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Julie & Julia

  • 2009
  • Tous publics
  • 2h 3m
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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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Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives... Read allJulie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child's cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.

  • Director
    • Nora Ephron
  • Writers
    • Nora Ephron
    • Julie Powell
    • Julia Child
  • Stars
    • Amy Adams
    • Meryl Streep
    • Chris Messina
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    133K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,519
    752
    • Director
      • Nora Ephron
    • Writers
      • Nora Ephron
      • Julie Powell
      • Julia Child
    • Stars
      • Amy Adams
      • Meryl Streep
      • Chris Messina
    • 375User reviews
    • 247Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 26 wins & 48 nominations total

    Videos15

    Julie & Julia -- Trailer #1
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    Julie & Julia -- Trailer #1
    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
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    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
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    Julie & Julia -- "Eggs"
    Julie & Julia: Herb Roasted Chicken
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    Julie & Julia: Herb Roasted Chicken
    Julie & Julia: Scrambled Eggs For Daphne
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    Julie & Julia: Scrambled Eggs For Daphne
    Julie & Julia: Butter Poached Maine Lobster
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    Julie & Julia: Butter Poached Maine Lobster
    Julie & Julia: Spies Alt
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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
    • 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
      • Julie Powell
      • Julia Child
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    7cadpgmr

    too much Julie, not enough Julia

    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!
    6claudiaeilcinema

    Two kitchens

    Nora Ephron's terrible miscalculation doesn't spoil things completely but it certainly hurts what it could have been, one of the best films of the year with a superlative performance by Meryl Streep. The performance more than survives, thank God, because I believe in years to come it will be considered one of Meryl's best. Imagine that! I loved her! Her Julia Child is total, complete, overwhelming, enchanting, inspiring. A woman of her day that was way, way ahead, in every department. A woman who was capable of love in the most direct and powerful way. She even loved the French for all the right reasons. When the films moves away from her the film suffers, terribly. The modern, neurotic kitchen of the modern woman is much more "passè" than the vintage one. In fact the vintage one is the ultra modern. But, as Billy Wilder used to say, we have to take the bitter with the sour. The film gets your gastric juices going and vindicates the power of butter in a way we hadn't seen since Last Tango In Paris. Stanley Tucci is also a delight and a perfect foil for her much taller wife. Bravo Meryl. once more, thank you, you're my hero.
    7littlemartinarocena

    Meryl's Julia: What A Dish

    Meryl Streep continues to amaze. There's never been an actress quite like her. Her body of work is a gallery of character without parallel. After 3 decades she is still brand new. She never became a parody of herself like many other great actresses before her and, chances are, she never will. Here she recreates a popular icon, fearlessly. Her joy is utterly contagious and her side of the film is a marvel. Amy Adams, good as she is, becomes an unwelcome distraction. We want to stay with Meryl's Julia all the way. I think that Norah Ephron (Mixed Nuts) must have known, she must have! Didn't she notice in the cutting room, that we were going to be turning away from the story every time we move away from Julia Child? In any case I'm glad we had the chance to see this new Meryl Streep creation. Kudos also to Stanley Tucci. Stanley and Meryl create one of the most original believable couples in decades. Thanks to modern technology we will be able to re-edit the film for private consumption and have a sensational short : Julia in Paris.
    7Rick_Swift

    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
    8jordathan

    "Bon Apetit!"

    i never really liked Meryl Streep that much until "Doubt" last year. and i've always been in love with Amy Adams. so when i found out the two were in yet another film together, i jumped at the chance to go to a prescreening.

    i expected the film to be good, but it was even better than expected. humor was one of the driving forces of the film, but that didn't take away from some more serious moments- rather, it accentuated them and made them all the more poignant and even heartbreaking.

    Ms. Streep is nothing short of perfect as cooking personality Julia Child. in fact, it may be the best performance yet i've seen from her. hilarious, lovable, passionate, and tender, she hit every note perfectly.

    Ms. Adams, likewise, was superb as Julie Powell, a government worker who decided to tackle Julia Child's 500+ recipes in her groundbreaking cook book in a year's time while documenting online the whole process in a blog.

    the two true stories are perfectly balanced, and the screenplay (adapted by the director Nora Ephron) strikes some wonderful parallels between the two women, and paints, or rather, cooks up two great ingredients to become one delicious dish.

    there is a bit of a lag in the second half of the movie, but this is forgiven by the fact that the movie never becomes distracted from its purpose. excellent cast, fantastic story-telling, and wonderful direction. Julie & Julia will have you holding out your dish begging for more.

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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: What is it that you *really* like to do?

      Julia Child: Eat!

    • 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

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 2009 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Julie y Julia
    • Filming locations
      • Hoboken Railway Station, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA(Julia child scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Easy There Tiger Productions
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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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
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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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