Movie Review: Julia & Julie

Cast: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina

Director: Nora Ephron


Julia & Julie is a journey of two women, living in two different eras and how they find escape and new meaning to life through cooking.


Julie played by Amy Adams is an unsuccessful writer who has to work as a customer service agent in current age New York. To escape the monotony and the stress of her job she decides to write a blog about recipes of her favorite cook book author Julia Child.

Story of Julia, played by Meryl Streep is set in 1950s. She is a wife of an American diplomat who is posted in France. Julia is a food enthusiast and is in love with the French cuisine. She decides to learn French cooking and introduce the flavor to the fast food world of Americans.

The movie transcends between the story of the two women, how each faces the challenges of the time they live in.
The effortless ease with which the movie switches between the two stories helps to effectively bring out the differences between the two eras.

If you love food you would enjoy the movie. The movie is slow paced and at times little boring with recipe after recipe.
Nevertheless the simple narrative and the cozy family make it a nice effortless watch.