I read the book while on a trip to Africa and absolutely loved the book. Once I knew a movie was coming out I could hardly wait and saw it opening day mid-day. I loved the movie and thought Julia Roberts was excellent. The location scenes were beautiful although I have never been to India or Bali. It was hard to compact the entire book into a 2 hour movie but they did a fantastic job of following the book. Would highly recommend this to anyone who has ever questioned their life path.