Being Julia (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 120 Fresh: 91 Rotten:29 Average Rating: 6.7/10
Consensus:
Annette Bening delivers a captivating performance in Being Julia, a sophisticated comedy that follows a 1930s stage diva who experiences an identity crisis at age 40.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 15, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $7,652,647
Synopsis: As she enters her early 40s, London theater actress Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) starts having a nervous breakdown. She still rules the West End, but is growing too old for ingenue parts. When Tom Fennell (Shaun Evans), an adoring lad half her age, comes into her life, a clandestine affair... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Lucy Punch, Shaun Evans, Bruce Greenwood
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11/01/07
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A beguiling romance about an aging actress at the peak of her career who embarks on an ill-advised, illicit affair with an admirer half her age.
02/17/07
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05/26/06
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(...) Bening recorre todas las emociones posibles, desde la euforia histérica hasta la más absoluta depresión.
08/27/05
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05/13/05
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Benning ... brings this constantly disguised vixen to ferocious, flamboyant life.
05/03/05
While much of Being Julia's appeal stems from no one being as fabulous as [Julia] is, the lack of a worthy sparring partner diminishes the fun.
04/13/05
[A] perfectly light comedic soufflé that is not intimidated by its characters' darker undercurrents.
03/22/05
Thank God for Being Julia, an Oscar-worthy comeback role that may just save one of our most gifted actresses from a life of way too much leisure.
03/09/05
Watching Being Julia is like seeing a racehorse with an impeccable bloodline trudging across the finish line with the rest of the pack instead of out in front of it
02/23/05
There have been loads of comedies set in the world of theater, but few have the uncompromising, hard edge this film has.
02/23/05
Annette Bening shines with a glow that is beyond confidence and beyond beauty. She picks up the sometimes-clunky material and carries it on her shapely shoulders.
02/06/05
The film desires to be a biting statement on the stage and real drama. It's misguided script fails to do either.
02/05/05
Smeared by a very childish ending ... But there is that Bening performance to savor.
01/09/05
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