It's gotten mixed reviews to say the least. And now I can see why, it's because it's not that good. There I said it. Hate on me if you must but I wasn't impressed at all with this movie.I love Meryl but in this film she seemed to be playing Julia Child as some demented woman who giggled and guffawed her way through her life and cooking school. Her performance was one note, unfortunately, for me it was a sour one.
I like Amy Adams. She was beyond great in the film June Bug. Her portrayal of a talkative southern gal was so spot on that it hurt to watch it at times because it was so honest and real. But in this movie, meh, she was merely a seat filler for the time when La Streep wasn't yukking it up.
But the performance I hated most of all though was the one by the guy who played Amy Adams husband. Oh my freakin' gawd, he reeked. He was awful and seeing him eat was one of the most revolting things I have ever seen on film. Seriously, watching him eat and say, "Mmmmmmm, thass guuuuud!," almost made me vomit, and it did make me want to choke the life out of him so that he never got to eat on screen again.
There were two bright spots in the movie and they were Stanley Tucci as Julia's husband and Jane Lynch as her sister. If they had made a film around these two characters then it might have been something I might have liked. Sadly, they did not.
I didn't like this movie and even though I can see how others might, I can't recommend it.
