A delightful film (almost) from start to finish. Meryl Streep NAILS the role of Julia Child, perhaps the most significant person in the world of cooking. That might sound trite, but she's changed the way millions of people eat. She changed an industry. And she makes fucking delicious food. My mother got her book from her mother and I've grown up with some of the recipes. Absolutely delicious. Ok, Maybe I'm getting a bit tangent-y, but seeing this woman's journey and the way she lived was fascinating a delightful. Her and her husband Paul Child, played with much charisma by the always suburb Stanley Tucci, are definitely candidates in the most adorably loving couple ever award. The scenes of her discovering her passion for "The Art of French Cooking" were often hilarious and always interesting.
Slightly less interesting but still a good time was the other half of the film, which dealt with Julie, a lowly cubicle worker living above a Pizzeria in Queens with her husband, blogging her way through all the 500+ recipes in Julia Child's book, The Art of French Cooking over the course of a year. Most of this is entertaining (and mouthwatering) as well, though her part of the story does have the melodramatic three-act structure that's so over employed in films these days. It got just a bit tedious, but not enough to significantly alter my opinion and immense enjoyment at watching the film. Amy Adams as Julie Powell and Chris Messina as her incredibly nice husband are both very good.
Overall, Julie & Julia is a joyful film about cooking and two women who loved it so much, they followed it right into fame and fortune. An excellent film. And I am 100% confident Meryl Streep will get, at the very least, an Oscar Nomination!
9/10
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