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Do you know how to cook? Are you an aspiring chef? Do you love watching Top Chef or these delectable cooking shows on QTV-11?
The truth is that I don't know how to cook but I can prepare a very delicious pancit canton for you.
Julie & Julia inspires me to learn more about cooking just like Top Chef. This is not a film that shows a step by step cooking recipe. In fact, the film is all about cooking the recipes of good life. A film that depicts two different women in which cooking somehow changed some aspect of their lives. Julie & Julia is a one feel good movie from last year. And Meryl Streep shines once again without a doubt! 
FILM PREMISE: In 1948, Julia Child (Meryl Streep) is just another American woman living in France, accompanying her husband, whose job has brought them to Paris. With her indefatigable spirit, she yearns for something to do, and is drawn into the world of French cuisine, through a series of classes. She soon masters the culinary arts and writes a book aimed at American women who have aspirations but no access, which she gets published after some knockbaks. Fifty years later, Julie Powell (Amy Adams) is stuck in her life. Pushing 30, living in Queens, NY, and working in a cubicle as her friends achieve stunning successes, she seizes on a seemingly insane plan to focus her energies. Julie decides to spend exactly a year cooking all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking (which Child co-wrote with Louise Bertholle and Simone Beck) - and write a blog about her experiences.
Julie & Julia is like a fusion of two movies actually. It's like watching a classic and a modern film at the same time.
What's amazing here is the delectable tale of these two women. They have different personalities but you'll like both of them . As a blogger, I can easily relate with Julie's life coz what she's doing here in the movie and in real life is almost the same to what I've been doing for the past 4 years. In the movie, she's blogging her experiences while cooking Julia's recipes and sometimes she has meltdowns if she fails. 
In my case, every time I watch a movie I immediately review it in my blog. I'm not being paid to do this but it feels awesome making a blog review. I learned a lot too. Julie is motivated to move on with her life despite having a boring job coz she's doing some other things. Just like me, I'm stuck too in a boring/annoying job but I feel good everyday. Why? Because of my blog. And I wanna thank you for reading my blog. He he. 
Nora Ephron, who is a chick flick auteur for the rom-com classics like When Harry Meet Sally and You've Got Mail, has done a marvelous job.
The movie is really long and you can really feel it. However, these loquacious conversations about food and kitchen makes the film so delicious. Ephron has an engaging style that makes us want to eat the food too with the characters. She actually doesn't zoom in these viands, desserts, and other gastronomy stuff but how she shows the yummy expressions from these actors is kinda mouthwatering. 
The movie is really hilarious when Julia's life is on. Julie's life however is kinda serious and in panic mood most of the time. Intertwining Julie and Julia's lives seamlessly, Ephron does everything good. It's affectionate and amusing I must say. Imagine yourself making a graham cake, when you lay these scrumptious ingredients in a container is basically the same as watching how the movie shows the life of Julie & Julia. The editing is very well-done. Lastly, Alexander Desplat's music has the secret ingredients why the movie is sumptuous too. 
No wonder why Meryl Streep is getting acting awards from the critics for her role here. Honestly, at first I thought it was a ridiculous acting. Like is she drunk? What kind of acting is that? I'm not familiar with the real Julia Child but after watching some old TV clips from her, I instantly got goose bumps on what Meryl did in the movie. This is probably the best impersonation of a real life character. Meryl should win the Oscar award for Best Actress now!!!
She's amazing on that weird accent. Ha ha ha!!! I love her. 
Amy Adams is still enchanting. I still love her but this is really Meryl's spotlight even if they share the same screen time. Both Stanley Tucci and Chris Messina are pleasing on their roles as husbands to these amazing wives on earth. 
I thought that Meryl Streep would finally get her Best Actress award when she played Miranda in The Devil Wears Prada. Last year, she was my bet too when she portrayed a doubting nun together with Amy Adams in Doubt. OMG, it's their reunion here but only on the movie poster! The film is simply a delight because of Meryl's strong performance.
Phenomenally, she makes you love Julia Child. High-spirited, nifty, and wonderfully warm-hearted, Julie & Julia is a festivity of life. Just cook it with passion and joy. 
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