Julia

Julia (1977)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (23 reviews)

  • 73% of users liked it
    (2,356 ratings)

The film traces the lifelong relationship between playwright Lillian Hellman and Julia, a wealthy girl who turns her back on her upbringing to follow her ideals. In the 1930s, while the adult Hellman (Jane Fonda) struggles to establish herself as a playwright with the help of her lover, Dashiell… More

PG, 1 hr. 56 min.
Directed By
Fred Zinnemann
Written By
Alvin Sargent, Lillian Hellman
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Feb 20, 1987 Wide
On DVD
Feb 7, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    It's all in such good taste that it's downright stupefying.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    The period environment, brilliantly recreated in production design, costuming and color processing, complements the topflight performances and direction.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The movie looks soft, which has nothing to do with the Hellman flintiness, guts, self-mockery, wisdom, above all, impatience with cant.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    This movie's problems start with its point of view, and it never quite recovers from them.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Beautifully crafted, nominated for nine Academy Awards, a big hit at the box office -- and a dramatic dud.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Leigh R


    Had a hard time staying with the film, but it was pretty good.

  • jay n


    How much is fact and how much fiction is questionable but with storytelling and acting this good it doesn't really matter. Everyone is exceptionally good but Vanessa Redgrave is great, along with Julie Christie one of the greatest actresses living today.

  • Byron B


    I expected Jane Fonda and Jason Robards to be great. I had really come to like them as I worked through my Oscar list. Maybe the topic just went over my head, maybe it was too literary, I just remember I was bored and didn't get it.

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