Julia
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: October 2, 1977 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Fred Zinnemann’s superbly sensitive film explores the anti-Nazi awakening in the 1930s of writer Lillian Hellman via persecution of a childhood friend, portrayed in excellent characterization by Vanessa Redgrave in title role. Richard Roth’s production is handsome and tasteful. Read full review
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Washington PostGary Arnold
Despite its gentility and evasiveness, Julia may have come much closer to the truth about Lillian Hellman on the strength of Jane Fonda's edgy, persuasive performance, which reveals an intelligent woman who couldn't feel more unsuree of herself or less like a conquering heroine. Read full review
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Julia is the story of a fascinating woman, told from the point of view of someone who hardly knew her. That is, I realize, an unkind judgment against Lillian Hellman, whose wartime memoirs provide the inspiration for the story. But this movie's problems start with its point of view, and it never quite recovers from them. Read full review
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TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
The script, the direction and finally, Fonda's acting choices capture nothing of what made Hellman a true piss-and-vinegar original. Read full review
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The New York TimesVincent Canby
Mr. Sargent and Mr. Zinneman have amplified the story with solemn care, in good taste (which is not always desirable), and have come forth with a film that is both well-meaning and on the side of the angels but with the exception of a half-dozen scenes, lifeless. Read full review
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Time Out LondonStaff (Not Credited)
Zinnemann blows it most of all in the Fonda-Redgrave relationship, and no credibility is given to Hellman's ferocious talent and dominant personality. Read full review
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