Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love is the 2010 adaptation of the best-selling memoir of the same name by Elizabeth Gilbert, and stars Julia Roberts, Billy Crudup, James Franco and Javier Bardem.
Liz (Roberts) is a writer stuck in an unhappy marriage. After getting divorced and jumping straight into another relationship, Liz realizes she needs to go on a Journey to Find Oneself and decides to spend a year abroad.
This film contains examples of the following tropes:
- Big Eater: Liz turns into one while in Italy.
- The Eternal City: Liz spends the first four months of her trip living in Rome.
- Fake Nationality: Brazilian Felipe is played by Spaniard Javier Bardem.
- Food Porn: A lot of attention is paid to the many pasta dishes Liz enjoys while in Italy.
- Gratuitous Italian: Averted- Liz is in Italy to learn the language and practice with the locals.
- Journey to Find Oneself: The whole point of the film.
- Latin Lover: Felipe
- Lotus Position: Used by Liz when meditating.
- Olive Garden
- Scenery Porn: All over the place, given the filming locations.
- Sim Sim Salabim: Averted for the most part. Although a few critics (like Mark Kermode) have critisized the film for pandering to exoticism.