Julie & Julia (2009) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 7, 2009
On DVD:	December 8, 2009
Genre:	Comedy, Drama
Director:	Nora Ephron
Writer:	Nora Ephron
Cast:	Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Jane Lynch, Dave Annable, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Studio:	Columbia Pictures
Running Time:	123 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and some sensuality

Based on Julie Powell's book "Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen." Julie Powell recounts how she conquered every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking and saved her soul. Julie Powell is 30-years-old, living in a rundown apartment in Queens and working at a soul-sucking secretarial job that's going nowhere. She needs something to break the monotony of her life, and she invents a deranged assignment. She...

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Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, who last year both earned Oscar nominations for their work in Doubt, team up once again in Julie & Julia, a real-life cooking comedy. Though the two accomplished actresses both have leading roles, neither have a single minute of shared screen time. Despite the potential to be fragmented, director Nora Ephron does it again, providing audiences with a fun and enjoyable story that works more often than it doesn't.

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