We went to see "Julie & Julia" (the two true stories of Julia Child and Julie Roberts) starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. This movie by Nora Ephron is for me a welcome summer "feel good" movie. It is a fun tale about not only how Julia Child became the famous cook, but about Julie Roberts who writes a blog about making all 524 of Child's recipes in one year. Like most movies about cooking, I want to get home and make something fun and good. AND I'm not a cook!
If you have seen the previews and said that may be fun, IT IS. It is why movies are good for the mind. Nora Ephron is a master at this type of movie. Meryl Streep is of course fun and perfect. It is amazing how different a person she is in this movie than say the Nun in "Doubt". Here is the funny thing, Amy Adams also played a Nun in "Doubt". Comparing their roles in the two movies, you see the debt of these great actors.
I give it ***1/2 stars
FYI: My recent blogs have mentioned profanity at the movies. This movie is also rated PG13 because they had Stanley Tucci (who plays Mr. Child) t0 say the F word once at the end of a scene for NO apparent reason! Actually, it is apparent. One F word qualifies the movie as PG13 so that people will be more enticed to go?
2009 movie #51 (almost a movie a week!)
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