Eat Pray Love is a 2010 American biographical romantic drama film directed by Ryan Murphy and produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Stan Wlodkowski and Tabrez Noorani. The screenplay was written by Ryan Murphy and Jennifer Salt and is based on the book Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Rated: PG-13 (movie contains brief strong language, some sexual references and male rear nudity)
Run Time: 2h 13min
Release Date: August 13, 2010 (USA)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adventure, Biography
Director: Ryan Murphy
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Eat Pray Love stars Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, Viola Davis, Javier Bardem, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Hadi Subiyanto, Tuva Novotny, Luca Argentero and Giuseppe Gandini.
Eat Pray Love is the story of Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts), a professional writer who thought she had everything she wanted in life: a home, a husband and a successful career. Unfulfilled and now newly divorced, she finds herself standing at a crossroads confused about what is important to her and that her life needs to go in a different direction. Realizing that she is her biggest problem, she needs to find herself again.
Daring to step out of her comfort zone and risking everything to change her life, Liz embarks on a journey around the world that becomes a quest of self-discovery. Partly based on earlier foretelling’s of a Balinese medicine man, Liz maps out her next year which will be spent in three places.
Her first destination is Italy where she hopes to learn Italian and re-discover the true pleasure of nourishment by eating. After Italy she plans to go to India and live at an ashram to learn and achieve some spiritual peace and balance in her life. After India she plans to wrap up her quest by returning to Bali in Indonesia to reconnect with Ketut Liyer (Hadi Subiyanto) the medicine man she met before to see if he can provide any more insights into her life.
Although she sticks to her geographic plan, she often experiences things along the way she didn’t expect. But everything she worked so hard for to achieve that much needed balance in life over the years may be lost by the end of her stay in Indonesia.
Movie Quotes
“If you want to control things in your life, work on your mind.” – Richard from Texas
“Do not look at the world through your head; look at it through your heart.” – Ketut Liyer
“We all want things to stay the same and we settle for living in misery because we’re afraid of change.” – Liz Gilbert
“Having a baby is like having a tattoo on your face. You kind of want to be committed.” – Delia Shiraz
Official Movie Trailer
Movie Stars
Julia Roberts as Liz Gilbert
Billy Crudup as Stephen
Viola Davis as Delia Shiraz
Javier Bardem as Felipe
James Franco as David Piccolo
Richard Jenkins as Richard
Hadi Subiyanto as Ketut Liyer
Tuva Novotny as Sofi
Luca Argentero as Giovanni
Guiseppe Gandini as Luca Spaghetti