Julie Powell, a self confessed ‘Government drone by day, renegade foodie by night’ decides to take up a unique challenge and catalog her thoughts and progress in her blog. Thus began one of the most beautiful journeys of self realization and discovery.
Based on The Julie/Julia Project, Julie & Julia is a wonderful heart warming movie about two women separated by a generation, yet intertwined in their lives and aspirations. The movie based also on the memoirs of Julia Child entitled My Life in France, reveals the life and times of Julia Child and the inspirations that led to her becoming a world famous cook.
Julie & Julia is engaging and provides an honest retrospect to the effect of blogging in peoples lives. The challenge that spurred Julie Powell on and the drive that Julia Child had towards her passion of cooking is addictive and inspiring. The screenplay is gripping and touching at times and the fact that it is based on real life events only adds to the enigma of these two wonderful people.
Meryl Streep‘s performance is awe inspiring and aptly earned her a nomination for the Academy Awards. Amy Adams puts in a good performance handling a character that does a full emotional circle thruout the movie. Performances by Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina as the husbands to the women were on target.
Julie & Julia belongs to a very different genre of movies. It is sweet and heart warming but there is something more. Something you cant just put a finger to. This movie is truly worth the watch.
