Julie Johnson

One woman's decision to improve her mind has unexpected, life-changing results in this drama. Hoboken-born housewife Julie Johnson (Lili Taylor) left high school at the wishes of Rick (Noah Emmerich), who was then her boyfriend and is now her husband; Julie spends her days cleaning house and looking ...more

Earnest and well-intentioned, Julie Johnson features a script that, despite the occasional keen insight or line that rings true and clear, comes off as predictable and not altogether believable. Mining familiar territory -- the dreariness of a conventional life, the need to express one's true self, etc. -- it offers little that is really fresh or rewarding. However, the characters are well defined and the screenplay does offer the actors some requisite "playable" scenes that they enjoy sinking ...more