My Life in Ruins (2009)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writer (WGA):

Mike Reiss (written by)

Release Date:

5 June 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Star of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is Finally Going to Greece.

Plot:

A travel guide rediscovers her romantic side on a trip around Greece.

Plot Keywords:

Greece | Greek | Apparition | Tour Bus | Hospital

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Nia Vardalos	...	Georgia
Richard Dreyfuss	...	Irv
Alexis Georgoulis	...	Poupi Kakas
Alistair McGowan	...	Nico
Harland Williams	...	Big Al
Rachel Dratch	...	Kim
Caroline Goodall	...	Dr. Tullen
Ian Ogilvy	...	Mr. Tullen
Sophie Stuckey	...	Caitlin
María Botto	...	Lala
María Adánez	...	Lena
Brian Palermo	...	Marc
Jareb Dauplaise	...	Gator
Simon Gleeson	...	Ken
Natalie O'Donnell	...	Sue

Also Known As:

Driving Aphrodite (UK)
Моя жизнь в руинах (Russia) [ru]
A Minha Vida em Ruínas (Portugal) [pt]
Erotas ala ellinika (Greece) [el]
Falando Grego (Brazil) [pt]
Le mie grasse grosse vacanze greche (Italy) [it]
Mi vida en Grecia (Argentina) [es]
Min stora feta grekiska semester (Sweden) [sv]
Moja grska avantura (Slovenia) [sl]
Moja wielka grecka wycieczka (Poland) (poster title) [pl]
My Big Fat Greek Summer (Germany) [de]
Vacances à la grecque (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:95 min | Germany:98 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA | Spain

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44480) | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/6 | Ireland:12A | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. (f) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | UK:12A | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Company:

26 Films

Trivia:

Irv's dead wife Elinor is played by Rita Wilson, who is also one of the executive producers, along with her husband Tom Hanks.

Goofs:

Continuity: The three women who can't speak English sit in the back of the bus, one behind Irv, and the two others in the seat behind her. But in one shot, when Georgia is about to show what the Oracle in Delphi was like etc., the seat where the two women were sitting is empty, later, they are there again.

Movie Connections:

References "Jeopardy!" (1984)

Soundtrack:

Dream Dance

My Big Fat Greek Vacation

Early voters are being a little to hard on this feel-good romantic comedy/Greek travel infomercial. Nia Vardolos is a Greek-American expatriate in Greece, overqualified and unhappy with her temporary job as a tour guide. Nia rolls her pretty eyes at the prospect of entertaining a tacky crew of caricatured tourists, which include Richard Dreyfuss as a jokester and Rachel Dratch as an absurd American. Alexis Georgoulis is their hairy driver.

The jokes are pretty hit and miss, with mostly hits after the bus gets rolling a bit. This is a warm, accessible, and engaging film, that will satisfy fans of MBFGW who do not burden the film with too much in the way of expectation.