Now that the movie adptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat, Pray, Love" is out in wide release, the reviews are flooding in. Our first look listed some of the early reviews, but today the heavy hitters have weighed in. So in the interest of full disclosure, here are a few more excerpts from reviews. As someone who hates to read reviews -- or watch trailers -- I hope there is something left when folks actually go to see the movie, which stars Julia Roberts.
Los Angeles Times -- Just as the book turned out to be a perfect vehicle for Gilbert to work through all manner of emotional highs and lows, the movie creates space and a place for Roberts to give into wave after wave of feelings as she moves through resentment, guilt, regret, forgiveness, joy and hope to change her life.
Washington Post -- The film's most crucial constituency -- the book's rabid fans -- are likely to feel well served by [director Ryan] Murphy's adaptation, which hews pretty faithfully to Gilbert's story.
New York Times -- "Eat Pray Love" is unlikely to change anybody's life or even to provoke emotions anywhere near as intense as those experienced, early and late, by its intrepid heroine. Its span may be global, but its scope is modest, and it accepts a certain superficiality as the price of useful insight. Watch. Smile. Go home and dream of Brazilians in Bali.