Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

Am I Missing Something?

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

By Jonathan Decker (Family therapist, film critic)WHAT'S EAT PRAY LOVE ABOUT? A woman seeks to find herself through a year of traveling, meditation, and dining. Based on the novel of the same name.IS IT ANY GOOD? Before Facebook, you may recall, one might sit through literal slide-shows (projected onto a sheet, for example) in order to experience a friend's vacation. This film feels like sitting through such an evening, if your friend were self-indulgent and a bit narcissistic, kept bringing up her broken marriage and her justifications for a fling during the slideshow, gabbed on and on about the wonderful people she met as if you knew them, and took way too long to show her admittedly scenic slides.As someone who enjoys glimpses into world cultures/religions, good actors, and romance in general, I'll admit that there were a few moments that charmed, enlightened, and moved me. But this sluggishly-paced movie feels a good 45 minutes longer than its 2 hour and 15 minute running time. This is to say nothing of its repetitive narrative structure, general predictability, and disturbing core message: You can find peace through avoidance of accountability and by literally coming to see yourself as your own god. It's all about "love yourself" and "forgive yourself," which is fine, but the protagonist takes no responsibility for what she does to hurt other people early on. Julia Roberts is likable, but her character here mostly is not. This is not a film I'd revisit.IS IT OKAY FOR YOUR KIDS? Eat Pray Love is rated PG-13. It has a fair amount of foul language (including one use of the phrase "mother——," which I thought was only allowed in R-rated films), sexual innuendo, male rear nudity, and implications of adultery and other sex outside of marriage.ANY WORTHWHILE MESSAGES? It is not enough to life for self- fulfillment; one must live to benefit others. Take time to enjoy and savor life.

This movie's main character is a woman journalist, who does great things in New York. She is busy working and enjoying her life. But her mind doesn't have a feeling of satisfaction truly. And she decides to cast aside position and horror, and sets off on a trip. She goes to Italia, India and Bali. In the traveling, she looks back on her own life, and thinks what is herself.A lot of people have the same feelings with the journalist. We are always busy doing somethings. This is a society of adults. Maybe our minds also don't have a feeling of satisfaction like her. But we can't cast aside position and horror. She can do a thing we can't do. Thus we are envious of her life, and attracted this movie. And this movie has a lot of sense that the characters talk about something like maxims. This inspires our hearts, and we are also attracted.

It is a human drama and romance. I like this story but I think some people do not. Liz is a main character. A lot of people, especially women, can understand Liz's feeling and sympathize with her. She think about her life and her love. After she breaks up with her boyfriend, she decides to start traveling the world. She meets a lot of people and does a lot of things. I think her traveling is very good. A lot of people would like to travel like her when they come up to some problems. However, in the real life, it is difficult. We have to go to school or work and earn money. Therefore I think some audience can't sympathize with the story. If I have a chance to get time and can travel, I want to go travel all over the world like Liz.

In Eat Pray Love (2010), Julia Roberts really does shine and she carries the movie well. The writing is very well done too, it's engaging and it's intelligent. The movie presents an uplifting message about finding oneself and achieving true undeniable happiness, getting the life you desire. Julia Roberts does all of those things in this film, and she does it all very convincingly. Eat pray love start out well, and continues on well, it is just slightly stagnant in the middle briefly, but then it picks back up and keeps on going at a steady pace. The other actors, including Viola Davis, and they all connect very well, and Julia's relationship with them is shown well. And I'm glad they showed and developed her relationship with former husband Stephen, they described their love and former relationship well. It's so lovely to see her travel from destination to destination, picking up experiences, making new friends and forming new bonds, and finding herself piece by piece. She eats wonderful new foods, she prays to find peace, and she loves all the new people in her life, including one very special man ;) Oh and I loved the one little comedic part where a man tries to convince Liz to have a love affair with him in Bali, he undresses, which is very very nice lol, and she just breaks out into hysterical laughter. A 9/10 for Eat Pray Love.