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Being Julia

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Set in '30s London, the film involves stage actors and their experiences with love and revenge. Read more

Starring Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Juliet Stevenson, Miriam Margolyes
Director István Szabó
Run time 100 mins
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama

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  • Produced by a Canadian immigrant (Robert Lantos), directed by a Hungarian (Istvan Szabo), but written by a Brit (Ronald Harwood), based on a novel by Somerset Maugham and set in and... read more »

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  • 58 out of 61 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    You won't get bored

    You don't have to be a fan of Annette Bening (or Jeremy Irons) to enjoy this high-spirited tale of theatrical life - or rather, Julia Lambert's life, to be specific.

    Based on a novella by my one of my all-time favorite authors, W. Somerset Maugham, Being Julia is sort of like All About Eve, except not as stage-y. It's a period piece, taking place in England in the '30s, where burnt-out Diva Extraordinaire Julia Lambert is moaning and groaning about her tedious, boring life to anyone who will listen, including her weathered and weary husband (Irons, drolly pipe-puffing his way through the film as only he could). She meets a young, handsome, American fan/opportunist (Shaun Evans, highly effective) and together they rekindle Julia's lust for life.

    This is just the first half hour - it gets better and more and more outrageous (and of course more FUN) as it goes on. Needless to say, you won't be bored; in fact, I left the theater smiling and shaking my head.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    how acting should be

    this is one of the best produced and acted films i have seen

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