Passion. Ambition. Butter. Do You Have What It Takes?
| Cast |
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Edmond, Helen Carey, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jane Lynch |
| Director |
Nora Ephron |
| Screenplay | Nora Ephron, from the books by Julie Powell, Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme |
| Music | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Editing | Richard Marks |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Made in | 2009 |
| Produced by | Columbia Pictures, Easy There Tiger Productions, Scott Rudin Productions |
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| Genre | Biography, drama |
| Language | Very infrequent, mild and moderate |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | Mild |
| Violence | Infrequent, one mildly bloody, comedic scene |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Some social alcohol and tobacco use |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer  Streep the real treat on this menu | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Allen se prente neig al hoe meer afwaarts in gehalte, maar hier is steeds 'n pêrel of twee te vind | 15 | |
| Cape Times Kenneeth Turan Ingrediants for a tasty film | 15 | |
| Box Office Sara Schieron A winning recipe | 18 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 13 |  |
| eye Weekly Chandler Levack Here is another tour de force in which Streep is only upstaged once: by a delightful piece of sole fillet. | 10 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers | 15 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Okay, but needing more meat on its bones | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com 34 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 191 critics | 14 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Boosted by Meryl Streep's charismatic performance as Julia Child, Julie and Julia is a light, but fairly entertaining culinary comedy. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 6271 Netizens A pleasant comedy | 15 | |
Average .. 70% | 14 | |