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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   "Annette Bening delivers her most scintillating performance to date in this wonderfully entertaining film."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker "[A] perfectly light comedic soufflé that is not intimidated by its characters' darker undercurrents."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 3/4 "A tart, observant look at the seductiveness of revenge and its generally empty aftertaste."   Slant Magazine   Dan Callahan 3/5 "Watching Being Julia is like seeing a racehorse with an impeccable bloodline trudging across the finish line with the rest of the pack instead of out in front of it"   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2/4 "Though Being Julia is an undeniably lush and expensive-looking production, the film never manages to step beyond the realm of over-the-top campiness."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/5 "(...) Bening recorre todas las emociones posibles, desde la euforia histérica hasta la más absoluta depresión."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B- "It’s impossible to take your eyes off Bening when she’s on the screen, not just because she’s lovely but because she makes being Julia seem so darned fun."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B- "As a glossy, brainless divertissement, as devoid of substance as the cardboard characters it's about, it will serve."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 " Being Julia is buoyed by an ebullient performance by Annette Bening as a middle-aged actress and extrovert who finally discovers the pleasures of solitude."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat C "If A Room with a View looked inside the repressed passions of its characters, Being Julia seems content to just put a frame around them and call it a day."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 2.5/4 "Being Julia is one of the most uneven affairs I have watched in a theater this year. It's like two movies that have been inelegantly grafted together."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "Annette Bening's performance is the most captivating of her career."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Smeared by a very childish ending ... But there is that Bening performance to savor."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "A wildly uneven blend of ‘30s screwball comedies and the kind of Grand Guignol melodrama that made me wish Charles Busch was starring instead of the wildly uneven Bening."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "It’s a dish of a role for a dish of a gal, seemingly tailored for Bening."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.5/5 "A tour de force and an utter delight."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C "While much of Being Julia's appeal stems from no one being as fabulous as [Julia] is, the lack of a worthy sparring partner diminishes the fun."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 7/10 "A well-produced look at the London stage in pre-war London, based on a novella by Somerset Maugham. The characters may not be as endearing as intended."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 3.5/4 "One of the best movies from this year's Telluride Film Festival"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "Bening’s performance brings everything up to a level of brilliance..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/5 "Annette Bening shines with a glow that is beyond confidence and beyond beauty. She picks up the sometimes-clunky material and carries it on her shapely shoulders."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. B+ "Bening is positively incandescent. The rest of the movie doesn't match her, but then there are not many that could. "   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow C "Benning ... brings this constantly disguised vixen to ferocious, flamboyant life."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3.5/5 "Features a magnificent central performance by Bening to go with its engaging and raucous storyline."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "There have been loads of comedies set in the world of theater, but few have the uncompromising, hard edge this film has."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "Bening ... is radiant as ever and appears to be having an absolute blast."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell "Bening slips into this role naturally and wholly."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 3.5/4 "It's an immensely satisfying and stylish entry in the grand tradition of films about the theater."   Reel.com   Timothy Knight 1.5/4 "Some kind of klutzy pre-Blitz version of The First Wives Club."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1