Vardalos doesn't help her case by making her big screen comeback in something so sitcom-level.
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09/07/09
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.
Theatrical Release:02-10-2009
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
The words 'Starring Richard Dreyfuss' are a deal-breaker in my books, and it took a good 30 minutes after seeing them to unclench and enjoy My Life in Ruins.
08/10/09
Petrie, 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
Every character encountered is cookie-cutter, every romance predictable, every punch line older than Richard Dreyfuss' Yoda-like character looks.
07/17/09
Tired 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
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.
07/17/09
The main attraction of the film is visiting some of the great sites of Greece.
07/16/09
The film feels slighter than its hugely successful predecessor.
07/16/09
My Big Fat Greek Disaster as the familiar sights of mainstream romcoms are presented in a terrible, uninspired tour.
07/12/09
We 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
There'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
A subtext of self-criticism runs through Vardalos's material. Over and over characters tell her, "You're not funny. Stop trying." Is it a sort of apology to the audience?
06/24/09
If much of the inane beginning had been re-worked, "Life"could have been a much better film.
06/19/09
Here's another sexed-up TV movie that has hit the big screen, mostly because of the name recognition of its two major stars.
06/16/09
...it's hard to like the movie as much as you might wish.
06/12/09
An aggressively awful opening 20 minutes gives way to over-the-top characterizations and an increasingly wan series of bits aping film moments we've all seen before, executed with more grace and charm.
06/12/09
As a laughing-through-tears jokester tourist, Richard Dreyfuss provides the only moments of real acting, as opposed to overacting, mugging, and scenery chomping.
06/11/09
Pleasant but overly predictable travel comedy OK for teens.
06/11/09
That they should learn Greek dancing from a Mexican-born actor in a film produced by 20th Century Fox is somehow less ironic than just about right for a movie like this.
06/10/09
Nia Vardalos is a charmer but this movie with Greece as the backdrop is no 'Greek Wedding'
06/09/09
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