Vardalos will never go broke playing it Greek and playing it safe for her fans. But that's no way for an actress to find her kefi.
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06/03/09
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
Substitute "career" for "life" in the title of this stillborn travelogue comedy, and you'll have a succinct verdict on My Big Fat Greek Wedding writer/star Nia Vardalos.
06/03/09
So why did I have such a good time at such a spectacularly middling movie? Nia Vardalos.
06/02/09
It feels like an uncomfortable parade of Borscht belt gags and lame stereotypes.
06/02/09
Embarrassingly bad. Will kill Greece tourism. A torturous bore.
06/02/09
In this utterly formulaic romantic comedy, even Greece's gorgeous sites and Vardalos' mildly appealing persona can't compensate for the pile of national stereotypes and cultural cliches (stuffy Brits, boozy Aussies, loudmouthed Yanks).
06/02/09
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06/01/09
What you wind up with is a comedy in ruins with the one exception of Richard Dreyfus, who plays a widowed jokester with such class and warmth, you can almost start liking American tourists again. Almost.
05/31/09
The film has the feel of a vaudeville show, with a series of stock characters entering and exiting, hamming for the camera as they go.
05/27/09
Nia Vardalos, whose breakthrough came with the smash indie stunner My Big Fat Greek Wedding, again carries her lead role, but this vehicle feels far more manufactured and forced.
05/07/09
It's not that this premise is so altogether improbable -- what tourist hasn't bonded with strangers while sharing close quarters in a foreign land? -- but that it feels tired from the start.
05/05/09
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