Julia

Absolutely beautifully made movie and the story told so well. The script is brilliant and performances are incredible.

Tilda Swinton gives a great performance as a struggling alcoholic working through a botch kidnapping in this extremely slow paced sometimes depressing movie.

The best acting performance from Tilda Swinton!

This was a really gripping watch - its a film about double crossing. Tilda Swinton gives a brilliant performance (it's hard to gauge when her character is being truthful or not) and it kept me guessing. The ending is pretty suspenseful. I would definitely recommend this film, yes.

never underestimate Tilda Swinton. In the aftermath of parental alienation an AA meeting develops into good intentions gone horribly wrong. Tilda Swinton is brilliant as a bumbling antihero making every stupid mistake possible.

Tilda Swinton gives an awesome performance as an out of control desperate alcoholic. There were so many twists and turns I had no idea what would happen next. Although Julia is a tough character to like she does change near the end of the movie and shows some humanity.

Tilda Swinton is fantastic as a self destructive alcoholic in this Eric Zonca film.

_Julia_ is a wild ride, somewhat reminiscent of the Coen Brothers in that we're laughing at horrendous things. Played with total abandon by Tilda Swinton, Julia is a hopeless alcoholic who has nightly blackouts and wakes up in the morning with various married men. She is apparently court-ordered to attend AA meetings, where she stays out in the hall and smokes. She ignores the exhortations of her sponsor Mitch (Saul Rubinek). At a meeting, she encounters a Mexican woman named Elena (Kate del Castillo), who appears to have a few mental screws loose. One night, Kate rescues Julia after she has passed out in a parked car. Over coffee in the morning, she asks Julia to help her kidnap her young son Tom (Aidan Gould) from his rich grandfather, who took the kid away due to Elena's drinking. She offers Julia a large sum of money. But Julia has another idea: to kidnap the kid herself and collect a $2 million ransom from the grandfather. What ensues is beyond crazy. I've seen a lot of attractive Hollywood actresses attempting to play sleazy lowlifes, but I was never entirely convinced. Not the case here. Swinton is off the rails. Thanks to her nuanced acting and a good screenplay, we root for her----even though she's repellent. The interplay between her and Gould is at once disturbing and hilarious. She checks into a low rent motel, ties the kid up and duct tapes him, then feeds him pills to keep him sleepy while awaiting the ransom money. Things go awry when a motel maid sees what's going on, and Julia and Tom have to go on the run. I've always liked movies in which I'm laughing even though I know I shouldn't. This one did the trick. I do have my reservations about Julia's language in front of a young kid---lots of "F" bombs. But I have to admit, it's realistic, considering her character.

Tilda Swinton is fabulous, and so versatile. Here she plays a degenerate alcoholic; in "We need to Talk About Kevin" she played a grieving mother so powerfully. I really need to see more of her work. It's a little long at 2 hours 23 minutes. Other than that flaw, I really enjoyed it. All of the actors, even the supporting ones, turn in great performances, but Tilda really steals the show.

TILDA IS AT HER BEST.