Julie Johnson (2001)

I loved this movie! I have to admit, I have been in love with Lilli Taylor since "Household Saints".

I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie about a possible lesbian love affair with a best friend, but I was pleased with its subtlety and positive turnaround ending.Julie Johnson is a middle-aged housewife with two kids and a husband who's a policeman by day, sports-fanatic by night.

JULIE JOHNSON is a quiet little film that deals with the frustrations facing a New Jersey housewife and mother who married and birthed before she graduated high school and finds herself in a rigid relationship, longing for knowledge to change things. She considers herself stupid, sneaks Science magazines to read when her overbearing husband isn't around, and finally gathers the courage (while staring at the stars one night) to change her plight.