Film Reviews by Samantha David
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| Film Title: |
Being Julia |
| Year: |
2004 |
| Director: |
István Szabó |
| Actors: |
Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Juliet Stevenson, Miriam Margolyes |
| Plot: |
Period farce. Having achieved stardom on stage, Julia has an affair with a younger man in order to stave off boredom. |
| Review: |
Set in London's theatreland, featuring good frocks, great scenery and lots of glitzy interiors. Moderately good period detail - but did 1938 theatre producers really have rowing machines in their offices? In London? Ah well, perhaps they did. Extra points for conjuring up a seductive bohemian world populated by actors and their hangers on, and for the happy ending but one point lost for Annette Bening making Julia too nice. |
| Stars: |
Four |
| Purchase: |
Click on the link above to buy a copy from Amazon. |
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