An interesting movie about french cooking and relationships, 'Julie and Julia' came across as a heartwarming show to me and I had fun viewing it with my girlfriend.The movie started a little slow as there was a need to set the timeline for both characters in order to make it apparent to the audience. The past-present concept was fun to view as Julie Powell (Amy Adams) embarked on her 365 days French cooking challenge in order to prove to herself that she could focus and reach a goal. While we see Julia Child (Meryl Streep) learning to be a cooking meister in France, Julie is following in her footsteps nearly half a decade later in her cozy home setting.
The development of Julie and Julia's characters were also well portrayed. Both women were thrown into new living environments and they used cooking as their outlet for peace and also as their art. I thought it was really nice that the husbands Paul Child (Stanley Tucci) and Eric Powell (Chris Messina) were so supportive of their wives. They were the unsung heroes that motivated their spouses to forge ahead and accomplish their tasks.
In addition to this, Julia and Julia also gave deep insight of challenging relationships in life and it encompassed parents, colleagues and friends. Julia had to deal with a poor co-writer with her cookbook and also manage a proud french women who was in charge of her cooking school. On the other hand, Julie had obnoxious friends who only wished to show off about their life and her job as a customer service officer had a strong emotional toll on her. This gave a very personal touch to the show as it went beyond a simple feel good show about cooking by exploring interpersonal relationships.
I actually found it easier to relate to Julie Powell's character
as she came across as the more realistic character while trying to follow in Julia's footsteps. She seemed to have more trouble with cooking than Julia did, and she had to juggle work on top of her cooking project. I admired the character's resilience and was silently cheering when she finally accomplished her goal.The inconsistency in the show was at the last part of the movie when Julie had a call with a comment from the very senior Julia in the show saying she hates her. I'm not sure how that was relevant to the movie and was pondering on this for quite awhile.
For those of you who have watched the show what do you think of this? How did you find the movie? Share your views!
