Julie Johnson
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Movie Reviews of Julie Johnson
Movie Review: A great movie with believable characters!
Summary: 5 Stars
Why this movie never hit the big screen, I'll never know. Perhaps because Courtney Love was having problems by the time is was released, or most likely the reason is the subject matter - bisexuality. Lili Taylor plays a housewife who is unhappy in her marriage to a very chauvanistic husband and Courtney Love plays her best friend. Lili's character and Courtney begin an intimate relationship which gives her the strength to leave her overbearing husband, must to the unhappiness of her two adolescent children. Soon, their relationship becomes obvious to their friends, spouses, and children and the pressure begins to mount. Their children are teased about their mother's orientation, and Courtney, fearing the social ostracism that she is enduring, has to make a decision about whether to stay in the relationship or return to her own husband. The outcome is a bit of a surprise.
The acting by Ms.Taylor and Ms. Love is wonderfully convincing, with Lili Taylor's character being the stronger of the two, not because of actinig skills - Courtney showed her acting chops again, but because her character was simply written stronger.
This is a wonderful and thought-provoking movie. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: A SMALL GEM FINALLY ON DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw Bob Gosse's "Julie Johnson" at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Five years have passed, and it's coming to DVD in the next couple weeks! This is a very slight but effective film about a young New Jersey housewife (the illuminescent Lili Taylor) who endures a very repressive marriage to a testosterone-driven jerk (Noah Emmerich). When she sees classes at the local community college which capture her fancy, she decides to set out on a journey to better her life. This also involves discovering a sexual attraction to her best friend (Courtney Love, great actress and musician extraordinaire!).
The film features the late Spalding Gray as her teacher, and THE OC's Mischa Barton (don't remember her from 5 years ago!). It's a heartwarming, uplifting and emotionally charged tale of following ones dreams in the face of adversity and judgement. This is a brilliant film!
Movie Review: A feast for Drama fans!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm no big fan of gay or lesbian films. I only bought this DVD bcuz I'm a huge Lili Taylor admirer. So i wasn't expecting very much from it. But while watching this movie I couldn't believe my eyes how great and touching this story was. I especially liked the scene with Lili and Courtney sitting in park, and yearning to touch each other but they couldn't do it and instead they touched themselves in their minds. Another great drama point was Courtneys and Lilis alienation because of Lilis high devotion to her studies. I highly recommend this DVD to anyone who loves great Drama. you won't be disappointed.Movie Review: É muito bom! Is very good
Summary: 5 Stars
Gostaria que o fim tivesse sido outro, mas o filme é muito bom. Vale a pena assistir.
I wish the end had been another, but the movie is very good. Worthwhile.
Movie Review: Terrific Story About Love and Personal Growth
Summary: 4 Stars
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I really enjoyed this movie for a variety of reasons. It was entertaining and fun, and the subject matter was also interesting to me, since I love both personal growth and intellectual learning. The plot of "Julie Johnson" centers around two women who leave difficult marriages, move in together, develop romantic feelings for each other, and around the effects of their decisions upon each other, their friends, and their children. Julie returns to school and discovers many things about herself that she missed out on since she had not ever graduated from high school and had always thought of herself as stupid, an opinion reinforced regularly by her brutish husband.
I was unsure if I would enjoy this movie, as I do not necessarily enjoy lesbian love stories, finding them generally caught up in the message of the acceptance of homosexuality more than a great plot, acting, directing, etc.
This movie is not like that; it is more about the awakening of a woman's potential at mid-age. It is about how when we grow personally, we can leave people behind, even people we dearly love. It is about the lines drawn between friendship and romantic love---how do we draw them and when? It is about how we decide to call the end to a romantic relationship. When we are adults and change dramatically, discovering something new about ourselves that revolutionizes our lives, how does this affect those around us? In this movie, for the main character Julie, it was not lesbianism that she discovered that mainly transformed her life, but a love for learning. When you are an adult and a life-long learner how do you cope in our society, which oftentimes tells you that this is "weird" behavior? (This last question is my favorite of all, and I related to this movie a lot, as often people who love to learn, study, and discuss ideas (like me) find themselves the targets of prejudice as being dull, boring, and "no fun".) All of these questions are explored in this story of two blue-collar lower middle-class homemakers and the challenges they face.
The lesbian lovemaking scenes are not explicit, they are in good taste, and they made sense within the context of the movie.
The actors in this movie are fabulous---Lili Taylor, Courtney Love, and the actors playing the children as well.
I did not think the movie was clichéd at all. The husbands were stereotyped and seemed in many ways like Neanderthals...but there were also men portrayed in positive ways, such as Julie's major professor. This is not an anti-male film.
Lovely, quality, unforgettable film.
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