Julia

I love Julia. Everyone loves Julia.

It's too bad that the director made it a political piece for today, when Julia was not trying to make a political stand for the year 2021. All she wanted was to inspire cooks 1912-2004. Please let cooking be about food, not politics.

At is core, this doc is a love story. Love between Julia and her TV audience, love of food, and the love she shared with her beloved husband Paul. Julia Child had an amazing back story. There is much to learn about her childhood and career before she went to France. She was a woman before her time. In my view she was the culinary version of Eleanor Roosevelt. Wonderful home movie footage and interviews provide color to her story. It was lovely to learn about her activism in the women's and gay rights movement. Best of all is her love story with Paul Child- a story that is heartwarming and sexy!

By far the best documentary on Julia to date. Julia was such an influence on the culinary culture and that was highlighted. Julia Childs was such a phenomenal woman and this documentary confirmed that! There were more 'fillers' than I would have like to see. I personally feel they could have added a few more facts or footage but overall the story was well told. There were a lot of amazing food shots throughout the film that made me want to go and try to prepare what I saw (LOL), but I guess that was the point. The story itself was very inspirational and uplifting. I appreciate the honesty of the documentary as well. Julia's friends were pretty candid on the type of woman she was.

Thoroughly enjoyed. To the point and no time wasted repeating the same info several times. The story is very interesting to anyone who enjoys cooking.

What a remarkable woman, and this doc does an excellent job of portraying Child's humanity, passion, and cultural impact. Well-paced with a lovely score, visually pleasing B-roll, heaps of archival footage, and talking-head testimonials from people who knew or were impacted by Child, all poignantly punctuated throughout with the voice of Julia herself in the form of voiceover narration taken from interviews given during her lifetime.

My only complaint is that frequently there are shown passages from journal entries and letters written by Child and her husband Paul, but they are displayed in a handwritten font that was a bit too small, such that I found it somewhat difficult to read at a glance. I had to often pause and/or skip back to catch what was written.

Overall, a definite recommend for anyone interested in the learning more about the life of the original celebrity chef and an undeniable American cultural icon.