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(1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   2/5 "A bland blend of two half-baked stories. Julie & Julia spends so long celebrating the art of cooking, it forgets to be dramatic, romantic or funny."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke 3/5 "an enjoyable experience -- just not as filling as it could have been."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron A- "Showcases stable, loving relationships (complete with supportive men), offers honest depictions of self-worth, and imparts a message of feminine achievement through the art of divine creation. Now how about that."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf C- "If Norah Ephron had better producers around to save her from herself, "Julie & Julia" could have been the movie it wants to be--that is a Julia Child biopic with Meryl Streep doing a fantastic job as the television chef that taught America how to cook."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 5/10 "Julia Child's letters home are vivacious, illustrating her generosity and wit, her resolve and sense of humor."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "There's almost no conflict in either of the stories presented in Julie & Julia, and though this is preferable to contrived conflict, it still leaves us with a rather overlong, lovey-dovey picture."   Slant Magazine   Dan Callahan A- "As usual, Meryl Streep steals the movie; but thanks to strong writing by Nora Ephron and delightful additional performances by Amy Adams and Stanley Tucci, "Julie and Julia" might steal your heart."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 2/4 "Even Streep inevitably falls victim to Ephron's one-note modus operandi..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Tasty mostly because Meryl Streep as the daffy American chef Julia Child nails her role with perfection."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "The alternating storylines are slight and conflict is severely lacking, but Meryl Streep and Amy Adams are extraordinary, lifting so-so material into an enjoyable, easy-breezy, late-summer trifle."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B+ "A breezy and thoroughly delightful comedy."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "As a writer herself and a woman in an even more cutthroat business, you would think that Ephron might shed off her usual goody-goody fantasies and stick one to Powell. Heh, ridicule in a Nora Ephron film? Even Julia Child would raspberry that one."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "For all the talent invested in Julie & Julia, it's ultimately a bland cinematic dish that needed more comedic spice."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 5/5 "Yum! One of the Best Films of 09 with its celebration of culinary creativity and the spiritual practice of enthusiasm as the energy which animates the efforts of two women to give their best to the world."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat "[Is] blogging a substitute for motherhood?"   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 2.5/4 "Perhaps the most disappointing thing about Julie & Julia is the lack of dramatic closure."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "awash in culinary imagery, and it's enough to make you want to run out, purchase some Le Creuset cookware, and start deboning a duck"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "Glossy and graceful, Julie & Julia is less about a full belly than it is about a full life, less about assembling dishes and more assembling one's self"   Redbox   James Rocchi 3/4 "A lightweight but enjoyable gustatory romp."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy "The cuisine may be French but the spirit is as American as apple pie."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy 3/5 "click to read the full review on Movies for the Masses"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2/5 "People like my mother are going to eat this movie up... I, however, was bored. Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr B- "...a distillation of two good books into something less than intoxicating, but it's still good fun whenever Streep is on screen."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[G]iddily joyful performances [by] Adams and Streep: spending time with them is like spending time with the kind of friends who support you and love you no matter what..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/5 "Julie's setbacks are dealt out like the hand in a game we don't want to play anymore. We want to drop the cards and stay over at Julia's winning table."   Film Threat   Matthew Sorrento 3/4 "Meryl Streep and Amy Adams are great fun to watch, and Streep could well earn yet another Oscar nomination."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A- "This is a movie about food and love and courage and dreams and lots and lots of butter, and doing something -- cooking or acting -- brilliantly and with gusto."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 4/5 "While the Julia Child material and Streep's performance are entertaining enough to warrant a recommendation, the other stuff is so dreadfully dull that you wonder why it even exists at all"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "Ephron reunites with Streep for this slightly overlong and very girly drama based on two true stories, both of which are involving and well-played. The comedy is earthy and real, and the film looks good enough to eat."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "A delightful dessert of a movie."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2.5/4 "Perfectly pleasant but slight."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 9/10 "An epicurean delight!"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 6/10 "The Amy Adams half is shallow enough, and too inclined towards writer-director Nora Ephron's worst habits, that it manages to wreck what would otherwise be a good enough bit of fun."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Clck here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 35) of 35 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1