My Life in Ruins

2009 "The most fun you can have without a passport."
5.9| 1h35m| PG-13| en
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A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.

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SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Kirpianuscus The critics are fair, the posibilities to make a better film , using admirable actors, are many. but..., against not the best script, cliches, thin stories, flat characters, it is a nice film. and that is, in fact, the most important thing. because it is the film of Nia Vardalos, saving many scenes, it is occasion for Richard Dreyfuss to give a lovely character and , for viewer, it is a modest opportunity to meet a sketch of Greece, a sort of love story and the effort of team to do reasonable film about vacation and its people. and, maybe, it is enough. for a nice result who, being, at the first sigh only an improvisation, could be defined as version of "My Big Greek Wedding".
Dee Mou The film was really funny. In keeping with Nia's focus on being Greek and single, this movie has an added angle that her other films don't -- here she's an educated woman. WHY she's in Greece isn't clear, but she ends up taking a job as a tour guide for a female business owner who doesn't like her and plots with other agents to get her to quit. How Nia doesn't see this and why she stays are obvious questions, but she's soon thrown off kilter by each of the characters riding the tour bus with her. (No Spoilers!)There's a little love and a little drama. Sometimes Nia herself seems to be trying too hard, but that's actually in keeping with her character. She perhaps needs to stop throwing Ian Gomez into ALL her movies. It was cute in the first My Big Fat Greek Wedding and necessary in the sequel, but he doesn't really add anything special to the other movies.... It's probably nice to have one's husband on payroll, but it's probably healthier to let him get his own acting gigs.
mariondowning-427-469344 This movie once again sends the message that women can't be happy by themselves. Yes the "poor" tour guide is rescued by a Mills and Boonesque "hero" with matching long hair and muscles, but then he is made to change into a clean shaven suit wearing professional (i.e. the Hollywood "ideal" marrying man). As others have mentioned the stereotypes are over the top and do not stop existing despite the emotional change in the tour guide (despite what different people have said)- for example, the Foster's drinking Australians never stop using the rhyming slang and give a Foster's to the sick guy in hospital near the end (as if he would want it when real Australians find it disgusting). I think the producers of this film just watched other films containing such stereotypes and thought that was how these people really are. I was surprised not to see a police officer eating donuts and a token Japanese person taking pictures of everything. Lazy formulaic film made by people just wanting to make a quick buck off the back of Big Fat Greek Wedding. Good to see it didn't work.
Glock_Boy So we all know it's a challenge to find a decent movie these days that is entertaining and appropriate for a 7-year old boy and 11-year old girl, while also compelling enough for a couple of 40-something parents. It's tough folks, and you know it is.I had my doubts when we sat down for this one. I especially had my doubts for the first 20 minutes as the characters and plot were building. Then it all kind of clicked for me and the whole family. We thoroughly enjoyed it. No, it wasn't "Close Encounters" good ... but it was pretty decent and had some excellent laughs throughout.There were only a two very minor (and quick) scenes not quite appropriate for a 7-year old. But there was no profanity and no nudity. So what's left, you ask? How could we possibly survive without blood & guts, foul language and nakedness? Simple: Good acting, fun characters, Richard Dreyfuss, and a little romance as icing on the cake.I recommend this movie to any family looking for a night of cuddling up and enjoying a family appropriate movie without the fear of what the next scene will hold.