![]() A fun time at the movies-which is a rarer pleasure than it should be. I just felt so much affection for Streep's Julia Child in this movie-and I laughed repeatedly and heartily at her antics. I'm sure a lot of the rough edges of Julia's personality are smoothed over-but some of the stressful moments are there. This film is all the more remarkable in that it is so rare to see a film these days that just revels in joie-de-vivre. In this series of videos produced by Claudine Pépin, Tom Hopkins and the Jacques Pépin Foundation, Chef Pépin shares quick and accessible recipes prepared in his own kitchen. She loves cooking for others, fashion and bringing people together, so her dinner parties are. Full credit to Amy Adams and Chris Messina, then, for making us care about the half of the film that teetered on the edge of the perfunctory. Britt is ready to honor Julia with her Southern-meets-French cooking style, using lots of butter. Add to that the fact that the heavy hitters in the film all live on the Julia side-Streep, Stanley Tucci, and a great cameo by Jane Lynch-and the deck feels fully stacked. One problem with the balance in this project is that Julia Child did something really important for cooking in America, and so her story is inherently interesting. Amy Adams really brings this character to life and makes you care about her (more so, I think than the book did). I read both "Julie and Julia" and "My Life in France" earlier this summer, and I have to confess that I didn't love the Julie Powell book. From the reviews I read, I was really expecting not to like the "Julie" half of this movie-but I was pleasantly surprised. She has great comic timing, and always goes just far enough for the laugh, and usually not too far that it feels staged or unnatural. Streep's performance alone makes this film worthwhile-in recent years she has really shown her great talent as a comedian (Adaptation, Devil Wears Prada, this film). ![]()
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