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'Julie & Julia': Cooking For Twonew
The delightful Julie & Julia is full of things often thought to be near-impossible in Hollywood movies.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
09-11-2009 |
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In 'Julie & Julia', Two Biopics Boil Down to Half-Greatnessnew
There's half of a great movie in Julie & Julia -- but since Meryl Streep has already starred in one titled Julia, perhaps it was merely necessary to tack on the "Julie" half to distinguish Nora Ephron's butter-basted effort from its Lillian Hellman's mayonnaise-covered predecessor.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-10-2009 |
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Making a Compelling Film is Not Julia Child's Playnew
A Talking Heads song gives this pedestrian, snobbish film a couple minutes of genuine art - and fun. Julie & Julia doesn’t match the delights of sensual/aesthetic food movies ... it merely dramatizes Julia Child and Julie Powell's contrasting routes to media success.
New York Press |
Armond White |
08-06-2009 |
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'Julie & Julia' Will Make Foodies Furiously Masturbatenew
More or less entirely delightful, Julie & Julia has a pretty foolproof formula: It's a movie based on a popular book that's based on a popular blog that, in turn, was inspired by America's most popular chef.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
08-06-2009 |
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'Julie & Julia': Kiss the Cooknew
Meryl Streep is irresistible as Julia Child as is Nora Ephron's direction, but Amy Adams' Julie Powell is a dud – a mousy, grouchy irritant.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
08-06-2009 |
Reviews
Tags: Julie & Julia, Nora Ephron
Jules of the Food Worldnew
Nora Ephron’s new film, Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child and Amy Adams as her modern-day acolyte Julie Powell, follows the parallel stories of these two real-life cooks. It’s a big, gorgeously decorated, bittersweet confection of a film, one that makes up for much of the lumpy, sugary dreck that Ephron’s been concocting for the past decade or so.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
08-05-2009 |
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When You Hate Your Necknew
Apparently the thing to do is focus on your navel.
Chicago Reader |
S.L. Wisenberg |
10-09-2006 |
Nonfiction
Bewitchednew
This letdown film chronicles the featherweight sparring/foreplay of two characters any sensible adult would be hard-pressed to care about.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-14-2005 |
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Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Dumb Blondenew
Nicole Kidman and the rest of the cast seem horribly lost in Bewitched.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Witchy Womannew
Again Nicole Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
06-24-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Bewitched Wastes Its Ironic Premise With Romantic Clichésnew
On the big screen, TV plots feel at once thin and overinflated. Yet Hollywood keeps making them.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-23-2005 |
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Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Hex Crimes
Not content to make another terrible romantic comedy or another terrible based-on-TV-show movie, the Ephrons create the ro-meta-ntic comedy; disaster ensues.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
06-23-2005 |
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This One Should Be Burned at the Stakenew
A film reviewer is possessed by a force of sheer evil: Will Ferrell in Bewitched.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
06-22-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
Bothered and Bewildered
Why bury Will Ferrell’s comic brilliance just so the movie can be called Bewitched?
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-17-2005 |
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Tags: Nora Ephron, Bewitched
