Movie of the Week: Julie & Julia

If you want to ravel in the delicious indulgence of cooking and eating food then I highly recommend you watch this movie. It centers around the lives of Julia Child and Julie Powell, both living in different time periods but experiencing the same difficulties, happiness, and obstacles in their lives. While Julia Child is struggling to graduate from the Cordon Bleu and write and publish her book, Julie Powell is trying to cope with the fact that she hates her job and all her friends seem to be leading the successful lives they always dreamed of; she decides to cook her way through Julia's cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" by making at least one dish from the book every day for one year and writing a blog about it, after which she starts to gather a dedicated fan base.

The story is beautifully overlapped as each woman's life parallels the other, all while maintaining a wonderful sense of humor, even in their most desperate times. I forgot to mention (how could I have?!) that it stars Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, reuniting once again after "Doubt". Meryl is brilliant as always, embodying the essence of Julia which is the most important thing, not to mention her voice and mannerisms which are dead on. Amy did a very good job portraying Julie, but then again, I feel like she wasn't really character driven surprisingly, given that she is the main character. Still, Amy did great. I should also mention that having Chris Messina and his sexy self on screen for a lot of the movie as eye-candy is NOT bad at all.

After watching this film, I immediately wanted to go buy a copy of Julia's book which is such a testament to the film in that it really entices the audience into caring and empathizing with the characters; I had never really shown too much interest in cooking, let alone French cooking, let alone Julia Child's recipes. The movie really succeeds in getting you excited about food, and also disciplining yourself and setting goals, no matter how grandiose or insignificant they may seem.

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Until next time

Sary