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A sugary title like
Julie and Julia has a chance of being a dash too chick-flick. Two female leads, cheery, simple shots, and the kitchen as the main place of action do give
Julie and Julia a strong, nearly cliché feminine flavor.
The movie is based on a pair of memoirs from two women who love to eat, the famous Julia Child and her unofficial, 21st century disciple Julie Powell. They pour their boredom and sense of displacement into cooking in order to occupy and redefine themselves.
Would it be such a bad thing to fall solely under the category of “chick flick?” Well, it wouldn’t receive as much respect and consideration as it potentially could, and with a cast such as this,
Julie and Julia should not be dismissed too lightly, but it does come sadly close to it.
In terms of cinematography, the film falls short--it settles for cheap, colorful shots of Paris and a typical chick-flick-esque New York at night 'fascination.'
Cute, kind of pretty, but so typical chick flick. Mix these superficial shots with a screenplay so average it borders on flavorless, and
Julie and Julia, while still entertaining, is almost too much of an average, feminine comedy. Acceptable, one could say, but not from such a cast.
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