Julie and Julia

Julie and Julia (2009)

It feels mean that we had to wait sooo long to get this movie, which only opened this week in good old New Zealand. We had been teased with the trailer for months, and bloggers blogged about the joys of it, making me want to see it all the more.

Of course I had read the blog, and read the book, but the movie is the delight bringing it all to life. Julie Powell is a cubicle government office worker who in her spare time, fights stress by cooking. Deciding that she too can blog about a project, she chooses to tackle Julia Childs book Mastering French Cooking.

At the same time we follow Julia Childs story, of discovering how to cook in Paris and writing the cookbook. We also learn about her beautiful love story of the her and her husband Paul. Meryl Streep, plays Julia Child so well. The annoying voice which is shrill and loud, I thought was so well done, even if some of the audience couldn't get past it. They also did a fab job of portraying her as a solid 6foot 2, and I loved the hair.

Amusing too, to see a good story where the women are the main characters and the men play the love interests. Wonderful.

So break out the cookbooks and head off to see it. 4/5