Check out our Fan Reviews of Eat Pray Love starring Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, James Franco, Billy Crudup, and Viola Davis! br br Eat Pray Love Release Date: August 13, 2010 br br Eat Pray Love (previously "The Virtues of Life") is a 2010 American romantic comedy-drama film starring Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert, based on Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same name. Ryan Murphy co-wrote and directed the film, which opened in the United States on August 13, 2010.