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Julie & Julia

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
Frustrated secretary Julie Powell (Adams) tries to shake up her life by chronicling her attempt to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year's time.
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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'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'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.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
118K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,547
530
  • Director
    • Nora Ephron
  • Writers
    • Nora Ephron(screenplay)
    • Julie Powell(book "Julie & Julia")
    • Julia Child(book "My Life in France")
  • Stars
    • Amy Adams
    • Meryl Streep
    • Chris Messina
Top credits
  • Director
    • Nora Ephron
  • Writers
    • Nora Ephron(screenplay)
    • Julie Powell(book "Julie & Julia")
    • Julia Child(book "My Life in France")
  • Stars
    • Amy Adams
    • Meryl Streep
    • Chris Messina
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    • 351User reviews
    • 252Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 24 wins & 47 nominations total

    Videos6

    Julie & Julia -- Trailer #1
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    Julie & Julia -- Trailer #1
    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
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    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
    Julie And Julia
    Interview 0:45
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    Interview with Amy Adams for Julia & Julia
    Interview 0:27
    Interview with Amy Adams for Julia & Julia

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    Meryl Streep and Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
    Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (2009)
    Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
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    Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (2009)
    Amy Adams in Julie & Julia (2009)
    Stanley Tucci in Julie & Julia (2009)

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    Amy Adams
    Amy Adams
    • Julie Powell
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Julia Child
    Chris Messina
    Chris Messina
    • Eric Powell
    Stanley Tucci
    Stanley Tucci
    • Paul Child
    Linda Emond
    Linda Emond
    • Simone Beck
    Helen Carey
    Helen Carey
    • Louisette Bertholle
    Mary Lynn Rajskub
    Mary Lynn Rajskub
    • Sarah
    Jane Lynch
    Jane Lynch
    • Dorothy McWilliams
    Joan Juliet Buck
    Joan Juliet Buck
    • Madame Brassart
    Crystal McCreary
    Crystal McCreary
    • Ernestine
    • (as Crystal Noelle)
    George Bartenieff
    • Chef Max Bugnard
    Vanessa Ferlito
    Vanessa Ferlito
    • Cassie
    Casey Wilson
    Casey Wilson
    • Regina
    Jillian Bach
    Jillian Bach
    • Annabelle
    Andrew Garman
    Andrew Garman
    • John O'Brien
    Michael Brian Dunn
    Michael Brian Dunn
    • Ivan Cousins
    Remak Ramsay
    • John McWilliams
    Diane Kagan
    • Phila McWilliams
    • Director
      • Nora Ephron
    • Writers
      • Nora Ephron(screenplay)
      • Julie Powell(book "Julie & Julia")
      • Julia Child(book "My Life in France")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      During the Valentine's Day dinner, one of the guests asks Julia and Paul if they were spies in the war. Both of them deny this. At the time the modern half of the film was set (2002), the Childs' wartime files had not yet been declassified, but by the time the film itself was made (2009), their records had been made public and it was revealed that Julia had served as a top-secret researcher for the OSS. The filmmakers elected to go only with facts that were established knowledge in 2002, but the spy conversation was thrown in as a sly nod toward the later revelation.
    • Goofs
      The film has Judith Jones stand Julie Powell up due to bad weather. Jones told the Boston Globe in August 2009 that, in fact, she had wanted to meet Julie "because I wasn't sure how you put a blog together and I also wanted to talk about recipe rights", but canceled because "Julia Child looked at her blog and didn't think Julie was a serious cook. There were all these four-letter words - that isn't how you describe food if you care and if you're a good writer. Julia thought we shouldn't have anything to do with it."
    • Quotes

      Paul Child: [to Julia] You are the butter to my bread, you are the breath to my life.

      [later echoed by Julie Powell to Eric Powell]

    • Connections
      Featured in The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Psycho Killer
      Written by David Byrne, Chris Frantz (as Christopher Frantz) and Tina Weymouth

      Performed by Talking Heads

      Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

    User reviews351

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Bon appetite!
    "Julie & Julia" is based on the book by the same name, which is based on the true story by Julie Powell about "The Julie & Julia Project". Julie (Amy Adams) is a government employee working in New York City in the year following 9/11. She, her husband Eric (Chris Messina) and their cat live in an apartment above a pizza parlor. All of her friends are successful in their careers. Julie is not. Of course, we all know who Julia Child is!! Meryl Streep was a fantastic Julia Child, who started out as a bored housewife in Paris looking to fill her time and ended up being a major influence on American cuisine.

    One evening, while bemoaning the lack of meaning in her life, Julie picks up Julia Child's cookbook and decides to cook all 524 recipes in the book in a year, while blogging about her experience. At first, no one is interested, but as time goes by, Julie gets more and more followers of her blog.

    I liked the parallel stories of Julia and Julie. They had similar experiences, yet there were drastic differences. Julia's husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) was extremely encouraging of Julia's cooking, while Julie's husband was kind of a jerk!! He was not very supportive of Julie's project. Seriously, if someone was going to be cooking me delicious food for a year, I would be 100% encouraging them along every step of the way!! Julia and Paul had a beautiful residence (with a maid!!), while Julie and Eric lived in a tiny apartment.

    I enjoyed seeing the delicious meals both Julia and Julie prepared, especially boeuf bourguignon (YUM!!!). One of my favorite scenes in the movie was when Julia's sister Dorothy (Jane Lynch) comes to Paris to visit her. It was adorable to see two grown women squealing like little girls because they are so excited to see each other. There was quite a bit of passion in this film – passion (romantic and non-romantic) for each other and passion for food.

    The movie dragged a bit, with a running time of just over 2 hours – I thought some scenes could have been trimmed down a bit.

    Overall an enjoyable dish – go see this movie with your mom, your sister, or your best friend. Whatever you do, DON'T go hungry because you will regret it!! Madison Monroe - iratefilms
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 7, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chuyện Hai Nữ Đầu Bếp
    • Filming locations
      • Hoboken Railway Station, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Easy There Tiger Productions
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $94,125,426
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $20,027,956
      • Aug 9, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $129,540,522
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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