Lucky me because I found this great little gem entitled, Lucky Them. Toni Collette, plays a darker, humorous role of rocker mag. writer, Elle. She's not losing her edge as much as losing her eagerness to do anything meaningful, anymore. Along comes a story, that is, in part, her story. And, she must choose to visit a painful past relationship. For the trip she brings along a straight up, funny, straight man, Charlie, played by Thomas Haden Church. He is also searching for something gone missing in his life. Add to that a cast of minor characters that steal the show in nearly every scene. But, Toni holds the key to this movie and she never, ever disappoints.
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Eat Pray Love
(2010)
Eat, Pray, Love, Seriously?
3 July 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Eat, Pray, Love, Seriously?
Here is my idea of a real life EPL.
Eat.
Woman and her kids are thrown for a loop when hubby decides he needs to find himself (aka: travel and sleep with other women). She is in a fight for her life to get alimony and child support. Her soon to be X does not want to pay it. Wanderlust boy needs the cash to support his latest exploits to Bali with his lovely buxom, blond traveling companion.
Woman finds a crummy, low paying job where managers get to continue the abuse on her already battered self esteem. Lunch "hour" is actually 15 minutes. Time enough for diet soda and M&M's. The only pasta eating going on is Mac and Cheese and leftover spaghetti from a can.
Pray.
After a long day at work and taking care of the kids, woman is exhausted. She lies in bed praying that God will help her pay the light and water bill this month, then cries herself to sleep. God doesn't answer her prayer because he is too busy helping some spoiled chick in Bali who is having a crisis over her recent Roman holiday weight gain and East Indian floor washing horror.
Love.
Are you kidding? No sexy teared hottie is waiting for her in Bali. Woman has little time for dating and when she does it's with a sweaty, slightly overweight man. He is interested in finding another wifey to cook, clean and take care of his kids. He expects her to greet him at the door with candles, music and a bubble bath. (he can pay the water bill) Boring sex follows. Thank God it's over in 5 minutes.
Seriously?
Another EPL movie? This time author decides to leave her cry baby Bali man because she is tired of him turning on the water works every time they make love. His favorite movie is Beaches. She decides to go to Hawaii for a year to find herself again. A luxury hut with beach side services will help her meditate and she loves poi poi and pineapple martinis. Hey... who's that sitting at the Aloha bar? Another sexy man crying over his drink because his wife has left him. Oh ... wait a minute ... it's her X husband.
Here is my idea of a real life EPL.
Eat.
Woman and her kids are thrown for a loop when hubby decides he needs to find himself (aka: travel and sleep with other women). She is in a fight for her life to get alimony and child support. Her soon to be X does not want to pay it. Wanderlust boy needs the cash to support his latest exploits to Bali with his lovely buxom, blond traveling companion.
Woman finds a crummy, low paying job where managers get to continue the abuse on her already battered self esteem. Lunch "hour" is actually 15 minutes. Time enough for diet soda and M&M's. The only pasta eating going on is Mac and Cheese and leftover spaghetti from a can.
Pray.
After a long day at work and taking care of the kids, woman is exhausted. She lies in bed praying that God will help her pay the light and water bill this month, then cries herself to sleep. God doesn't answer her prayer because he is too busy helping some spoiled chick in Bali who is having a crisis over her recent Roman holiday weight gain and East Indian floor washing horror.
Love.
Are you kidding? No sexy teared hottie is waiting for her in Bali. Woman has little time for dating and when she does it's with a sweaty, slightly overweight man. He is interested in finding another wifey to cook, clean and take care of his kids. He expects her to greet him at the door with candles, music and a bubble bath. (he can pay the water bill) Boring sex follows. Thank God it's over in 5 minutes.
Seriously?
Another EPL movie? This time author decides to leave her cry baby Bali man because she is tired of him turning on the water works every time they make love. His favorite movie is Beaches. She decides to go to Hawaii for a year to find herself again. A luxury hut with beach side services will help her meditate and she loves poi poi and pineapple martinis. Hey... who's that sitting at the Aloha bar? Another sexy man crying over his drink because his wife has left him. Oh ... wait a minute ... it's her X husband.
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