Julie and Julia

It would have been easy to dismiss 'Julie & Julia' as a film strictly for the ladies. It is probably a greater experience for those that are fans of Julia Child's as well as people who enjoy cooking, but for someone who knew very little about the the famous cook and her reputation and knows even less about cooking-I didn't expect to take much of a liking or to gain much from watching it. So, when Meryl Streep first appears on screen, i had no preconcieved notions that made me smile at the sight of this character-but after about five minutes it was hard not to completely love Streep's version of Child. She plays the woman with such an open heart and mind, a woman searching for her place in the world while knowing the one thing she really loves to do is eat, and what she enjoys eating most is French food. It would be easy to say this movie would have been better off strictly as a Julia Child film, especially with Streep in the role, but it is also likely if that was the case many would complain the character was too much for two straight hours. What Ephron has given us though is a film based on a book by Julie Powell, a young cubicle worker in, who, in 2002, cooked and blogged her way through Child's cookbook. Amy Adams is always adorable and there is no change here as she... [more]