Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 24 wins & 47 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Julie & Julia is one of the gentlest, most charming American movies of the past decade.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
17 Aug 2009
fresh:
Sometimes a meal can be less than perfect but still so thoroughly enjoyable that a missed ingredient here or a bit of overcooking there doesn't really matter.
– Charlie McCollum,
San Jose Mercury News,
19 Aug 2009
rotten:
The main reason for seeing this is Meryl Streep's deft comic performance as the fluttery TV chef.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
20 Aug 2009
fresh:
A film that's charming, funny - especially when Streep is on screen, broadcasting her superb impression of the tall, charismatic, high-pitched Child - but leaves you with a dissatisfaction with modern life that no culinary masterpiece can relieve.
– Nina Caplan,
Time Out,
11 Sep 2009
fresh:
Ebullient, witty, and wonderfully warm-hearted Julie & Julia is a celebration of how to live life to the full.