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In many ways, Streep takes a woman who was, for many Americans, a sort of cooking caricature most recognized for her divinely entertaining television show, which is only introduced in the film, and her quirky, semi-comical voice. Streep's transformation into the American woman who sought to make French cooking accessible to Americans is nothing short of transcendent, a visual and vocal acting masterpiece that feels so multi-layered and natural that it becomes easy to forget that this is one of Hollywood's most acclaimed actresses and not the chef herself.
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Streep is astounding in "Julie & Julia," as the 59-year-old actress picks up when Child was 37-years-old and living with her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) in France with the soon-to-be chef as a student at the Le Cordon Bleu in 1949.
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So, if there would be any actress in the world who has a hope of pulling off the uniquely entertaining and vocally challenging Julia Child, it would be Meryl Streep. Streep doesn't just act, she immerses herself in each character she plays and has become universally known for her ability to personify human beings of great diversity while practicing a wide variety of dialects, accents and languages without ever losing a beat. Since Streep's cinematic debut in 1977's "Julia," she has never gone more than five years without an Oscar nomination It is no secret, unless you are immensely dense or in massive denial, that Meryl Streep is one of America's greatest living actresses if not THE greatest American living actress.Ĭonsider this, Streep has either been nominated or won an Oscar award in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 20. Written and directed by Nora Ephron and based upon two best selling memoirs, Julie Powell's "Julie & Julia" and Julia Child's "My Life in France," "Julie & Julia" intertwines the story of two women, Julie and Julia, who are separated by time and space yet forever connected by their love of food, cooking, marriage and a desire to distinguish themselves in the world.
JULIE AND JULIA MOVIE
How on earth does a movie studio market a full-length feature film about a government employee turned food blogger charging her way through a 500+ recipe cookbook and one of the most famous American chefs herself, Julia Child?Ĭasting Meryl Streep and Amy Adams is the perfect way to start.