Movie Review of Julie and Julia

My best friend has been dying to see the movie Julie & Julia because she likes cooking. I do not like cooking so I was not looking forward to seeing it, but I'm open to pretty much anything and my Mom had taped it on her DVR so we went ahead and watched it.

Review of Julie and Julia:
As I first watched the movie I braced myself for the worst. I could tell already that this was going to be a long, slow movie without a lot of excitement in it. It was interesting learning about Julia Child, but not so interesting that I jumped for joy.

Once I found out that the other main character, Julie, was a beginning blogger the movie finally had gotten my true attention. I liked hearing her thoughts about starting her own blog and laughed at the fact that she wrote at first without any response, not knowing if someone was reading it or not. I could really relate to that and the part where she got all excited because she got her first reader comment on the blog and it turned out to just be her mother. It sounded exactly like my early blogging life.

A little while into the movie I realized that my Mom had fallen asleep so although I didn't ask her for sure, she didn't seem to excited about Julie and Julia. It was around this time that the film had lost my interest again so I slowly waded through the remainder of movie by playing with the dogs. The ending was kind of depressing too.

Overall, I felt that the movie was interesting. I'm glad I watched it, but would not be enthusiastic about encouraging others to buy it.

My friend said she enjoyed the movie, but would not want to buy it.

Rating of Julie and Julia: 5/10

Would I Watch It Again? No

Would I Buy This Movie? No

See this movie if you like Julia Child or are interested in cooking but do not buy it before you see it.