Eat Pray Love surprised me to be a really good spiritual movie with great messages. Julia Roberts played her part very well trying to discover herself, which was after a divorce and broken hearts. She learned sometimes love is not enough and that people separate for a variety of reasons in their early years, and often one feels betrayed by the other because that one is more in love with the other than the other is in love with them. In her self-discovery, she goes to Italy and enjoys the great food that is produced by the Italian people and learns there to treat herself and enjoy life. In India she learns to pray and meditate and go inward and discover her connection to God. In Bali, she is ready to meet another complement, who is more mature and settled in life in many ways. This becomes her love experience, which now she is ready for. The movie shows that a spiritual film can be made with great messages without coming off like a spiritual film produced by fundamentalists who are self-righteous in their spiritual teachings. This movie is filled with wonderful emotions and human common sense. Way to go writers Ryan Murphy and Jennifer Salt, and thanks Julia for taking the part, and thanks to Director Ryan Murphy for the wonderful direction!
~Van of Urantia*MPAA = Motion Picture Association of America
