My Life In Ruins

PG-13
Starring: Nia Vardalos , Alexis Georgoulis & Richard Dreyfuss
1 hour & 38 minutes

I think this movie should have been entitled "My Movie In Ruins". I was sorely disappointed in this movie. Having been a devotee of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", I had high expectations and had been anticipating "My Life In Ruins" for several months. Nia Vardalos stars as Georgia, a tour guide in Greece. She is at the end of her rope as she escorts tourists from different countries in an old dilapidated bus with a bus driver that is in need of a serious makeover. His name just happens to be "Poupi Kakas", which sets up the tone for the entire movie. This story was really lame and silly. She continues to get more and more frustrated with her job and decides to quit. She then finds herself falling for "Poupi Kakas" at the urging of all the tourists. He ends up getting a haircut and a shave and looking very handsome. The tourists on the bus are silly and unbelievable as well. Richard Dreyfuss plays and old widower who is trying to find solace in Greece because his late wife had always dreamed of going there. Georgia finds him in a hotel room alone with TWO young divorcees. There was a strange scene on the bus where Georgia portrays some weird sexual Greek goddess act which causes "Poupi" to crash the bus. Even with the great Greece scenery and the awesome historical sights, the movie was still a flop. There were multiple sexual innuendos as well. The movie was painfully long and very disappointing. Not a movie that I would recommend for any age.
Crude and sexual material.