What Julia Really Did? SPOILER SPOILER

Thought it was a very good movie, Annette Bening is a real pro.

Here's my question:

Seems to me that the whole affair with Tom etc. was just a whimsical lark for Julia, who at the beginning expressed her boredom with life. I wonder whether all the histrionics of taking up with the younger man, being devastated when he cheated etc. were just Julia showing off her acting talents...having fun with everyone, no sincere emotions involved at all.

To me, it seemed that she was just too giddy over the beginning of the affair with Tom, didn't seem real, seemed like an actress putting it on thick. Plus Tom didn't seem anywhere near the kind of young guy a sophisticated actress like Julia would take up with seriously...too much of a jerk.

Compare Julia's May and September romance with similar portrayal by actresses such as Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, and other fine actresses...so much deeper and more affecting. The point being that maybe this romance was really a sham, not real.

Maybe Julia was just having some fun, and that was all.

What do you think?

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