Opening night of Eat, Pray, Love drew a long line of women to the movie adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's nonfiction book of the same title. As the crowd drawn to the debut suggests, the movie targets a female audience, but I think some men would enjoy it as well.

Liz, played by Julia Roberts, divorces her husband, hits her midlife crisis and realizes she needs a break. She leaves behind her secure life and travels for a year through Italy, India and Bali. During the time she spends in these foreign lands, Liz finds happiness and discovers who she is — or at least who she wants to be.

Many people dream of going to distant places and discovering new things. Eat, Pray, Love appeals to that desire. It is easy to envy Liz as she learns Italian, practices meditation and pedals through Bali on a bicycle.

I find Eat, Pray, Love to be a wholesome, feel-good film. It sends the message that it is possible to start life over and reinvent yourself. What I like most in the film are the views of the countries Liz travels through and the sounds of the foreign languages.

If you're interested, Eat, Pray, Love will be out on DVD this month.

Emma Hamming-Green is a senior at The Academy for Technology and the Classics. You can reach her at happycamper156@hotmail.com.