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Title: badly done
Review: Okay, I didn't read the book, but whatever magically transformative life journey this Liz character truly experienced certainly does not come across in this film. Everything feels utterly staged, phony, and artificial. The acting is boring. The storyline is boring and the flow is painfully choppy (now we eat. now we pray. now we love). This directing is horrendous (did we really need all the closeups of Julia Roberts eating spaghetti? Okay, I get it. This is the "eat" part). I am glad to see I'm not alone for a change in bashing a bad film. Several scenes just made me wince at the insincere, artificial quality. The character does come off seeming a like a spoiled princess who thinks this weather-beaten old spirtitual advisor character can help transform her life. Sorry not buying it. Please please please! No more tedious, predictable, stale films like these. One star for James Franco for the eye candy value.
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