This is not a fantastic movie, and Meryl Streep is being a bit annoying through the whole thing. She does a good job bringing the stereotype “loud American visiting Europe for the first time” to life. Still, this movie is not all bad. It portrays the chef Julia Child when writing her first cook book “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in the 1950′s. And it also tells the story of Julia’s maybe biggest fan today, Julie Powell, when she writes her blog about cooking all the recipes from the classic cook book. The story is cute, the female characters are quirky, energetic and driven by food, their boyfriends are adorable and understanding, and the ending is mainly a happy one – except for this weird scene revealing that 90 year old Julia actually hates Julie’s blog, which is not explained further in the film… Maybe you won’t feel like watching this movie ever again. But you will feel like cooking!