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My Life in Ruins

  • 20092009
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 35m
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Nia Vardalos in My Life in Ruins (2009)
A travel guide (Vardalos) rediscovers her romantic side, with a very unlikely match, as she whisks a group of tourists around Greece.
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A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.
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    • Nia Vardalos
    • Richard Dreyfuss
    • Rachel Dratch
    • Donald Petrie
    • Mike Reiss
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    Nia Vardalos and Alexis Georgoulis in My Life in Ruins (2009)
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    Nia Vardalos
    Nia Vardalos
    • Georgia
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Richard Dreyfuss
    • Irv
    Rachel Dratch
    Rachel Dratch
    • Kim
    Alexis Georgoulis
    Alexis Georgoulis
    • Poupi
    Alistair McGowan
    Alistair McGowan
    • Nico
    Harland Williams
    Harland Williams
    • Big Al
    Caroline Goodall
    Caroline Goodall
    • Dr. Tullen
    Ian Ogilvy
    Ian Ogilvy
    • Mr. Tullen
    Sophie Stuckey
    Sophie Stuckey
    • Caitlin
    María Botto
    María Botto
    • Lala
    María Adánez
    • Lena
    Brian Palermo
    Brian Palermo
    • Marc
    Jareb Dauplaise
    Jareb Dauplaise
    • Gator
    Simon Gleeson
    Simon Gleeson
    • Ken
    Natalie O'Donnell
    Natalie O'Donnell
    • Sue
    Sheila Bernette
    Sheila Bernette
    • Dorcas
    Ralph Nossek
    • Barnaby
    Bernice Stegers
    Bernice Stegers
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      • Donald Petrie
      • Mike Reiss
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    • Trivia
      The first Hollywood movie to be given permission to film at the Acropolis since Boy on a Dolphin (1957). The Greek government had previously refused all requests for fear that a film crew would disrupt this archaeologically sensitive site, but according to an article in Britain's Guardian newspaper, made an exception for this film because they thought that it would help to promote Greek culture.
    • Goofs
      After the mystical visit to Delphi and the oracle, the evening scene is down at a port with a white Greek church high on the mountain like on the Greek Island of Tinos. There is no way to come down from the ancient ruins of Delphi and sit at the sea port of Tinos.
    • Quotes

      Irv: I'm not a god. That's just a rumor my mother started.

    • Connections
      Features Zorba the Greek (1964)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme From Zorba the Greek
      (1964)

      Written by Mikis Theodorakis

      Published by EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.(ASCAP)

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    7/10
    Remind Me of " If It'sTueday This Must be Belgium"
    Has anyone seen the 1969 movie "If this is Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium?". " My life in Ruins"-what an excellent if corny title- is much the same theme. The film could have been serialised in Mad magazine. No, it is not a great movie but good light entertainment not to be taken seriously. I dwell in Greece and like Nia I am a Greek Canadian, we both speak Greek fluently enough but with a bad accent. I have never taken a bus tour in Greece but have Canadian friends who did and have told me of similar experiences as those shown in the movie. My one and only experience as a tourist on a bus full of Torontonians and Montrealers was in Mexcio in 1977 and it was pretty much the same. A crazy and life threatening driver called Pedro, a funny guide Pepe who realised we all wanted more humour than education about the Mexican ruins etc "Thees was where the thee pipi room was. You know, when the Aztecs they wanna make pipi". My Life in Ruins spares nobody be they Greek, American, Canadian, Spanish, British or Australian. I think it would be hard to appreciate the comedy for anyone who has never visited Greece or ever been part of a tourist bus group and laugh as much as I did. That's the thing about comedies, probably the most difficult of all movie genres; one has to relate to the situation and to the characters. I would put My Life in Ruins on a par with My Big Fat Greek Wedding (though not the later TV show which was a disaster).
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      • June 5, 2009 (United States)
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      • Olympia, Greece
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      • 26 Films
      • Kanzaman
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