Like Julie & Julia

Rob,

That's so funny that you mention that because I honestly thought this movie reminds me of Julie & Julia too!  

I liked the movie, but I liked Julie & Julia better! 

I liked the pace of the movie. At first, it seemed to fly by, but eventually it started to slow down.

I would've liked to see, though, her have better closure in the movie @ her former employer's business vs. just leaving it the way she did.

Plus, her friendship with Nicolas was neat. I would've like to see her tell him goodbye.

Aside from that, I thought it was a great movie with a great message--do your best at what you love doing and ignore the negative people.

She did things her own way in the movie & because of her passion, talent, and humility she really excelled! 

I pretty much agree. The interlacing here was interesting but slightly jarring, the film would have been better served with concentration on the presidential story. This version we got was not bad, however, not at all, just a bit all over the place.

The life of Danièle Mazet-Delpeuch has twists and turns, she got recommended by none other than Joël Robuchon for the position of private chef to François Mitterrand, which she held from 1988-1990, and was not fired because of rivalry, as in the film, but resigned because of the schedules. Then, years later she went to the Antarctic on a 14 month contract.
https://www.lexpress.fr/styles/saveurs/daniele-mazet-delpeuch-je-n-ai-touche-a-une-casserole-qu-a-19-ans_1163241.html
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani%C3%A8le_Mazet-Delpeuch

So the film makes the odd choice of reminiscing about this more spectacular phase of career when she's cooking at a research station Martin-de-Viviès. Does not quite work, does it? But, at least, it's her own life and career throughout.

In Julie and Julia, on the other hand, the Julie parts were absolutely superfluous, Julie Powell in the film is a terrible, boring and petty little person, but not as bad as her real counterpart. Julia Child on the other hand is a larger than life personality, a grande dame of cuisine who is ill-served by getting only half a film.

The life and times of Julia Child actually deserve a series of films, that cow Julia Powell can make do with a single faded polaroid with the word "slag" written on it. Luckily we still have Child's tv shows and Powell has pretty much not been heard from!