The film contains a constant stream of lowbrow gags and pratfalls as Georgia lurches her way towards happiness, romance and a secure job in the Grecian tourist trade. It's lightweight, inoffensive fluff.
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07/17/09
My Life in Ruins (2009)
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Reviews Counted:111
Fresh:11
Rotten:100
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: With stereotypical characters and a shopworn plot, My Life in Ruins is a charmless romantic comedy.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 16, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $8,474,608
Synopsis: From Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, comes the uplifting comedy My Life in Ruins. Georgia (Nia Vardalos) has lost her kefi (Greek for “mojo”). Discouraged by her lack... [More]
Starring: Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Maria Adanez, Sheila Bernette
Director: Donald Petrie
Reviews for My Life in Ruins
Top CriticWe almost get to care about Georgia's fate, if it weren't for the fact that none of the film rings true and real
07/10/09
Top CriticMy Big Fat Greek Disaster as the familiar sights of mainstream romcoms are presented in a terrible, uninspired tour.
07/12/09
Top CriticTired and cliche-ridden, saved only by the authentic scenery, with the movie allowed unprecedented access to sites in Greece such as The Acropolis.
07/17/09
Top CriticThere's no denying Nia Vardalos' appeal as the stitched up Greek tour guide lacking in people skills who discovers there is romance in more than classical history, but it is all too simplistic and contrived
07/10/09
Top CriticThe main attraction of the film is visiting some of the great sites of Greece.
07/16/09
Top CriticPetrie, who handled slapstick with ease in Miss Congeniality, has lost his timing with this one. There's none of the blithely nonsensical spirit that infuses the atmosphere when actors are enjoying themselves.
07/24/09
Top CriticThe film feels slighter than its hugely successful predecessor.
07/16/09
Top CriticSo why did I have such a good time at such a spectacularly middling movie? Nia Vardalos.
06/02/09
Together, Vardalos and Dreyfuss distract us from how manufactured, forced and reliant on national stereotypes and cultural clichés the film is. Barely.
06/05/09
If the main character in a movie is going to be a pill, it's wise to cast an actor as engaging as Nia Vardalos.
06/05/09
It's a movie that gets better as it chugs along, depending on your patience level.
06/05/09
Not a big departure from what Vardalos has done in the past, but there is less cloying artifice this time around, in a romantic comedy where the love story takes a backseat to the more meaningful tale of a lost woman coming into her own as a person.
06/04/09
Vardalos is charming.
06/05/09
"My Life in Ruins" is a stellar romantic comedy where ancient history and love meet.
06/08/09
For a movie filled with cliches, the laughs happen so frequently that you are able to forget about the fact that you have seen this movie a billion times before.
06/05/09
Pleasant but overly predictable travel comedy OK for teens.
06/11/09
Fans of fluff comedies filled with soft smiles and knowing glances will likely welcome the return of Nia Vardalos in My Life in Ruins.
06/05/09
The film is sweet and has a jolly holiday feel but is sadly let down by Nia's unfunny acting.
10/04/09
This laboured romantic comedy has little to recommend it beyond the picture-postcard locations.
10/04/09
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