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Julie & Julia

2009 · 123 min · Director: Nora Ephron ★ IMDb 7 · 137,829 ratings

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Julia Child and Julie Powell - both of whom wrote memoirs - find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

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Julie & Julia (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Joy 25%, Love 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

30%Humor
25%Joy
20%Love
  1. Humor30%
  2. Joy25%
  3. Love20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Joy, Love. Genres: Drama, Romance, Biography. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Joy and Love. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Joy
  • Hope
  • Sympathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Joy

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Humor

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 53 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityJoyHopeSympathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Joy50 %37 %25 %23 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Sympathy45 %23 %23 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Hope45 %23 %34 %25 %
17.5 %≈ 22′Joy46 %31 %38 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 28′Humor44 %30 %31 %25 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Hope45 %30 %30 %26 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Humor46 %33 %29 %20 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Joy45 %30 %29 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Sympathy44 %28 %25 %31 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Joy40 %28 %20 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 65′Hope39 %24 %21 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 71′Humor43 %20 %23 %29 %
62.5 %≈ 77′Sympathy49 %18 %23 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 83′Sympathy55 %11 %23 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 89′Sympathy56 %9 %25 %54 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sympathy55 %19 %35 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Hope55 %31 %46 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 108′Hope57 %40 %48 %34 %
92.5 %≈ 114′Joy59 %49 %39 %26 %
97.5 %≈ 120′Joy53 %48 %27 %15 %
Cinderella

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Stanley Tucci

Paul Child

Linda Emond

Simone Beck

HC
Helen Carey

Louisette Bertholle

Jane Lynch

Dorothy McWilliams

JJ
Joan Juliet Buck

Madame Brassart

CM
Crystal McCreary

Ernestine

GB
George Bartenieff

Chef Max Bugnard

Casey Wilson

Regina

JB
Jillian Bach

Annabelle

AG
Andrew Garman

John O'Brien

BA
Brooks Ashmanskas

Mr. Misher

MB
Michael Brian Dunn

Ivan Cousins

RR
Remak Ramsay

John McWilliams

DK
Diane Kagan

Phila McWilliams

PS
Pamela Stewart

Instructor at Le Cordon Bleu

Details

Directed by
Nora Ephron
Written by
Nora Ephron, Julie Powell, Julia Child
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 137,829 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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