What we flagged
View all categories
Netflix
Netflix Standard with Ads
Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Rent or buy on
JustWatch TV Store
Apple TV Store
Amazon Video
YouTube
Fetch TV
Our take
Julie & Julia is a bright cooking drama that cuts between Julia Child learning French cuisine and Julie Powell blogging her way through the cookbook. Mild-to-moderate swearing appears, including one clear f-word, plus frank sex jokes and plenty of wine with dinner. A suicide in someone's family history lands as a sad shock in conversation. We land at 13 and up because the adult language and emotional bumps make this a lighter teen drama, despite a few adult moments
Uplifting themes
Passion, practice, and supporting each other through failure make ordinary days feel bigger. Both women learn that courage can look like picking up a whisk again Julia and Julie chase hard skills with humour and grit, and their partners mostly cheer them on. Mentors and friends show how collaboration beats gatekeeping French cooking technique, publishing hurdles, and the early food-blog era come through in concrete kitchen detail. Curious teens can pick up history with the recipes
Story (may spoil tone)
Julia Child and Julie Powell – both of whom wrote memoirs – find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, both women are at loose ends... until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.
Details
Language Damn, s-word, b-word, and hell show up when recipes fail or egos bruise…
Damn, s-word, b-word, and hell show up when recipes fail or egos bruise, and one f-word slips out in frustration. Swearing is sprinkled through, not a constant stream
Sex / nudity Married couples joke about sex, kiss and move toward bed in several sce…
Married couples joke about sex, kiss and move toward bed in several scenes. Sex is implied rather than shown in detail; one woman is briefly seen in bra and underwear
Drugs / alcohol Wine is part of dinners, celebrations, and cooking talk in both timelin…
Wine is part of dinners, celebrations, and cooking talk in both timelines. Drinking looks social and cheerful rather than out of control
Self-harm / suicide A caller speaks about her husband dying by suicide, and another line me…
A caller speaks about her husband dying by suicide, and another line mentions people killing themselves. These are brief verbal references; no act or method is shown
Grief / bereavement Family illness and a sudden death cast shadows across the cooking trium…
Family illness and a sudden death cast shadows across the cooking triumphs. Grief is handled with warmth and does not swallow the whole film
Flashing lights We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
We have not confirmed whether this version contains flashing lights.
Family watch notes
What other parents think.
Be the first family to leave a watch note.
Talk after watching
- Both women use a big cooking project to feel less stuck. What project has ever helped you get your confidence back?
- Ambition puts pressure on their marriages. How do you support a partner's dream without disappearing yourself?
Ask ClearAge
Julie & Julia
Ask about this guide, or name another film to open its ClearAge page.
