Review: Julia Child with a side of food in satisfying doc
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Review: Julia Child with a side of food in satisfying doc

Associated Press  

There’s a semi-serious joke on Twitter about releasing the “all-Julia cut” of “Julie & Julia.” Nora Ephron’s generation-hopping tale of Julia Child’s rise and the modern young woman trying to follow her lead has its fans, but it’s no secret that the Julia Child section is just more interesting than Julie’s. Thankfully “ Julia,” a new documentary from “RBG” directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West in theaters Friday, helps satiate that curiosity and digs a little deeper into the larger-than-life personality who brought French cuisine into American homes and essentially invented the idea of the celebrity television chef. It’s easy to forget that Julia Child lived an entire life before she became “just Julia.” She was 49 when she published her first book, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and 51 when her television show launched. “Julia,” a Sony Pictures Classics release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “some thematic elements, sexual reference, brief strong language.” Running time: 95 minutes.

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