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2008

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Based on John Cassavetes Gloria Julia stars Tilda Swinton as Julia Harris - an alcoholic who has just been fired from her job. Saul Rubinek plays her best friend, Mitch - who pleads with her to attend AA meetings. Eventually Julia gives in. At an AA meeting Julia meets Elena (Kate Del Castillo) a fellow alcoholic who pleads .. Read more

Starring	Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo, Aidan Gould
Director	Erick Zonca
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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  Julia
  
  Zonca's first film since The Dreamlife of Angels is a very different beast. Initially a character study of an alcoholic (Tilda Swinton as the titular Julia... read more »
  
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  - 15 Mar 2009 at 08:34
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  Very nice
  
  This was great. Tilda Swinton has got to be the best modern actress at portraying the unlikeable woman, with the empathy just hinting through like light coming ... read more »
  
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- - margo_channing
  - 4 reviews
  - 21 Oct 2011 at 17:43
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  Underrated masterpiece.
  
  Tilda Swinton stars as the eponymous anti-hero. She's an alcoholic who knows that her looks won't serve her in the long run, so latches on to a plot to ... read more »
  
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  - 07 Sep 2011 at 20:42
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  Tour de force for Tilda Swinton
  
  Tour de force for Tilda Swinton as the selfish, deluded drunk Julia. Her immoral actions have surprising consequences in this gritty drama.
  
  It is too... read more »
  
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- - Jcamp
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  - Canterbury
  - 16 Jun 2011 at 19:42
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  sup up your beer & collect your fags..
  
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  Is it wrong to love this woman? She's a drunk, a flake, a brazen liar and a kidnapper. But she's also smart, feisty, fearless and understands better ... read more »
  
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- - CapnPookie
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  - Upminster
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 18:08
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  An excellent & engaging film.
  
  Tilda Swinton, as is usual, puts in another great performance, this time as a foul-mouthed alcoholic who kidnaps a young boy and gets entangled in a very ... read more »
  
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- - gingerspike
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  - Grimsby
  - 12 Jan 2011 at 21:58
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  Nice one Julia!
  
  Julia is an alchoholic. She gets fired after a particularly wild night and gets caught in a cycle of getting out of her mind on drink and waking up in mens ... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
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  - London
  - 09 Aug 2010 at 10:06
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  Brilliant acting, good plot
  
  Julia is beautiful, foulmouthed and an alcoholic. When she kidnaps an eight year old boy on a crazy alcohol induced whim, we see her slowly turn from a deranged... read more »
  
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  - 30 Apr 2010 at 22:36
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  Tilda Swinton is AMAZING
  
  Tilda Swinton never puts in a bad performance.
  
  In Julia she is jaw-droppingly brilliant.
  
  She embodies her characters like no one else, ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol UK
  - 27 Mar 2010 at 16:28
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  not keen
  
  confusing, erratic film, difficult to engage with characters ,altho Tilda Swinton was very believable as the main character - no exploration of why she was the ... read more »
  
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- - kathyr
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  - brighton
  - 19 Mar 2010 at 16:25
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  Inspired acting
  
  - And an impressive inhabiting of character. On the plot, some strands of my credulity snapped early, and I watched, half gripped, the other half of me ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Mar 2010 at 21:56
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  Julia
  
  Zonca's first film since The Dreamlife of Angels is a very different beast. Initially a character study of an alcoholic (Tilda Swinton as the titular Julia... read more »
  
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  - SAI81
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  - Tonbridge
  - 15 Mar 2009 at 08:34
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  Not good
  
  Give this a miss. You will thank me for saving you from this stupid film
  
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  - 29 Jun 2009 at 16:53
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  julia
  
  I think this was the most unpleasant film that I have rented to date. I cannot understand what possessed Tilda Swinton (who is a brilliant actress) to accept ... read more »
  
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  - Ruislip
  - 12 Jun 2009 at 17:02
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  Julia
  
  Great performance by Tilda Swinton.
  
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  - Hertford
  - 05 Jun 2009 at 16:56
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  Trailer trash tour de force by Tilda
  
  A very strange film but one Tilda Swinton makes her own with her deranged and incompetent kidnap plot and general lowlife desperation, you don't know ... read more »
  
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- - Noseyjoe
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  - London
  - 09 Jun 2009 at 09:33
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  Brilliant acting, good plot
  
  Julia is beautiful, foulmouthed and an alcoholic. When she kidnaps an eight year old boy on a crazy alcohol induced whim, we see her slowly turn from a deranged... read more »
  
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  - Near Oxford
  - 30 Apr 2010 at 22:36
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  Not for me
  
  this was on okay film. Enjoyed watching Swinton playing a partying alcoholic but I wasnt too impressed with the story line.
  
  To be honest I ended up ... read more »
  
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  - 21 Jul 2009 at 12:31
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  Julia
  
  Tilda Swinton is brilliant - what a great actress. Keeps you on the edge of your seat - a very enjoyable film.
  
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  - 15 Jun 2009 at 14:07
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  Tilda Swinton is AMAZING
  
  Tilda Swinton never puts in a bad performance.
  
  In Julia she is jaw-droppingly brilliant.
  
  She embodies her characters like no one else, ... read more »
  
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  - Bristol UK
  - 27 Mar 2010 at 16:28
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  Nice one Julia!
  
  Julia is an alchoholic. She gets fired after a particularly wild night and gets caught in a cycle of getting out of her mind on drink and waking up in mens ... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
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  - London
  - 09 Aug 2010 at 10:06

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- Julia
  
  Based on John Cassavetes Gloria Julia stars Tilda Swinton as Julia Harris - an alcoholic who has just been fired from her job. Saul Rubinek plays her best friend, Mitch - who pleads with her to attend AA meetings. Eventually Julia gives in.
  
  At an AA meeting Julia meets Elena (Kate Del ...