Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem

Directed by Ryan Murphy

Rating: 4 stars

Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) realizes her marriage isn't as great as it once was. She has a successful career, a home, a stable, comfortable marriage. However, Liz is so caught up in her life that she realizes she's lost. She needs something new, an adventure. Packing her bags, she goes on a life-changing trip from Italy, to India, to Bali, making friends along the way and looking at life in a whole new perspective.

Eat Pray Love is based on the novel written by Liz Gilbert, a true story of her own self-discovering journey. The movie was enjoyable and inspiring. I can't imagine who wouldn't want to run away and go on a journey that would change your life. Not that that was what Liz was doing, running away. However, it was an interesting movie to say the least, especially since most of it is true. It shows us that anything is possible. One of the issues I found with this movie was the time length. Though necessary, it was a tad too long (two hours, 13 minutes). Since the movie had a slow pace to it, the the time length was noticeable. I would definitely recommend this movie to those who like Julia Roberts movies, for those who wish to/enjoy traveling, and for those who like learning about other cultures (not that you learn a lot but it's interesting to see a different life style). For those of us who feel like they are in a rut in their life, feeling like something is missing, Eat Pray Love is an inspirational movie and I wouldn't be surprised if others followed Liz Gilbert's example.