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Show all (12)Frustrated with a soul-killing job, New Yorker Julie Powell (Amy Adams) embarks on a daring project: she vows to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Childs' landmark cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Intertwined with Julie's story is the true tale of how Julia Child (Meryl Streep) herself conquered French cuisine with passion, fearlessness, and plenty of butter.
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No surprise on this one: As the iconic chef Julia Child in Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep puts forth a deeply affecting portrait of a late bloomer coming gloriously (and gastronomically) into her own. From Child's warbling, New England-by-way-of-Paris voice to her towering yet curiously lighthearted physical presence, Streep gets everything technically right about the woman. (Full review)