The best thing about this movie is the cinematography. I had little sympathy for this woman who has it all and spends the first half of the movie crying for no apparent reason. She had to "drop" out and go to these countries after already having traveled around the world for her writing job. She discovers that eating, praying and loving are what life is all about. Guess what, I learned that when I was a child. I could not identify with this self-indulgent, self-centered, whinny woman. I did like Javier Bardem's part, however. My sympathy was all for him. And, finally, Julia Robert's upper lip was very distracting. I found myself wondering if it was going to bust wide open from being so swollen.