Eat Pray Love

Theatrical Release Date: 2010 08 13 (USA)

UPC: 043396362369

Studio: Sony Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Brief Nudity, Sexual Situations, Mild Language]

Summary: A woman who once made it her goal in life to marry and rear a family finds her priorities suddenly shifting in Ryan Murphy and Jennifer Salt's adaptation of author Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir. In the eyes of many, Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) was a woman who had it all -- a loving husband, a great career, and a weekend home -- but sometimes one realizes too little too late that they haven't gotten what they truly wanted from life. On the heels of a painful divorce, the woman who had previously looked forward to a contented life of domestic bliss sets out to seek her true destiny by traveling first to Italy, where she learns to appreciate nourishment; then to India, where she discovers the power of prayer; and finally to Bali, where she unexpectedly finds the meaning of true love. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Film Presented – San Sebastián International Film Festival

Eat Pray Love

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 11/23/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 286 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Alaina O'Connor

Based on the New York Times best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love is the story of a New York writer named Liz (Julia Roberts), who ends her marriage and, saddled with regret, does what any rational person would do -- runs away for a journey around world. Though female self-discovery is the central focus of the film, director Ryan Murphy (Glee) glosses over the plot in favor of picturesque exotic destinations photographed at sunset, food displayed with mouth-watering intensity, and supporting characters bursting with vitality. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that imagery, but those familiar with the book might find Murphy's interpretation confusing and perhaps a little too self-indulgent. The story centers on Liz, who wakes up in the middle of the night and decides that she's unhappy in her marriage, and asks her flighty husband, Stephen (Billy Crudup), for a divorce. Soon Liz meets David (James Franco), a "Yogi from Yonkers" and the actor who played the lead in a play that she wrote; he's quite a few years younger than her and teaches her the ways of his spiritual guru. Despite this new love affair, Liz still feels unsatisfied with her life, and just as her relationship with David starts to fall apart, she decides that she's going to check out for a year, travel, and find God -- and maybe even herself -- along the way. Her quest takes her first to Italy, where she learns how to embrace life through food; next she travels to India, where she spends time at an ashram and meets Richard (Richard Jenkins) from Texas, who teaches her to forgive herself; and lastly she goes to Bali to study with a quirky, toothless medicine man and meets Brazilian charmer Felipe (Javier Bardem), who brings the possibility of love into her life again. Eat Pray Love allows Roberts' longtime fans to travel the world and back again with her. Her performance isn't a showy one, but one with subtle reactions to dramatic twists and genuine wonder at what her character discovers during her journey. She flashes that infamous smile even through tears -- she cries in every other scene -- at the right moments (effectively chosen by Murphy), but despite her performance, it's difficult for the audience to connect to her character. Murphy, along with screenwriter Jennifer Salt, has a hard time translating Liz's feelings of guilt -- she shouldn't have quit her marriage, or eaten so much pizza, or slept with that younger man -- to the screen. Still, the film taps into the escapist romantic aspects of the journey that make it oh so charming, and in between appropriate bouts of music announcing every port of call, the film proves to truly be a guilty pleasure. Roberts' relaxed gracefulness, coupled with a faultless supporting cast, makes this exotic travelogue delightful to watch and difficult to resist. ~ Alaina O'Connor, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Brad Pitt  Executive Producer 
Jennifer Salt  Screenwriter 
Stan Wlodkowski  Executive Producer 
Dario Marianelli  Composer (Music Score) 
Ryan Murphy  Director 
Ryan Murphy  Screenwriter 
Dede Gardner  Producer 
Jeremy Kleiner  Executive Producer 
Julia Roberts  Actor 
James Franco  Actor 
Javier Bardem  Actor 
Richard Jenkins  Actor 
Billy Crudup  Actor 
Viola Davis  Actor 
Habi Subiyanto  Actor 
Mike O'Malley  Actor 
Tuva Novotny  Actor 
Luca Argentero  Actor 
Giuseppe Gandini  Actor 
Andrea Di Stefano  Actor 
Michael Cumpsty  Actor 
Sophie Thompson  Actor 
Rushita Singh  Actor 
Christine Hakim  Actor 
Arlene Tur  Actor 
David Lyons  Actor 
TJ Power  Actor 
I Gusti Ayu Puspawati  Actor 
A. Jay Radcliff  Actor 
Gita Reddy  Actor 
Welker White  Actor 
Lucia Guzzardi  Actor 
Silvano Rossi  Actor 
Elena Arvigo  Actor 
Lydia Biondi  Actor 
Emma Brunetti  Actor 
Chiara Brunetti  Actor 
Ritvik Tyagi  Actor 
Micky Dhameejani  Actor 
Anakia Lapae  Actor 
Ashlie Atkinson  Actor 
Lisa Roberts Gillan  Actor 
Ryan O'Nan  Actor 
Dwayne Clark  Actor 
Jennifer Kwok  Actor 
Mary Testa  Actor 
Elijah Tucker  Actor 
Karen Trindle  Actor 
Zach Dunham  Actor 
Ned Leavitt  Actor 
Clair Oaks  Actor 
Lynn Margileth  Actor 
Roberto DiPalma  Actor 
Ludovica Virga  Actor 
Marco Lastrucci  Actor 
Jose Ramon Rosario  Actor 
Remo Remotti  Actor 
Vanessa Marini  Actor 
Ajay Bhandari  Actor 
Sd Pandey  Actor 
Anand Yeshwant Bapat  Actor 
Peter Davis  Actor 
Shona Benson  Actor 
Dean Allan Tollhurst  Actor 
Richard V. Vogt  Actor 

Country: USA