Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon
In London in 1938, actress Julia Lambert is at her peak, physically and professionally, but her successful theatrical career and her marriage to handsome impresario Michael Gosselyn have become stale ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
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Flixster Reviews (391)
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August 15, 2006Being Julia is a smartly written movie about an actress and her way threw her relations in middle age. To start talking i'll begin with the best thing in this movie which is Annette Bening's AMAZING performence! Even if you don't like watching this kind of movies, watching annett...( read more)
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August 26, 2009
for some sexuality.
Being Julia" was a delightful story about theatrical life, manipulation, love and revenge. Annette Bening was a...( read more) -
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September 3, 2009This was okay. Not much of a story to it really, though. Wouldn't want to watch it again.
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July 1, 2009In retrospect, Bening should not have lost the Oscar to that dude. Film has no 2nd act, but Bening's charismatic performance keeps you interested from start to finish.
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Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
October 29, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I liked the movie in its own way, while it was cheerfully chugging along, but the ending let me down. full review
October 23, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Bening slips into this role naturally and wholly. full review
October 22, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
There's an art to making this kind of movie -- and Szabó has assembled all the right ingredients and combined them with a delicate but masterful touch. full review
October 22, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
This is Bening's field day, and she fends off all comers with a performance that's astonishing for both its happy invention and technical overkill. full review
October 14, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Annette Bening gets the role of a lifetime in Being Julia, and she runs off with the movie. full review
October 14, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Playing a star of the prewar London theater uneasily stepping into middle age, Annette Bening manages a hectic plot with glamour and aplomb. full review
October 12, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Annette Bening can act but she works too hard to prove it in Being Julia. full review
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