What makes this movie so good is Meryl Streep's performance. It is seriously so good. She embodies Julia Child so well. It was the saving grace that made all the other parts worth watching, just so you could get another scene with Meryl in it.
I wish that it was a story just strictly on Julia, her relationship with her husband, and how she becomes 'The Julia Child.' That would have been so much more compelling to me than Julie and Julia.
Julia's struggle from the beginning is fascinating. She is in a new city, and doesn't have anything to do. She finds she loves to cook and goes to school where she is brought down by her peers who doesn't think she's capable. Then the whole journey she takes to finally publishing her book -- this could have been a biopic and I would have loved it so much more.
Meryl is a show stealer, and she defiantly lives up to her name as being one of the best actresses of this generation.
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