starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep
In a nutshell: A pleasant, non-offensive, lightweight piece of entertainment along the lines of a movie that shares 2 cast members, The Devil Wears Prada
Quick synopsis: Two stories: Julia Child finds her calling in life in Paris in the '50's; Julie Powell finds her inspiration as a writer by attempting to cook each one of the 500+ recipes in Julia Child's famous cookbook in a year.
Content: It is hard to saying anything either very good or very bad about Julie & Julia. It's a pleasant story filled with generally good people, some cool locations and great looking food. No one suffers any serious hardships, and when minor ones pop up, they are quickly remedied. There are no annoying performances, obnoxious gimmicks or dastardly villains. Just another great performance by Meryl Streep as the happy-go-lucky, outgoing titular character who doesn't know how to take no for an answer and a parallel story about a woman searching for a bit of inspiration in her life, which she finds in Julia Child. As I mentioned earlier, it's style reminded a lot of another movie with Streep and Stanley Tucci, The Devil Wears Prada. Both are average stories complimented by above average performances and direction that never gets in the way. Stakes are never too high. If ever in search of a chick flick, Julie and Julia is a much more pleasant watch than the horrible romantic comedies that Hollywood has been pumping out.
Rolling rankings:
1. Inglourious Basterds (#168)
2. Where The Wild Things Are (#169)
3. Jackie Brown (#173)
4. Adventureland (#170)
5. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (#172)
6. Duplicity (#167)
7. Into the Wild (#166)
8. Julie and Julia (#175)
9. Angels & Demons (#174)
10. The American Nightmare (#171)
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