She agreed with Egan as well that Gilbert seems to have an unlimited amount of luck, saying, 'Her good fortune seems limitless' and asking 'Is it possible for one person to be this lucky?' Д®ntertainment Weekly 's Jessica Shaw said that 'despite a few cringe-worthy turnsВ . Lori Leibovich of Salon agreed with several other reviewers about the strength of Gilbert's storytelling. Lev Grossman of Time, however, praised the spiritual aspect of the book, stating that 'to read about her struggles with a 182-verse Sanskrit chant, or her (successful) attempt to meditate while being feasted on by mosquitoes, is to come about as close as you can to enlightenment-by-proxy.' He did, however, agree with Roiphe that her writing occasionally seems to be 'trying too hard to be liked one feels the belabored mechanism of her jokes.' furtive' but that 'it is a transcendently great beach book.' The Washington Post 's Grace Lichtenstein stated that 'the only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie.' However, she described the journey as too fake: 'too willed, too self-conscious.' She stated that given the apparent artificiality of the journey, her 'affection for Eat, Pray, Love is. Katie Roiphe of Slate agreed with Egan about the strength of Gilbert's writing. Oprah Winfrey enjoyed the book, and devoted two episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show to it. She was more interested in 'the awkward, unresolved stuff she must have chosen to leave out,' noting that Gilbert omits the 'confusion and unfinished business of real life' and that 'we know how the story ends pretty much from the beginning.' Jennifer Egan of The New York Times described Gilbert's prose as 'fueled by a mix of intelligence, wit and colloquial exuberance that is close to irresistible' but said that the book 'drags' in the middle.

Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner of Plan B, Pitt's production company, produced the film. The film also stars Javier Bardem, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, and Billy Crudup. American actress Julia Roberts starred in the film Ryan Murphy directed it. Columbia Pictures purchased film rights for the memoir and has produced a film version under the same title.

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