DVD: Julie & Julia

By Willem Moller Monday 29 March 2010

THIS wonderful film tells the true story of two remarkable women, bound by their love of good food.

In the 1950s Julia Child (Streep) – a 1,88 m tall, ever-cheerful woman with a huge appetite for life – accompanies her diplomat husband, Paul (Tucci), on a posting to Paris. To relieve her boredom she trains as a chef and with Paul’s support writes Mastering the Art of French Cooking (a classic still in print).

Skip to 2002. Inspired by memories of her mother cooking Julia’s recipes Julie Powell (Adams), an aspiring writer stuck in a bureaucratic job in New York, decides to cook all 524 recipes in Julia’s book in one year and write a daily blog about it. Like Julia she has the support of a loving husband, Eric (Messina). The blog becomes a hit and leads to the book this film is based on.

Streep is fantastic as the larger-than-life Julia. And with the rest of the cast in equally good form and impeccable direction this is a must-see celebration of yummy food that will leave you ravenous. Bonus: commentary, featurette. –

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Rating: 4/5

JULIE & JULIA
Comedy-drama. 2009. 123 min. With Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina. Directed by Nora Ephron. 13PGL.

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Rene Seidel
2010/07/08 07:26:49 PM

Dit was 'n genotvolle prent. Baie emosie en intriges. 'n Lekker fliek vir die koue winteraande.
Annabella Seco
2010/04/28 09:32:03 PM

I was very impressed with Meryl Streep performance in this movie because she was a little disappointement in the movie mamma mia. What I liked the most of this movie is the different directions the two people would tackle the making of food and it was made with so much love and efford that it made you to want to go and cook and try new recepies. They showed that food should not be as difficult as we think it should be, but easy, deliteful to make and to enjoy. This gave me a idea to make more different foods every day for my kids and husband, try different nations of food, which they enjoy and like to try out.
Helene
2010/04/15 11:10:40 AM

This was a fantastic movie. Loved it.
Ashleigh Meyers
2010/03/29 11:07:41 PM

i actually watched it last night, at home with the family. it was a fantastic film, that i thouroughly enjoyed, the two sides of two different true stories that colided was brilliant, i loved the movement of time from Julia to Julie. also some stunning film direction and lots of effort into tiny details!

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