Eat Pray Love (2010)
How intrigued are you, based upon seeing the trailer?
Anne: I’m interested. I want to feel free and empowered.
Kay: Wary, but the visuals of exotic locales and the trailer's music sucked me in.
Impressions based on the trailer
Exotic locations, a divorced woman discovering herself. Spirituality, romance. Possibly cheesy or possibly deep.
Comments after seeing the film.
Anne: You may have seen this trailer and thought, is this really a movie centered around a divorced woman with enough disposable income to drop supportive friends and family and a good career to see the world and “find herself’ through borrowed spirituality? Yes, unfortunately, that’s one hundred percent correct. The movie is based on a best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert. I guess she can wipe her tears with big wads of money.
Kay: The trailer is pretty much a summary of the film, tantalizing you with pretty images and pretty people. It is not exactly an incorrect or misleading trailer, but it does promise more meaning than the film actually delivers. If the trailer crams the whole plot and every key scene into itself in under five minutes, the film meanders slowly for two hours while you wonder why it hasn't ended yet. There is one scene where Roberts’ character wonders aloud about cultural differences, but the film rolls over it smoothly like a steamroller instead of exploring these issues in depth. Though the title alone rightly discourages viewers of the more manly persuasion, I’d recommend the movie only to women who are die-hard fans of Julia Roberts or James Franco.
Final Grade for Film: D
Trailer Accuracy: 100%
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