2009 · romance · drama · space
Julie & Julia
Directed by Nora Ephron2h 3m2009
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Our read: Julie & Julia (2009) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive romance · drama · space entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Julie & Julia counts for a challenge
Neutral, steady, measured romance / drama, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- tender
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How Julie & Julia feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want cozy food-and-ambition comfort with Streep at her most joyful.”
Skip it tonight — Cooking blogs and marriage malaise sound boring right now.
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