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''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic Kenneth Turan commented, "[Julie & Julia] does it right. A consummate entertainment that echoes the rhythms and attitudes of classic Hollywood, it's a satisfying throwback to those old-fashioned movie fantasies where impossible dreams do come true. And, in this case, it really happened. Twice."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/movies/la-et-julie-julia7-2009aug07,0,1724703.story LA Times review], August 12, 2009</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the film a ''C'', explaining, "Julie & Julia is two movies in one. That’s one more movie than it needs to be."<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/julie-julia,31381/ A.V. Club review], August 12, 2009</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave it a ''B+''.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20296109,00.html EW review], August 12, 2004</ref> The review by [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] was also positive.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2224414/ Slate review], August 12, 2009</ref>
''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' critic Kenneth Turan commented, "[Julie & Julia] does it right. A consummate entertainment that echoes the rhythms and attitudes of classic Hollywood, it's a satisfying throwback to those old-fashioned movie fantasies where impossible dreams do come true. And, in this case, it really happened. Twice."<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/reviews/movies/la-et-julie-julia7-2009aug07,0,1724703.story LA Times review], August 12, 2009</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the film a ''C'', explaining, "Julie & Julia is two movies in one. That’s one more movie than it needs to be."<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/julie-julia,31381/ A.V. Club review], August 12, 2009</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave it a ''B+''.<ref>[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20296109,00.html EW review], August 12, 2004</ref> The review by [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] was also positive.<ref>[http://www.slate.com/id/2224414/ Slate review], August 12, 2009</ref>

The movie has also been a source of inspiration. Stacy Woltmann, a 400-pound woman recently told Good Morning America that "Julie and Julia" inspired her to loss weight and chronicle her experiences on her blog.<ref>{{cite web | last = Dunham| first = Deborah| authorlink = http://www.aolhealth.com/bio/deborah-dunham| title = 400-Pound Woman Blogs to Lose Weight | publisher = AOL Health | date = October 2009 | url = http://www.thatsfit.com/2009/10/20/400-pound-woman-blogs-to-lose-weight/ | accessdate = October 2009}}</ref>


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Julie & Julia
Theatrical poster
Directed byNora Ephron
Written byScreenplay:
Nora Ephron
Book:
Julie Powell
Produced byNora Ephron
Laurence Mark
Eric Steel
Amy Robinson
StarringAmy Adams
Meryl Streep
Stanley Tucci
Chris Messina
Linda Emond
Jane Lynch
CinematographyStephen Goldblatt
Edited byRichard Marks
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
August 7, 2009 (2009-08-07)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40,000,000
Box office$98,870,323

Julie & Julia is a comedy-drama Template:Fy film written and directed by Nora Ephron. The film depicts events in the life of chef Julia Child in the early years in her culinary career, contrasting her life with Julie Powell, who aspires to cook all 524 recipes from Child's cookbook during a single year.

Ephron's screenplay is adapted from two books: My Life in France, Child's autobiography, written with Alex Prud'homme, and a memoir by Julie Powell. In August 2002, Powell started documenting online her daily experiences cooking each of the 524 recipes in Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she later began reworking that blog, The Julie/Julia Project,[1] into a book, Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen (Little, Brown, 2005). The paperback was retitled Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously (Back Bay Books, 2006). Both of these books were written and published in the same time frame of 2004 to 2006. The film is the first major motion picture based on a blog.[2]

Ephron began filming Julie & Julia in March 2008. Meryl Streep portrays Julia Child, and Amy Adams appears as Julie Powell. The film officially premiered on July 30, 2009 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and opened throughout North America on August 7, 2009.[3]

Plot

In the years 2000 Julie Powell (Amy Adams) attempts to cook every recipe in Julia Child's cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which was written in the 1960s. She writes a blog about her experience. Woven into her story is the story of Julia Child's time in Paris, in the 1950s, in which she discovers the art of cooking. Both women get much support from their husbands, although at one point Powell's husband is fed up with her excessive devotion to her hobby.

Cast

Reception

Critical reaction

The film has received generally favorable reviews from critics.[9] Rotten Tomatoes reported that 75% of critics gave positive reviews based on 155 reviews with an average score of 6.7/10. [10] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, gave it an average score of 65%, based on 32 reviews. [9] Meryl Streep has been widely praised for her performance as Julia Child. Movie critic A.O. Scott of The New York Times affirmed that "By now this actress [Streep] has exhausted every superlative that exists and to suggest that she has outdone herself is only to say that she’s done it again. Her performance goes beyond physical imitation, though she has the rounded shoulders and the fluting voice down perfectly."[11] Reviewer Peter Travers wrote in Rolling Stone that "Meryl Streep — at her brilliant, beguiling best — is the spice that does the trick for the yummy Julie & Julia."[12] Similarly, Stephanie Zacharek of Salon magazine concluded that "Streep isn't playing Julia Child here, but something both more elusive and more truthful — she's playing our idea of Julia Child."[13]

Los Angeles Times critic Kenneth Turan commented, "[Julie & Julia] does it right. A consummate entertainment that echoes the rhythms and attitudes of classic Hollywood, it's a satisfying throwback to those old-fashioned movie fantasies where impossible dreams do come true. And, in this case, it really happened. Twice."[14] The A.V. Club gave the film a C, explaining, "Julie & Julia is two movies in one. That’s one more movie than it needs to be."[15] Entertainment Weekly gave it a B+.[16] The review by Slate was also positive.[17]

The movie has also been a source of inspiration. Stacy Woltmann, a 400-pound woman recently told Good Morning America that "Julie and Julia" inspired her to loss weight and chronicle her experiences on her blog.[18]

Box office

On its opening weekend, the film opened #2 behind G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra with $20.1 million. [19] As of October 12, 2009, the film has made $98,870,323 worldwide, surpassing its $40 million budget.[20]

References

  1. ^ The Julie/Julia Project
  2. ^ Philadelphia Weekly
  3. ^ "Tweetin' Streep". Zagat.com. July 30,, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Chris Messina Joins Julie & Julia". 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2008-06-18.
  5. ^ Bryon Perry (2008-03-05). "Jane Lynch". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-18. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |name= ignored (help)
  6. ^ "24's Rajskub Cooks Up Role in Julie and Julia". Retrieved 2008-06-19.
  7. ^ Bryon Perry (2008-07-13). "Vanessa Ferlito". Variety. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  8. ^ Alison Baenen (2009-01-07). "Casey Wilson Doesn't Mind If Her Dad Shoots Her Next Film". Style.com. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  9. ^ a b "Julie & Julia (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  10. ^ "Julie & Julia Movie Reviews, Pictures". IGN Entertainment. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  11. ^ A.O. Scott, The New York Times: Two for te Stove, movie review of Julie & Julia. Aug 7, 2009.
  12. ^ Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: Movie Review of Julie & Julia. Aug 6, 2009.
  13. ^ Stephanie Zacharek, Salon: Movie review of Julie & Julia. Aug 7, 2009.
  14. ^ LA Times review, August 12, 2009
  15. ^ A.V. Club review, August 12, 2009
  16. ^ EW review, August 12, 2004
  17. ^ Slate review, August 12, 2009
  18. ^ Dunham, Deborah (October 2009). "400-Pound Woman Blogs to Lose Weight". AOL Health. Retrieved October 2009. {{cite web}}: Check |authorlink= value (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |authorlink= (help)
  19. ^ "'G.I. Joe' commands box office with $56.2M debut". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  20. ^ "Julie & Julia (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
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