I really enjoyed the movie. The experience reminded me of the seeing "The Queen", in that it was that increasingly rare experience, an "adult" film. There was wit, beauty, plot, and even complexity (is it a film about food, finding one's passion, marriage, or all of the above?) The theater was quite full and had the old fashioned feel of the days when adults actually went out on a Saturday to see a movie. As the reviewers have said, the Julia part of the movie is stronger than the Julie part, but the the latter was never worse than pleasant, and often added to the film. Go see it, it's a delight.