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
Meryl Streep earned her 16th acting Oscar nomination for this film, but her loss to Sandra Bullock for her role in The Blind Side (2009) marked Meryl's record 12th consecutive loss at the Academy Awards (11 of these in the Best Actress category). See more »
Goofs
In the scene where Julie Powell is writing in her blog about being stood up by Judith Jones, she is typing on her laptop. In the close-up when she decides to press the delete key, the key appears to be that of a full-size keyboard, not a laptop. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Paul Child:
Repeat after me, okay? Nous cherchons un bon restaurant Français.
Julia Child:
Nous cherchons un bon restaurant Français.
Paul Child:
Quelque chose de typique et charmant.
Julia Child:
Quelque chose de typique et charmant.
Paul Child:
Typique et charmant.
Julia Child:
Typique et charmant.
Paul Child:
Typique et charmant.
Julia Child:
Typique et charmant. Oh Paul, leave me alone.
Paul Child:
[the couple arrives at a restaurant]
Bon appétit.
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I want to reiterate what Anderson said. I read the book and was so utterly disappointed that I tossed the book into the rubbish. I rarely do that and usually donate to libraries, but in this case, I didn't want to share the pain inflicted by reading it.
Nevertheless, being a fan of Julia I was compelled to see the movie. Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were outstanding. Her portrayal of Julia Child was captivating and nothing short of brilliant. Unfortunately those parts were too few. Instead the viewer gets an overload of this self-absorbed whiny bi-polar type character that annoyed me so much that I left during one of her parts. While she was on the screen it was as painful as reading the book.
It would be wonderful if they would take the same two actors (Meryl and Stanley) and make a full movie of just that.
It was so apparent that Julie was trying to use the fame of Julia Childs for her own benefit. It's not ethical, period! And she even tries to be a sad little victim after it was implied that Julia didn't endorse her. grrrrr! I don't admire anyone who uses people like that, especially passionless whiny people who seem to act like everything revolves around them.
So, seven stars go only to the portrayal of Julia and husband. and 1 star to the Julie character because it was a fun idea to do the blog on the recipe experiment. I just didn't like the lack of passion and the free ride she took on a lovely brilliant lady who gave so much to us amateur chefs.
Most anyone can be taught things, but the charm and passion come from within. Julia was one in a million!
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I want to reiterate what Anderson said. I read the book and was so utterly disappointed that I tossed the book into the rubbish. I rarely do that and usually donate to libraries, but in this case, I didn't want to share the pain inflicted by reading it.
Nevertheless, being a fan of Julia I was compelled to see the movie. Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci were outstanding. Her portrayal of Julia Child was captivating and nothing short of brilliant. Unfortunately those parts were too few. Instead the viewer gets an overload of this self-absorbed whiny bi-polar type character that annoyed me so much that I left during one of her parts. While she was on the screen it was as painful as reading the book.
It would be wonderful if they would take the same two actors (Meryl and Stanley) and make a full movie of just that.
It was so apparent that Julie was trying to use the fame of Julia Childs for her own benefit. It's not ethical, period! And she even tries to be a sad little victim after it was implied that Julia didn't endorse her. grrrrr! I don't admire anyone who uses people like that, especially passionless whiny people who seem to act like everything revolves around them.
So, seven stars go only to the portrayal of Julia and husband. and 1 star to the Julie character because it was a fun idea to do the blog on the recipe experiment. I just didn't like the lack of passion and the free ride she took on a lovely brilliant lady who gave so much to us amateur chefs.
Most anyone can be taught things, but the charm and passion come from within. Julia was one in a million!