Adams plays Charlene, a tough, gritty bartender from Massachusetts who ends up dating boxer Irish Mickey Ward (Wahlberg). The film revolves around Ward and trainer/brother Dickie Eklund (Bale), chronicling their early days in Massachusetts, through Eklund's battle with drugs and Ward's eventual world championship in London. Adams recently starred in Nora Ephron's Julie & Julia, opposite Meryl Streep.
The Columbia Pictures film is adapted from Julie Powell's book "Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen" and centers on a frustrated secretary (Adams) who embarks on a yearlong culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Child's (Streep) Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. The film was released on August 7, 2009, and has grossed approximately $100 million at the box office.
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