I have mixed feelings about this one. I mean, I liked it, but only because of Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci in the “Julia” segments. Either one of them, together or separate, were magic. The modern “Julie” parts? I could have done without those.

Really, this would have been a far superior movie if they had just made “The Julia Child Story” starring Streep & Tucci, and cut out all the Julie scenes. As it was, the contemporary scenes generally fell flat; I like Amy Adams but the character she was playing seemed kind of bland, and neither she nor Chris Messina can hold up to Streep & Tucci’s performances. The story fell apart in the last 20 minutes, and kind of limped towards an ending, but I have to say that overall, I enjoyed it. Nora Ephron puts out a better move than she has in a while, and like I said: the Julia Child scenes make everything worth it.