Eat Pray Love

Julia Roberts Director: Ryan Murphy Ryan Murphy

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/23/2010
UPC:	0043396362369
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Sony Pictures
Region Code:	ABC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	4:46:00
Sales rank:	19,511

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Julia Roberts	Liz Gilbert
James Franco	David Piccolo
Javier Bardem	Felipe
Richard Jenkins	Richard From Teas
Billy Crudup	Stephen
Viola Davis	Deila Shiraz
Habi Subiyanto	Ketut Liyer
Mike O'Malley	Andy Shiraz
Tuva Novotny	Sofi
Luca Argentero	Giovanni
Giuseppe Gandini	Luca Spaghetti
Andrea Di Stefano	Giulio
Michael Cumpsty	Swami Dhavalachandra
Sophie Thompson	Corella
Rushita Singh	Tulsi
Christine Hakim	Wayan Nuriasih
Arlene Tur	Armenia
David Lyons	Ian
TJ Power	Leon
I Gusti Ayu Puspawati	Nyomo
A. Jay Radcliff	Andre
Gita Reddy	The Guru
Welker White	Andrea Sherwood
Lucia Guzzardi	Landlady
Silvano Rossi	Paolo the Barber
Elena Arvigo	Maria
Lydia Biondi	Ruffina
Emma Brunetti	Paola
Chiara Brunetti	Claudia
Ritvik Tyagi	Madhu
Micky Dhameejani	Rijul
Anakia Lapae	Tutti
Ashlie Atkinson	Bookstore Girl
Lisa Roberts Gillan	Woman in Play
Ryan O'Nan	Play Walk-Out
Dwayne Clark	NYU Student Boyfriend
Jennifer Kwok	NYU Student Girlfriend
Mary Testa	Laundromat Gal
Elijah Tucker	Chant Leader
Karen Trindle	Chant Leader
Zach Dunham	Chant Leader
Ned Leavitt	Chant Leader
Clair Oaks	Chant Leader
Lynn Margileth	Chant Leader
Roberto DiPalma	Large Man at Trattoria
Ludovica Virga	Arguing Fruit Customer
Marco Lastrucci	Arguing Fruit Customer
Jose Ramon Rosario	Storage Building Guy
Remo Remotti	Older Soccer Fan
Vanessa Marini	Clothing Salesgirl
Ajay Bhandari	Liz's Bag Holder
Sd Pandey	Man in Temple
Anand Yeshwant Bapat	Indian Shop Salesman
Peter Davis	Disc Jockey
Shona Benson	Sharon in Seva Office
Dean Allan Tollhurst	Balinese Realtor
Richard V. Vogt	Man in Restaurant

Technical Credits

Ryan Murphy

Jennifer Salt

Ryan Murphy	Director,Screenwriter
Charles V. Beal	Art Director
Alessandro Bertolazzi	Makeup
P.J. Bloom	Musical Direction/Supervision
Bradley Buecker	Editor
Richard Dean	Makeup
Michael Dennison	Costumes/Costume Designer
Dede Gardner	Producer
Bill Groom	Production Designer
Jeremy Kleiner	Executive Producer
Francine Maisler	Casting
Dario Marianelli	Score Composer
Brad Pitt	Executive Producer
Robert Richardson	Cinematographer
Scott Robertson	Asst. Director
Jennifer Salt	Screenwriter
Stan Wlodkowski	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

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.

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