
Elevating the mediocre simply by one's presence is probably the definition of star power, and Streep makes good material better and marginal material worth watching.
08/07/09
Ephron has whipped up a sly, subtle, piquant confection that not only brings to life two fascinating women (or maybe one fascinating and one ingratiating) but also explores the differences between two eras.
08/07/09
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