"Julie and Julia" (movie review)

...dir. by Nora Ephron, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.

By now Meryl Streep is a veteran, a wonder, a delight.
I remember seeing her in the movie about Azariah Chamberlain and the dingo.
In this one she is Julia Child, and performs her role with zest and conviction.
The relationship between Julia and Paul is wonderfully portrayed - warm and loving.
Amy Adams also performs delightfully, and one finds oneself comparing the French Flashbacks to the Queens Contemporaneity (which do you prefer - old Paris or now New York?).
Amy's character is Julie, a woman who decides to cook all of Julia's recipes within a year (what's your favourite recipe - Lobster thermidore, boeuf bourgignonne, boned duck?).
The movie is chock full of delightful scenes, shot through with Ephron's dry, savvy wit (favourite scene?).
With a deft hand and a crackling script, gently simmered, Ephron brings an unlikely tale to the screen, and serves it up with gusto and relish.
The onion scene, the lobster scene, the boeuf bourgignonne disaster scene - many, many inventive episodes.
Time for a second helping!