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Director: Nora Ephron
Actors: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $28.96
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Sales Rank: 273
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 123 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: COLD29229D
UPC: 043396292291
EAN: 0043396292291
ASIN: B002RSDW80
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: December 8, 2009
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Product Description
Julia childs story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger julie powells 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in childs first book. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/08/2009 Starring: Meryl Streep Stanley Tucci Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Norma Ephron
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Julie & Julia is a film that should be relished with gusto--accompanied by the freshest and best ingredients, pounds of butter, and bottles of the very best wine. It lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads: Julia Child--played here with zest, humor, and a sweet, subtle respect by Meryl Streep, whose performance is spectacular. Julie & Julia is based on the book by Julie Powell, a frustrated New York bureaucrat who wants to be a writer. "But you're not a writer until someone publishes you," she moans. So she gives herself a challenge: to cook her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year, and to blog about it. As Powell (played with chirpy determination by Amy Adams), begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own--and in the end it does provide the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. But mostly, Julie & Julia is a valentine to Child, to Child's amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci, as divine as any soufflé in the film), and to her outlook on embracing life, and ordering seconds. Streep throws herself into the Child role with real affection for her character, and while certain of Child's idiosyncrasies--including her warbly voice and unflappable haphazardness in the kitchen--are retained, it's Child's character and vision which form Streep's portrayal, and which make the film so involving and rewarding. Nora Ephron directs with deftness and a light touch, though she seems at times to be encouraging some of Meg Ryan's onscreen tics in Adams (the self-conscious head tilt, for one). But mostly she simply allows Streep to channel Child and her love of food, her husband, and 1950s Paris. And that is a recipe for something truly sublime. --A.T. Hurley
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 A far better film than a book. October 30, 2009
Graves (Pennsylvania)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
All too often when a well loved book is turned into a film, fans of the book bemoan how the director or the screen writer got it wrong and all the wonderful things the book had that got lost on the way to the screen. And then you get the rare case when the film is so much better than the book that you wonder if you'll ever bother to look at the book again. "Julie & Julia" with Meryl Streep and Amy Adams is one of those films.
Based on Julie Powell's blog, a New York office drone, dreading the approach of the Big 3-0, breaks out of her life by attempting to go through every recipe in the first volume of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in one year. While the book focuses almost exclusively on Julie Powell in her Queens apartment, the film splits time equally between Amy Adams' Julie on her epic food quest and Meryl Streep as Julia Child in post war France, who takes cooking lessons as a way to break up the boredom of her day waiting for her husband to come home.
Each actress dominates each scene she is in with a sense of life and energy. A lot of fuss is made over Streep's portrayal of Child as she goes from chopping her first onion, literally, to getting her cook book published. But equally important to the film is Adams as Powell, the woman who never finishes anything, determinedly holding on to her self appointed project and this is the driving energy behind the film. As much as Streep pours energy and life into her version of Child, we know she makes it, we know she becomes the Grand Dame of TV chefs. On some level we know Powell success too but for her it is less a quest to be published than to finish the journey of self discovery she has set herself on. Streep shows us how Child started out, we know what she becomes. Adams' Powell brings us along to find out what she will become.
In the book Powell is following Child's direction from the cookbook but is not a particular devote. By comparison in the film Adams' portrayal has her ready to quote Child on any number of topics and this creates the link between the two women the audience needs.
In the book Powell brings a lot of personal baggage that gets old fast, the film ignores this and focuses on what the women have in common. It doesn't talk down to the audience but lets you follow along through cooking, supportive husbands and love. Not just the love of a good meal, but the sort that encourages you to grow and be more than you were. This isn't a film just for foodies, but for people who dare to act on a dream, or think they might. Oh and for record, I haven't deboned a whole duck...yet.
microphone showing September 15, 2009
platform ('Aiea, HI)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Julie & Julia [Theatrical Release] My Life in FranceJulie & Julia365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen~ i just viewed this in the theatre today. i remember watching Julia Child on PBS - The French Chef - when i was 11 yrs old. the movie brought back a lot of memories. i wanted to read Powell's book (one of the books that the movie is based on) before watching the movie, but i didn't get to do that. i also did not read "my life in france", but i am now inspired to do so.
i liked how they made both stories of the 2 women parallel eachother. it inspired me how both women were motivated to write their first book/blog based on cooking. i learned a lot about Julia Child that i didn't know about - that she was an American from Pasadena! and that her first job was working as a government employee!
one glaring problem that i hope they correct when releasing the DVD is to edit out several shots of the "overhead" microphone - it appeared at least 5 times. the scenes maybe nearer to the end when Meryl Streep is sitting on a couch and talking to her friend, and another when she's with her husband. it's really obvious because the background wall is green and there's this black microphone bobbing up and down, almost dead-center at the top edge of the screen.
Heartwarming, Sweet, And Completely Enjoyable January 30, 2010
Karen Joan (Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have no idea why the critics panned JULIE & JULIA. My husband and I saw it the other evening, and found it to be absolutely delightful. In fact, it was one of the best movies we've seen in a long time. But be forewarned. You will be very hungry by the end of JULIE & JULIA. You will want something to eat, preferably, something with lots of butter.
JULIE & JULIA is actually two stories, expertly blended together, each complimenting the other, and creating dish that is more than the sum of its ingredients
The first story told in JULIE & JULIA is the delicious present day story of Julia Powell, a young woman who feels that her life is going nowhere, especially when she compares herself to her high-powered friends. Julie really wants to make a name for herself as a writer, but instead is a low level administrator who answers the phone all day long, receiving complaints and sob stories. Jealousy and frustration with her life really come to the forefront when she finds out that one of her less talented, but high flying friends is writing an internet blog about her own life that people seem to be reading. So Julie decides to give herself a challenge: She will take one year and cook her way through Julia Child's famous cookbook. As she goes, she will blog about it - 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Kitchen. At first, the only reader seems to be her mother, who is extremely less than supporting. But, along the way, she garners a world of fans and supporters all cheering her on to complete her goal.
JULIE & JULIA's second story is that of Julia Child herself: her life abroad with her beloved and loving husband, her search for herself, her journey through French cooking school, her desire but inability to have a child, her cookbook, and her television show. This is a touching, tender love story - Julia's love for her husband, her love of food and cooking, and her love of life. Never one to let obstacles get in her way, Julia lives her life to the fullest with great gusto, enthusiasm, and love.
These two stories in JULIE & JULIA are artfully blended together, with Julie's present day scenes intermingling with Julia's from the 1940's. Most of the time, the lives of these two women seem to mirror each other, making both stories even more connected and meaningful. The acting by Amy Adams (as Julie) and Stanley Tucci (as Julia's husband Paul) is outstanding and memorable, but it is Meryl Streep as Julia Child who brilliantly steals the show. After we watched JULIE & JULIA, my husband found all of Julia Child's cooking shows available on PBS. We have watched several, and Ms. Streep perfectly portrayed Ms. Child to a tee. Her performance, in a word, is brilliant.
JULIE & JULIA is a charming, relaxing, engaging film, just right for a warm, cuddly evening at home. It will also make you want to eat, and perhaps, it will inspire you to cook. It did me. Bon Apetit!
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