It doesn’t feel genuine at all, it feels contrived from start to finish.
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06/08/09
My Life in Ruins (2009)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:11
Rotten:99
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
You know precisely where it’s headed and how it will get there halfway into Act One.
06/08/09
The shaving of a beard changes a bus driver from Sasquatch to Fabio in this sitcom-style romantic wish-fulfillment fantasy for women.
06/08/09
"My Life in Ruins" is a stellar romantic comedy where ancient history and love meet.
06/08/09
As a travelogue of Greece, it's swell but the script feels like a warmed-over episode of "The Love Boat".
06/07/09
My Life in Ruins is as relentlessly chipper as its star.
06/07/09
Could lightning strike (Vardalos) twice?? Afraid not.
06/06/09
Unfortunately, Nia Vardalos's cleverly titled comedic vehicle is too filled with cheesy feta and, therefore, falters.
06/06/09
Parental Content Review
06/06/09
The title pun -- Vardalos plays Georgia, a tour guide who shows people ancient Greek ruins -- is as clever as it gets
06/05/09
Women (and men, for that matter) deserve better escapist fare than this feeble attempt at romantic comedy.
06/05/09
It's merely one big fat Greek disaster.
06/05/09
It's too bad My Life in Ruins fails so miserably at the macro level, because there are some good moments at the micro level.
06/05/09
My Life in Ruins will neither ruin nor change nor significantly impact your life.
06/05/09
Defiantly square and focus-group engineered to appeal to those harboring a soft spot for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the Nia Vardalos vehicle My Life in Ruins doesn't do Greece or its star many favors.
06/05/09
Top CriticIf only there was something -- anything -- else about this broad, clunky comedy to keep its name from being an oh-so-obvious punchline.
06/05/09
Notably thinner, less awkward and a lot less charming, Vardalos is back with My Life in Ruins, a desperate, crass and probably futile attempt at replicating the earlier movie's fluke success.
06/05/09
The movie ambles lazily when it ought to soar.
06/05/09
The iconic ruins of Greece are photographed in a way that will likely inspire a lot of people to get on a plane; Vardalos looks luminous in every shot and manages to stay graceful while dealing with material that's beneath her.
06/05/09
Vardalos is charming.
06/05/09
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