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This is a delightful movie about present day blogger following the recipes of legendary chef Julia Child.The acting and casting are perfect. Amy Adams is so sweet and charming and Meryl Streep does a spot on portrayal of Julia Child. Jane Lynch is quite funny as her sister. Stanley Tucci is good as Julia's supportive husband. The screenplay is well written, touching and funny. It includes some pretty insightful dialog and characterizations. The art direction is beautiful with attractive sets.This charming movie made me buy a Le Creuset pot! Tried Bourguignon at home because of this movie too.

Film intercuts story of Julia Child in the 40s writing her first cookbook with Julie, a present-day New Yorker writing a blog in which she cooks each dish from a Child cookbook over a year.The Julia Child scenes themselves are excellent. Terrific evocation of the France of the era, and some wonderful scenes.The modern-day Julie scenes, however, are difficult to watch. Julie is a character without, as far as I can see, any particularly redeeming or even interesting characteristics. She is selfish, dishonest, and whiny. Other than fetishes for profanity and self-pity, it's not clear to me what's interesting about her.Had the Julie scenes been cut out entirely, the movie would have been better; had they been replaced by scenes with Julia Child, it would have been an excellent film.