As a person who loves Nora Ephron's films such as "Sleepless In Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and "When Harry Met Sally," I am also glad that I am able to watch this film, "Julie & Julia" recently. I only wished that I watched this film sooner. Here are three reasons why.
1. Meryl Streep and Amy Adam's acting skills are great
I heard Meryl Streep was a great actress many times, and that she has won many awards. However, I haven't seen any of her films except "Julie & Julia." Her acting is what makes the film very interesting to watch. I just want to keep watching what Julia will react or do next. She is a very enthusiastic person in this film. I am very impressed of her acting and see why many people admires Meryl Streep. Besides Meryl Streep, I am also impressed by Amy Adams. In the beginning, I only watched Amy Adams in Kevin Lima's 2007 film, "Enchanted" and thought that it's fine. In the beginning, I was a little disappointed that this film did not have the star, Meg Ryan, like the other ones did, such as "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and "When Harry Met Sally." Then, after watching Amy Adams as Julie, who admires Julia Child in this film, I realize that Amy Adam's acting and character are just like Meg Ryan. I adore these motivated and strong heroines. Overall, both of them have done a good job depicting these two characters in the film.
2. There's love you can idolize
Another reason that I enjoyed this film is the way on how love is portrayed. Both the characters, Julie and Julia are both married to their husbands. Both of their husbands are very supporting and loving towards their wives. Even though when Julie's husband, Eric argues with Julie and leaves, they eventually reconcile. Julia's husband, Paul always cheers Julia on. Both of these love relationships are lovely to see in the film.
3. You will feel self-fulfilled
The biggest theme of the film is self-fulfillment. Most of the time, people usually do things for people or do things to satisfy others. However, according to the film, Julie who wrote a blog of doing the Julie and Julia Project which consists of Julie doing all of Julia's recipes from her book. Julie then becomes widely known by many people, but Julie receives a call about Julia Child, who notices about Julie's blog and did not like it. Julie becomes upset but Eric tells her that the Julia Child in her head is the one who is proud of her, not the real Julia Child. At this part, this distinguishes the reality and fantasy about Julia Child that Julia thinks of in the film. I kind of feel bad for her and yet it's true that many people may not be the people that you have thought of, especially an idol. At the same time, this touches my heart when Eric comforts Julie.
Please watch this heartwarming masterpiece of Nora Ephron as well!
