Julie & Julia

I would give this movie an 8. I did have a higher number in mind but I just cannot make myself read the book. I have taken two peeks and have landed on parts that are not to my liking. Crazy but that is me.

What made me like this movie is because the story rings true for me. I am a decade past Julie but I have been struggling with making a go of my dreams. Julie is a girl of 30 at a depressing job and her friends are successful. Talking it over with her husband, she decides in 365 days to make 500 something recipes and blog about it each day. Her dream to write is on the inside just wanting to bust out. This true story has a happy ending of a book and a movie as a cherry on the top.

The movie is two stories intertwined yet telling one story. Both Julie & Julia wanted to find something to do. They choose cooking. And in the end found themselves! It is not just a story about these two women but a story of their relationship with their husbands. I found this side path very warm and delightful. It goes to show that not only behind good men are good women but that behind every good woman is a good man. I long for that but single girls can make their dreams blossom too, right?

I recommend one Kleenex for this movie if you find yourself with dreams wasting especially if you are a frustrated writer like me. However, most are going to find it a happy story which it is indeed. It just struck a chord with me and has been intensified to where it is deafening. I have been going around trying to figure what I can do in 365 days to transform my own life!

I was amazed at her blog journey. Of course it is a happy moment to find good and friendly commenter but does that really exist in the real world? I guess so but it not in my blog world which makes me wonder if maybe I am not a good writer after all. Then her followers started to send her food items! What? Wow! Now that must be a real boost. {{Sighs}}

I am thinking that it might be a movie for my library...

Julie & Julia

***There is one parental disclaimer. The fword is used once.

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