This is a really bad movie. I read the book, and I liked it (which means a lot of people have made fun of me), so I wondered how the movie would turn out. It's a talkie book, which is often hard to translate to film. The reviews told me this was a bad one, but I had to check it out for myself.
Julia Roberts plays Elizabeth Gilbert, a writer who goes through a rough divorce. To recover she spends 4 months in Italy to eat, 4 months in India to pray, and 4 months in Bali to find balance - but there she also found love. (The book is a memoir of her year.)
Elizabeth Gilbert had Julia Roberts play her in the movie - how's that for an ego boost? And the love interest is Javier Bardem, which is just unfair. This movie has a lot going for it: beautiful locations, great performances (Richard Jenkins, Billy Crudup, James Franco, Viola Davis - plus the leads), a great Eddie Veder song during the credits.
Here is what it needs: editing - holy shit - this needs editing; better dialog; way less shots of food, food being prepared, food being chewed. This was a boring movie much of the time, with sticky sweetness thrown in to make it boring and nauseating.
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