Eat, Pray, Love (2010)

--Storyline--

At 32 years old, Elizabeth Gilbert was educated, had a home, a husband, and a successful career as a writer. In the eyes of many, she was a woman who had it all. She once made it her goal in life to marry and have a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting and she was unhappy in her marriage and finally they divorced.After finalizing her difficult divorce, Gilbert spent the next year traveling around the world. The trip was paid for in advance with a book deal from the publisher.

She spent four months in Italy, eating and enjoying life (“Eat”). She spent three months in India, finding her spirituality (“Pray”). She ended the year in Bali, Indonesia, looking for “balance” of the two and found love (“love”)  with Brazilian factory owner.

--Review--

In my opinion, Julia Robert’s character is a selfish female focused only on herself, doesn’t mind that her husband loves her who has never cheated on her. She immediately falls into a 28 year old before she divorces, but figures out 2 weeks later that they are not as passionate anymore, so off to Italy she flies in search of herself. 2 second clips in Tuscany. In Italy, she drinks lots of wine, indulges in plates of spaghetti, and learns that life is about really living in the moment and loving yourself. After 3 months of self indulgence in Italy, she’s off to a compound in Calcutta in search of the Guru who will bring her peace. There she learns that through scrubbing floors on her hands and knees, attending early morning prayers to the Guru and learn that God is within you. And she leaves India for Bali to meditate at the feet of a medicine man and ends up with the Brazilian expat who now calls Bali his home. And finally, she has now found true love and inner peace. I don’t really like the story. I watch this because of enjoyable scenes in a tourist sort of way; the charms of each location and loving portraits of colorful bystanders, the brilliant costumes by Bill Groom and Micheal Dennison.

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