The story describes two women from different eras, two seemingly independent but inextricably linked lives of influence and influenced relationships. The plot setting is very close to the "The Hours" Meryl starred in a few years ago. In "The Hours", blond Nicole dyed long brown hair and wore a fake nose to play my favorite Woolf vividly, this time it was Meryl's turn to bloat her body and blur her pronunciation to play this It is said that Julia is a famous female chef in the United States.
Both films focus on the life of Woolf or Juliet, and at the same time describe the lives of other women who have been separated from them but have been influenced by them. The mediums in which they are intertwined are also the writings of the heroines: "The Hours" is Woolf's masterpiece "Mrs. Dalloway", "Julie & Julia" is Juliet's book that teaches American women to cook French cuisine. Complete recipes.
I haven't seen such a classic female movie since The Hours. The performances of the three heroines are quite brilliant. When the "Julie & Julia" was previewed, I was full of expectations, because I always liked Mei Gu's performance, which was in place and tense. But after watching it, I found that "Julie & Julia" is just a "comedy" film anyway, and neither the storyline nor the actors' performances can reach the level of "The Hours". So Nicole was able to take the best of the year with "The Hours" and became her acting career recognized as an insurmountable peak, Meryl could only take the best one at the Golden Globe Awards. Best comedy heroine.
Of course, I made these comparisons only because my expectations were too high before, or because I didn't understand the positioning of this film, and thought it was another literary film that portrayed women's psychology. Meryl's acting is definitely above Nicole.
Let's talk about this movie. As mentioned above, its tone is very relaxed. One of the heroines is Juliet, who lived in the 1940s and 1950s, and the other is Julie, who lives in the present. Juliet went to Paris with her diplomat husband, and Juliet and her husband moved from Brooklyn to Queens. They are all small government employees, doing some pointless and tedious things. Fortunately, they both love cooking, and find the middle point of balancing their boring lives from cooking. Juliet compiled her own experience of cooking French cuisine into a cookbook, and Julie tried to challenge herself 50 years later with this cookbook as a teaching material. This should belong to a film about women's self-rescue. For women's sensitive, subtle and easily entangled psychology, they can only be mediated and improved by themselves. Strive to find your worth in the repetitive life.
After watching this film, female audiences should examine their own lives by the way.
Is your life alive and purposeful? Or has it become tedious and boring, and you can see the entire life of repeated homework at a glance? Are you trying hard to challenge something you despise or have you compromised?
And, how to save yourself?
This is actually a question that every woman who wants to live a life of value needs to think about often.
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