Julie and Julia

Title: Julie and Julia
Year: 2009
Director: Nora Ephron
Lead: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams
Rated: Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality.

A woman tries to cook her way through Julia Child's cookbook, and write a blog about it. She ends up learning more than just cooking, she learns how to be a better person.

This movie was fantastic, I really enjoyed it. Julia Child was a chef that learned everything she knew in cooking class in Paris, France... she didnt know how to boil an egg until after she was married. Julie Powell was a phone operator at an some kind of insurance company that takes claims from 9/11 victims, they lived decades apart and this story puts them together. It goes from segments from Julia Child's life to Julie Powell's life. The segments from Julia were very interesting and funny, watching Meryl Streep portray Julia quite perfectly was fun, and France looked so great on-screen. However, things got a little repetitve when Julie was on-screen, she would cook then freak out, it got a litte monotonous, but was still very humurous and very fun to watch. All in all this movie was great, it made you understand that cooking is more than just making food. Very good movie, go see it. Oh and at 123 minutes (2:03) it feels a little bit long, but its worth every minute. 7 1/2 out of 10