Julie and Julia Trailer

Meryl Streep and Amy Adams Wrestle in Butter

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (30)

Nora Ephron — for all the accolades she gets for directing Sleepless in Seattle and even You’ve Got Mail — hasn’t had much success directing a movie that didn’t have Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan both in it (see Bewitched, Lucky Numbers, Mixed Nuts and Michael.). But she may have finally found the cast and the story to resurrect her star. Julie and Julia stars Amy Adams and Meryl Streep. Adams’ Julie is a lowly and aimless cubicle worker who decides to write a book about cooking all of the recipes in a Julia Childs’ book. The lives of the two people are explored simultaneously, cutting back and forth between Julie’s attempts to write a book and Julia’s experiences writing hers. Ephron works from her own script, which was based on Julie Powell’s book of the same title, which was based on two books: Julia Childs’ My Life in France and Alex Prud’homme’s book of the same name.

It looks cute. Frothy and kind of insubstantial (par for the course for Ephron), but cute all the same. Adams and Streep can do wonders for a director.

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Whoa, I may be a straight gal, but that title grabbed my attention by the balls!

Posted by: meaux at April 29, 2009 5:34 PM

I suppose it's not even worth asking how a "lowly cubicle worker" can afford Le Creuset and AllClad cookware? If anyone finds out, let me know.

Posted by: PaddyDog at April 29, 2009 5:39 PM

My wife stumbled on Julie Powell's blog years ago (back in 2003 or so), loved it and read all the entries. It was some good stuff. I wasn't all that interested in the cooking aspect of it, but I do remember Julie Powell was a huge fan of Buffy and I enjoyed her Buffy-related stuff.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at April 29, 2009 5:39 PM

Hell, I would rather watch Mixed Nuts over You've Got Mail any day. Fucking garbage.

Fury aside, this does look cute, but I agree that it's the actors who make this film as opposed to who's directing.

Posted by: Brie at April 29, 2009 5:41 PM

Lucky Numbers is awesome. Lisa Kudrow will never fail at making me laugh.

And that's why Lucky Numbers rocks.

Posted by: Sofía's Identical Hand Twin at April 29, 2009 5:44 PM

I love how the voiceover guy adds at the end "Based on TWO true stories". I can see the headline on the poster: "Julie and Julia: Now with 100% more true story!"

Posted by: jpguy13 at April 29, 2009 5:53 PM

I tried to watch this trailer earlier, but I became bored and stopped. I am just not built for the type of movie that this appears to be. Does that make sense? Anyway, I hate Amy Adams' hair in this. I know that makes sense.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at April 29, 2009 6:03 PM

which was based on two books: Julia Childs’ My Life in France and Alex Prud’homme’s book of the same name

Last I checked, this was ONE book, not two. Prud'homme was Child's co-author who finished the book after her death. And as it is on my nightstand right now, I will recommend it while I am here.

And maybe after work I will actually watch the trailer and leave an actual relevant comment. Just maybe.

Posted by: Anne (in Reno) at April 29, 2009 6:26 PM

My mother is going to love this movie. Me, I'll just watch it for the culinary pornography -- you know, like getting to see all the great food someone else is eating so you can fantasize about sinking your teeth into some juicy ...

... I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Neodiogenes at April 29, 2009 6:48 PM

i too hate amy adams' hair in this but i cannot wait to see streep as childs.

Posted by: mswas at April 29, 2009 6:54 PM

Girl crush! (AA)

And food?

I'm in.

Good point Paddy. I have one Le Creuset and my hubby got it on ebay.

Posted by: Cindy at April 29, 2009 7:25 PM

Food. Done.

Posted by: admin at April 29, 2009 7:33 PM

Fuck, is there anything Meryl cannot do? I love her so much. WIN!

Posted by: Gistine at April 29, 2009 8:34 PM

This looks cute! Food!!! Yum. Plus Julia Childs is just so funny.

Posted by: grace b at April 29, 2009 8:50 PM

Good food, Meryl Streep, cheesy-inspirational story...I'm ashamed to say this, but I'm so there.

Posted by: ShinyKate at April 29, 2009 9:05 PM

I'm reading My Life in France right now and it's darling. Julia Child is officially my new hero.

Posted by: kelsy at April 29, 2009 9:29 PM

The book was good. The author was already married so it's not one of those stupid find-a-guy stories, at least.

Posted by: twig at April 29, 2009 11:25 PM

... but that kitchen is WAY, WAY nicer than the one in the book. If you find it, read the chapter on the horrible thing they find living under the drain.

Posted by: twig at April 29, 2009 11:29 PM

Two mentions of "Mixed Nuts" in one day? Spooky.

Posted by: Jay at April 30, 2009 6:32 AM

Generally, my interest is peaked over a few small things. Such as:
Amy Adams Stars=Have to go see it.
So in all likelihood, I'll see it. It sounds kind of cute and I have a very soft spot for Amy Adams, so it's a win/win situation.

Posted by: Kamikaze Feminist at April 30, 2009 6:35 AM

I'm obsessed with food and cooking, so just seeing all the recipes being made would be reason enough for me. I'm easily pleased when it comes to food.

Posted by: Kolby at April 30, 2009 9:41 AM

Meryl Streep as Julia Child? I'm there! Does it cover her life as a spy, too? I suspect not.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 30, 2009 9:42 AM

I loooove Meryl these days. She seems like she's having a lot of fun yet not coasting at all- Devil Wears Prada, Doubt, Julie/Julia- that's 3 vastly different characters.

Plus, Julia Childs was a intelligence officer during World War II. How bad ass is that?!

Posted by: amanda47 at April 30, 2009 9:52 AM

Julie Powell graduated from my college a few years before me- I started reading her alumni blog through the school network because I'm a foodie, too.

Posted by: RhymesWithSilver at April 30, 2009 10:16 AM

You want Le Creuset for cheap? Hit up Tuesday Morning stores on ... Tuesdays. You can find Le Creuset at TJ Maxx for dirt cheap. But you gotta be ready to throw elbows at elderly women or stay at home moms w/ screaming kids to get the good stuff.

It's how I'm slowly building my kitchen.

Posted by: Stella at April 30, 2009 11:46 AM

I mean you can find All Clad at TJ Maxx...

... and that I'm building my kitchen utensilry (is that even word? eh, who cares)... not my kitchen. That particular hell was completed a few years ago.

Posted by: Stella at April 30, 2009 11:49 AM

You don't have to "afford" Le Creuset or AllClad - that's what wedding registries are for.

I think Amy's hair is not horrible, but kind of the point, character-wise. Just blah. Like she thinks her life is.

I enjoyed the book Julie & Julia...but am I alone in thinking Streep isn't much more convincing than Dan Ackroyd here?

Posted by: Sara at April 30, 2009 12:34 PM

Ahahahahha! Dan Ackroyd would have been awesome!

Actually, it depends on the scene in the trailer whether I see Julia Child or Meryl Streep. I suspect I'd see Julia Child after about 10 minutes of watching the movie. The trailer's too short to make that leap. (Actually, she looks more like Julia Child on the Black and White TV.

Posted by: BWeaves at April 30, 2009 2:53 PM

I wish I was Meryl Streep.

Posted by: Lizlemon88 at April 30, 2009 5:02 PM

I love this book. Julie Powell is sassy, foul mouthed, and short tempered, my kinda gal. The book is so fucking hillarious and as much as I love Amy Adams I don't see her saying "suck it" to her husband when he says the lamb is kinda gamey. Adams seems just a little too mamby pamby for Julie and her sailor mouth.

I think they may have cheesed it up a little. The only way this movie oculd do justice to the book would be with an R rating.

Streep however can do no wrong! And I will love this movie for her alone

Posted by: Avery at June 19, 2009 12:18 PM

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