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efilmcritic.com - : Jane Fonda plays writer Lillian Hellman. Hellman is living a quiet life with her lover, Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), as she tries to pound out a play. The duo are a perfect match- hard drinking, hard smoking; Hammett is Hellman's mentor and support. Through Hellman's memories, we see a different side. more...
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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : ''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. more...
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www.nicksflickpicks.com - : Sometimes people mean more to you, or something different to you, in memory than they did in person. Fred Zinnemann's Julia describes the process of one women's realization that a childhood friend not only had a greater impact on her personality than she had thought, but that the same woman grown up still has much to teach her if only she could be tracked down. Despite the implications of the title, Julia is the name not of the central character but of that remembered friend, half dream and half spectre, who inspires our heroine to actions and thoughts of which she did not think herself capable. more...
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