Quickie: Julie & Julia
Julie & Julia (2009)–**
Quickie Review
Julia Child changes the world by introducing French cuisine to servantless American cooks. Years later, Julie Powell attempts to change her life by cooking her way through Child’s cookbook. Told using parallel narratives, this Nora Ephron dramedy is half great and half miserable. Meryl Streep inhabits Child’s skin, giving one of the best, most entertaining performances of her career. However, it’s the Julie Powell pity party, highlighted by a melodramatic performance from a miscast Amy Adams, that drains the energy from what could have been an amazing Child biopic. Also starring Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina.
Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, directed by Nora Ephron, is now in theaters.
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