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.
My Life in Ruins will neither ruin nor change nor significantly impact your life.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jun 2009
rotten:
You know precisely where it's headed and how it will get there halfway into Act One.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
8 Jun 2009
rotten:
It doesn't feel genuine at all, it feels contrived from start to finish.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
8 Jun 2009
rotten:
As a laughing-through-tears jokester tourist, Richard Dreyfuss provides the only moments of real acting, as opposed to overacting, mugging, and scenery chomping.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Jun 2009
rotten:
Hollywood doesn't know what to do with difference, any more than it does with ruins. It's about time Vardalos, or someone, gave the suits a guided tour.