RELEVANT Magazine Review
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"It’s rare enough these days to see a movie in which one story is well-told, much less two stories. It’s even rarer when a filmmaker is able to balance two completely different plot lines and make both equally enjoyable and compelling. Yet with her new film Julie & Julia, writer-director Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail) pulls off such feats so impressively that the movie could possibly wind up with an Oscar nomination at the end of the year now that the Academy has expanded the awards to ten nominations and will likely include a couple of comedies each year.
She’ll have to cook 524 exquisite recipes in 365 days and live to blog about it daily.
Julie & Julia follows the amusingly parallel lives of chef Julia Child (played by Meryl Streep), who achieved worldwide fame while revolutionizing the art of cooking starting in the ‘50s, and Julie Powell (Amy Adams), a young New York City woman searching for identity in 2002. Powell longs to be a successful writer like her friends and yet is trapped processing insurance claims from victims of the World Trade Center attacks.Yet two things keep Powell happy: her loving and supportive husband, played by Chris Messina, and her passion for cooking. When she hears her friends talking about launching blogs, her husband convinces her to launch her own blog about cooking. Julie rises to the challenge by deciding to cook every recipe in Julia’s landmark tome Mastering the Art of French Cooking within a year–meaning she’ll have to cook 524 exquisite recipes in 365 days and live to blog about it daily..." Read this rest of this article here.
This excerpt is quoted from "Julie & Julia" by Carl Kozlowski published in Relevant Magazine.
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The hubby and I saw JULIE & JULIA last weekend. It's definitely Beef Bourguignon. The theater was pretty crowded, and the hubby's first comment was that I had dragged him to a chick flick as he only saw ONE other man there. He enjoyed the intertwined stories, though,and we both smiled. We smiled a LOT. Now I just need to see this again with my adult daughter... :)
I just saw this movie -- and LOVED it. I thought it was really well done, and the acting was fantastic.
Can hardly wait to see it!
I saw it last Sunday afternoon with my mom and sisters. It is SO cute. I loved it!
(and the scene with the lobster pot was really horrifying)
And all the ladies walking out afterward were discussing when they were going to make the Beef Bourguignon recipe. lol
Oh, thanks for the review; I hope to see it very soon with my dearest friend whose name is JULIA! :-)
I would love to see this movie. Meryl Streep is one of my favorite actresses.
Definately a good one to go on the date night options list.
Becky: Only one man in the whole theatre? Oh no! My husband wants to see it, but then, he likes to cook! :~D
SnoWhite: Thanks for your thougthts... I'm excited to see it.
Mac an R: Me too!
Crickl's Nest: Spoiler? Lobster pot? Uh oh.... :~D
Jennifer: Oui, c'est vrai. It will be good--especially with your friend Julia! :~D
Seesaw Faith: Meryl Steep is superb in this, judging by the trailer. Yes, the perfect date night. :~D
Oh, this looks like a great movie.
I will take my husband too. His father was a chef for a living.
And...he loves to cook as well.
Should make for a great date night!
Thanks for posting this E-mom♥
I'm looking forward to seeing this film. Meryl Streep is usually a class act and it's an interesting premise.
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