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It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

a film who must see. for cast, off course, but, in same measure, for the story. for Annette Bening giving an extraordinary role. and, sure, for Shaun Evans who represents a revelation. a film about marriage, theater, love, compromises, need to escape from ordinary life circles and the revenge. a film who, at the first sigh, gives nothing new. but who impress. for an inspired way to build, step by step, in each detail, a shining world. the humor and the science of Annette Bening to do a gorgeous role. two motifs to enjoy "Being Julia".

I haven't read Somerset Maugham's novel entitled Theatre which the film was adapted into this film. While the film has a first rate cast, I kept thinking that the role of Julia Lambert could have been equally brilliantly played by Juliet Stevenson CBE who was playing Edie, Julia's long-time personal assistant. Miriam Margolyes OBE again plays a lesbian producer in this film who loves Julia almost as much as Julia loves herself. She is constantly followed by her old acting teacher played by Sir Michael Gambon. The film is about Julia who needs to find herself again. She finds love in a younger lover and wanted to consummate with an old friend who kindly tells her that he's playing for the other side. Jeremy Irons plays her husband and producer. The couple are quite a complement to each other. Julia retreats to visit her mother played by the divine Rosemary Harris and her Aunt Carrie played by Rita Tushingham. But still, Annette Bening does a superb job in making you feel for Julia Lambert.

A mature theatre actress gets through a midlife crisis, she feels old and tries to find the fountain of the eternal youth in the arms of a young admirer.The setting of "Being Julia" is just wonderful and the movie has touches of drama and comedy. Anyway, it wouldn't anything to write home about if it wasn't for Anette Benning... To think that Reese Witherspoon won the Oscar instead of Anette makes me sick. The character that Benning plays has only a fault: who wouldn't fall in love with her? No matter if you're 23 or 56. There's nothing rare about that, is there? Meet Julia, you'll fall in love with her.*My rate: 7/10

Adapted from the novel 'Theatre', it is about the life of legendary West End actress Julia Lambert (Annette Benning). It's the 30s London, and Julia is getting on in years. But yet her name within the West End circles is indisputable.Jimmie Langton (Michael Gambon) is the ghostly mentor by Julia's side, Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons) is her husband, theatre owner Dolly (Miriam Margolyes) has quite a joyful personality, American Tom Fennell (Shaun Evans) has always been a fan of Julia's acting and it's the meeting with his idol Julia that a May-December affair began.But soon later, Julia found out that Tom is using her to get close to an upcoming star Avice (Lucy Punch) and Julia soon plotted her way to revenge on the man who had finally given her a whole new lease of life.As the saying goes - 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned', Julia really lives up to that manner. She uses her name to get even with the young starlet in a new production she is in with her young co-star.The way how Annette Benning acted in the movie really shows how much a famous theatre actress will go to get her way back. Smashing.