Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert was a sensation, spending a long time atop the New York Times bestsellers list. Lots of people have been awaiting the film version starring Julia Roberts. The critics have not warmed to it yet. The Sex and also the City sequel released earlier this year, also a quasi-feminist travel film, was also pilloried by critics, and it may be the genre is starting to wear thin.
An additional person’s self discovery is incredibly scintillating
The book is part self help guide, spiritual quest, and travelogue about how Elizabeth Gilbert dumped her husband out of blue to go travel and rediscover herself. She told her publisher about the idea before the film, and financed it with a huge advance she got for it. Ryan Murphy directed the film, which stars Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem, and James Franco.
Not numerous high marks in Eat Pray Love movie review scores
The day of release, Rotten Tomatoes had the film at around 36 percent. A review from PRI’s The World by Beth Accomando said “more like eat, pray for it to be over, gag.” Adam Graham from the Detroit News said the film amounted to “an ridiculous fantasy for rich people.” The Chicago Sun Times and famed critic Roger Ebert was not amused. He opined that in order to get the film “I guess you have to belong to the narcissistic subculture of Woo-Woo.” Andy Klein said, in the Christian Science Monitor that when Robert’s character learns to meditate, it “involves emptying her mind – which shouldn’t take much heavy lifting.”
Critics are generally critical
The negative reviews all have a similar theme, so it seems it isn’t just a case of authorities being mean for the joy of doing so. The book did very well, after all, for a reason. There’s an uplifting undercurrent to it, about trying to find a spiritual peace of mind and meaning in life. However, that general theme doesn’t capture everybody. It may actually have worked better in print. Some may discover it inspirational; others will find it trite. Eat, Pray, Love, seems to be so optimistic and uplifting that it becomes banal.
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Rotten Tomatoes
rottentomatoes.com/m/eat_pray_love/
Roger Bert
rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100811/REVIEWS/100819999
SC Monitor
csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2010/0813/Eat-Pray-Love-movie-review
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