My Life in Ruins

– A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
2009
My Life in Ruins (2009)

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 (2009) - Trailer

Release Date:

05 Jun 2009

Language:

English, Greek

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writer:

Mike Reiss

Main Actors:

Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Alistair McGowan

Plot:

Georgia is an American academic who's lost her teaching job in Athens. She's taken a job as a tour guide, but she hates it and it shows: the tourists, mostly American, are bored with history and facts; they want to shop. Every group has a goofy couple, a frat boy, a sullen teen, a feuding couple, divorcées looking for a mate, and a funny guy. This group is no exception, plus there's no air conditioning and a bearded silent driver. Thanks to an unlikely friendship, plus daisies, an ice-cream cone, the history of syrup, and the Oracle at Delphi, Georgia may have a shot at finding her kefi during this four-day tour.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Gross profit:

$8,474,608

Production:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
9%
Metacritic:
34%