of Elizabeth Gilbert's 2006 best seller starring Julia Roberts - who just happens to be the

sister of our last film's villain. Attempting to play a character 11-years her junior, Roberts

portrays Elizabeth Gilbert in the lead role, and also serving as the narrator for much

of the film - as she takes the audience on a journey through a year of her life, after

a messy divorce where she tries to find herself, and discover what she wants to do with her

life. Billed as a romantic comedy, EPL is most certainly neither, which besides it's

length run-time of 133 minutes, is just the first of it's many problems. Julia Roberts

is, as always, delightful on screen, but does very little to convince anyone that we're

not watching Julia Roberts the actress... instead of the character she is attempting

to portray. This film starts off terribly slow, taking nearly 30 minutes to reach the

first development in the plot, and even then, almost nothing of significance happens for

the entire middle hour of the film. Normally, a bloated, slow-moving movie is great for

character development... but throughout the film, all we learn is that Gilbert is impatient,

afraid of commitment, and quite fond of food. The one saving grace however is the large,

and engrossing supporting cast that Gilbert meets along the way as she travels the globe

looking for answers in her life. And while the stories, relationships, and acting that

results from these supporting characters is all superb... we unfortunately don't get to

see much of them, because just as soon as we start to understand and connect with a

character, the movie transitions to it's next location, and we never get to see them again.

Eat Pray Love is not a terrible movie, but it takes far too long to get to the real meat

of the story, with Robert's main love interest not arriving until the final 30 minutes of

the movie. Even typical romantic comedy fans here won't find much to enjoy, as the film's

serious themes and tone won't have many people laughing. Eat Pray Love? More like, "A boring

mid-life crisis".

Well, that's what I thought about EPL, now see what you had to say in the YouTube comments,

Now, lets rate this movie to see how we scored it. A "Meh", and a "Bad". I was not impressed

with this film, but it was a film that although slow to get there, did eventually have a satisfying

conclusion, I scored it a four. You were a touch harsher on the film, expressing disinterest

in the subject matter, and lengthy run time, scoring it a three.