Being Julia

The acting was good but the story seemed contrived, especially the ending. In fact I could make little genuine sense of Julia’s final speech although I got it that she was questioning Avice on Julia’s husband and Tom. I didn’t get... Full review

Encompassing a performance that is nothing short of TOUR-de-FORCE, Miss Bening might want to start drafting up an Oscar acceptance speech for next February! She owns every frame of this funny, offbeat love-story as an actress of the theatre who has... Full review

I love this movie, the story is quite nice and the actors & actress were sooo awesome. They act so well. Good work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... Full review

Great story, based on Maugham, great acting from Bening, funny, happiness and sadness of affairs, marriage and love; sweet revenge.... Full review

Annette Bening is just brilliant! Move over Diane Wiest, Annette is now movie/theatre queen diva. There has never been another performance like this. Tonight we see "Million Dollar Baby," and Hilary Swank has to be absolutely amazing to compete with Imelda... Full review

I just wanted to sort of reply to another reviewer that said that the ending made no sense. The idea was that she wanted revenge from all three people. She wanted revenge from Tom because he had told her that he... Full review

In my quest to see as many of the Oscar Nominees as possible this year, I finally got the chance to see "Being Julia" at a matinee yesterday afternoon. Annette Bening is a marvel as Julia Lambert. Her performance is impeccable!... Full review

Older women can create complex dramas, but this is not the case here. Even when BEING JULIA tackles issues such as a woman, an actress, who is playing roles meant for younger actresses, who is having "marital issues" and is... Full review

This is a great vehicle for Annette Bening. I didn't see Million Dollar Baby but I think Annette should have won best actress.... Full review

Annette Bening is never disappointing. My goodness, what does this lady have to do to win an Oscar!! I love everything about her. She makes this story survive. She is a true star, in the essense of Eva Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor,... Full review

Being Julia is a pleasure to watch. There's nothing new in the film's May/September romance but Hungarian director Istvan Szabo ( Sunshine, Colonel Redl ) skewers the peccadillos of theatre folk with such obvious affection and barbed charm that Being Julia blossoms into something more than a nicely dressed period romance. ... Full Review

Being Julia is a pleasure to watch. There's nothing new in the film's May/September romance but Hungarian director Istvan Szabo ( Sunshine, Colonel Redl ) skewers the peccadillos of theatre folk with such obvious affection and barbed charm that Being Julia blossoms into something more than a nicely dressed period romance. ... Full Review

But Julia maintains a place setting for him at the dinner table, "in case he drops by. The exchanges between Julia and her personal attendant, Evie (Juliet Stevenson) are preciousan unpredictable combination of humor and pathoswhile Miriam Margolyes manages just the right comic touch as the clichd patron-of-the-arts who backs the play (and shows up whenever Julia's getting a massage to try to catch a glimpse of her in the "natty"). ... Full Review

February 22, 2005 -- "Being Julia" is a witty, wicked, uncompromising story about youth, beauty, and a grudging battle against age and decline set in the posh London theater district of the late 1930s. If you e-mail me with a question about this or any other movie or review, please mention the name of the movie you are asking the question about, otherwise I may have no way of knowing which film you are referring to) Bening earned a well-deserved Academy Award nomination for her excellent performance in thi ... Full Review

That was a better film. Bening remains the best part of "Being Julia. Too bad the film isn't as bold and energetic as she is. Julia (Annette Bening) is beautiful, talented and greatly admired, yet also somewhat controlled, by the theater community. ... Full Review

TORONTO -- Now it's getting personal. Canadian filmmaker John Greyson's decision to pull his short film from the Toronto International Film Festival has provoked a growing feud among Canadian filmmakers. ... Full Article

Three more Canadian actors -Scott Speedman (Adoration, The Strangers), Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek, Being Julia), and Macha Grenon (L'age des tenebres, Familia) - have been added to the cast of Barney's Version, the upcoming film of the Mordecai Richler novel... ... Full Article

From Roger Ebert's review: / July 10, 2009 Annette Bening plays Julia in a performance that has great verve and energy, and just as well, because the basic material is wheezy melodrama. " All About Eve " (1950) breathed new... ... Full Article

TORONTO - Probably better-known as Madonna's estranged husband than as a director of high-style, high-attitude, comic-book-type thrillers ("Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"), Guy Ritchie took the Toronto Film Festival by storm: "RocknRolla," his latest Brit gangster saga starring Gerard... ... Full Article

How high is your tolerance for charming shite? Those who can't get enough of exaggerated brogues and nonstop fiddle music should dive right into this aggressively enchanting tale of star- crossed lovers, feuding brothers, and drinkin' till ya puke. ... Full Article

Summary: Concerned that her fading youth and beauty will being to affect her career, estranged from her only son and pretending to be ignorant of her husband's philandering, Julia is adrift in the world, searching for some way in which ... Full Article