Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.
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.
Written by Columbia Pictures
Both the Paris and Boston train terminal shots were done in the beautifully restored New Jersey Transit Hoboken Train Terminal waiting room.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
While it is true that Mr. McWilliams did not approve of Julia Child marrying Paul Child, there is no evidence that he did not approve of Dorothy's choice of husband, as implied in the movie.
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