AC: It's not Julia Roberts that destroys Eat Pray Love. It's the story, the characters and the grueling 133 minute runtime. The book by Elizabeth Gilbert, on which the film adaptation is based, has become a best-selling memoir and a highly regarded work, but the translation to the big screen is dull, boring and largely unaffecting. It tries to impress upon female liberationists the ideas of salvation, finding oneself and releasing guilt, but it ultimately looks like a mid-life crisis solved by good luck, extravagant food and plenty of money.
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The Parenting Review: It starts off as a fun horror-comedy with a great cast, but loses its charm halfway through. The laughs fade, the scares feel predictable, and by the end, it’s just another forgettable haunted house story.
