Watching Meryl Streep inhabit Julia Child without slipping into parody is like watching a great performer juggle fire, walk a tightrope or play a piano concerto one handed.Evryone else is clearly support but credible. Amy whats-her-name does a good job in an essentially morally dubious role. Her talent obscures the chasm between a woman who trained for years then spent 8 more yrs. writing a classic and a woman who basically achieved fame for a stunt. If more effort had been put into the question of what constitues fame, this could have been a great rather than a good movie or...( it could have been boring as heck.)