My Life in Ruins (2009)

Release date: 2009-06-05
Country: USA|Spain
Language: English|Greek
Director: Donald Petrie
Production Co: 26 Films, Kanzaman
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Rating: 5.9/10
Length: 1h 35min

Storyline

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.

Plot Keywords

tourist, tour guide, greece, tour bus, apparition, beach, bonfire, canadian, employer employee relationship, father daughter relationship, hospital, widower, viagra, professor, athens greece, beer, dancer, dancing, drinking, drink

Short Review

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.