1938. Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) and Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) are the royal couple of the London theater scene, Julia, an actress, and Michael, a former actor, who took over running the theater and its troupe after the death of their mentor, Jimmy Langton (Sir Michael Gambon). Jimmy is still constantly with Julia in spirit as she navigates through life. Besides their work, Julia and Michael lead largely separate lives, they, long ago having stopped a sexual relatio... (Full plot summary below)
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1938. Julia Lambert (Annette Bening) and Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) are the royal couple of the London theater scene, Julia, an actress, and Michael, a former actor, who took over running the theater and its troupe after the death of their mentor, Jimmy Langton (Sir Michael Gambon). Jimmy is still constantly with Julia in spirit as she navigates through life. Besides their work, Julia and Michael lead largely separate lives, they, long ago having stopped a sexual relationship. Julia of late has been feeling disenchanted with her life, she not wanting to admit it's because she is approaching middle age. Her disenchantments manifests itself in wanting Michael to close their current production early so that she can recharge her juices, something he is reluctant to do if only for not wanting to let the theater sit empty. What Julia ends up doing instead is embarking on an affair with Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), an adoring young American who is young enough to be her son. As Julia and Tom's relationship progresses, the more she falls in love with him and becomes dependent upon him for her happiness. But as she finds out that Tom is not as innocent and shy as he first made himself to seem, she may learn that Tom cannot be that direct conduit to happiness and fulfillment at this stage in her life. However, she may find an avenue through Tom that may truly re-energize her for herself.
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| Movie HabitMarty MapesOne of the best movies from this year's Telluride Film Festival |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeThis is a choice role, and Bening tears into it with the broadest smile and widest eyes you ever saw. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansShifting emotional gears with the adroitness of a Formula One driver, Bening delivers a diamond of a performance - multifaceted, sparkling and flawless. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeWhile the film isn't quite perfect, it's close enough - especially in Annette Bening's glorious lead performance - that it seems churlish to complain. |
| european-films.netBoyd van Hoeij[A] perfectly light comedic soufflé that is not intimidated by its characters' darker undercurrents. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereBening, beautifully lighted by cinematographer Lajos Koltai ... gives a performance burning with joy, wit and intelligence. |
| San Jose Mercury NewsBruce NewmanThe play is supposed to serve as both the centerpiece and the climax of the film, which may explain why it wobbles until the end. |
| Mixed ReviewsGabriel ShanksIf A Room with a View looked inside the repressed passions of its characters, Being Julia seems content to just put a frame around them and call it a day. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonThere isn't much about István Szabó's direction that he can brag about, and Ronald Harwood's script retains too much of Maugham's plot and not enough of his coherence. |
| Boston GlobeTy BurrYou can feel her (Bening) drag Being Julia uphill for an hour and a half until the final 15 minutes, when the ground finally levels out and the picture becomes fine, vengeful fun. |
