Last week I saw a DVD called Julia starring Tilda Swinton.I mistook the movie for another by a similar name starring Merryl Streep.However this movie was not bad at all.Here is the review:
In California, an alcoholic woman named Julia(Tilda Swinton) is out of control, partying every evening, and waking up in unknown homes with no memory of the previous night. Due to her reckless demeanour, she loses her job and begins losing money. She soon meets a mother Elena(Kate del Castillo) at an AA meeting. Elena takes Julia into her apartment after she finds her passed out on the pavement one night. The following morning Elena explains that she wants to kidnap her son Tom(Aidan Gould) from his wealthy grandfather and asks Julia to participate for$50, 000. Julia declines the idea, though after some time she decides to do it for her. She visits an old friend to make her own deal and asks for his cooperation, but her offer is refused. She rides to the Mexican border, kidnaps the little boy and blackmails Elena’s father in law for 2 million dollars.
The police discover her whereabouts and she flees, accidentally crashing her car through the wall dividing United States and Mexico. There, the boy is kidnapped in turn by Mexican kidnappers. Her friend, Mitch(Saul Rubinek), arrives in Mexico and gives Julia the ransom money. During the exchange, the Mexican kidnappers escape with the money, leaving the boy safely with Julia. Julia returns to hand the boy over to his mother, and to face the law.
The story line and Tilda’s acting was good but the movie was too long at 150 minutes.However, still worth a watch if you have nothing better on a rainy evening.