You know, "My Life In Ruins" already shows it is bad from the first twenty minutes, in which the main actress is fooled and ignored all the time. I actually felt very sorry for the way writers made the character-- a complete formulaic loser. American movies still insist in showing "loser" people and the winners, as if people weren't both loser and winner, depending on the aspect. Other than that, the movie is pretty cheesy and clichéd; you know, some old people trying to be cool and a weird guy who is surely getting along with the beautiful girl in the end. Poupi and Nico are some of the most annoying characters I've ever seen in movies. Also, it's full of scenes totally implausible, not to mention the completely fake visual of the "beach"-- made in computer, of course. At least, it is not unnecessarily overlong and you have (a few) laughs throughout the trip. A bad movie, in resume.

The only reason I wanted to watch this movie was because of lovely Nia Vardalos. I was crazy about 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', so I was hoping that this romantic comedy would be of the same caliber but sadly it wasn't.The story was very sweet and catchy but most of the scenes seemed very cheesy. I couldn't help wondering why many of the tourists were portrayed as complete nincompoops. I know there are a lot of idiot tourists out there but this was a bit too much.Anyway, the story is about this Greek/American tour guide who leads a bunch of tourists on a Greek sightseeing. The tourists are bored with the sightseeing & history and will rather buy t-shirts and eat ice cream.This movie had the potential to be a whole lot better.

Predictable. The first word that came to mind after the first 30 minutes or so of watching this movie. Cute, funny...sure...but it was also way too ridiculous. Are all tourists who travel to other countries act like this array of people do here? Most have little or no interest or respect for anything they have traveled so far to look at? The entire group was better suited to tour Walmart or the local flea market...they would have all been thrilled to do it. I get that this is a love story of sorts...we get that too from the moment the bus driver comes into the picture. She is a lost soul...and he is there with wise things to say...wow...romance happens. I really like the actress/writer in this film...but all her movies seem to be repeats of each other...just some of the details are changed around to fit into this story. The way they presented some of the tourists seemed a little too disrespectful...they were made to be over the top characters I guess...but none of their jokes or performances were very good. I spent part of the movie talking with my friends who were also watching the film with me. It just did not keep our interest for long. I like Richard Dryfuss and some of the other actors in this film...but I am not sure why they chose to do the parts they did. A light hearted comedy it is...but it is also a poorly made film for the most part too. Most guys would say this is a chick flick..or a date night flick...so don't expect the men in your lives to want to sit through it without falling asleep.

Nia Vardalos is Georgia, an American come back to Greece to be a tour guide. However, she gets the loud obnoxious tourists, and she really has no personality to interact with them.Richard Dreyfuss is a widower who laughs on the outside, but is hurting badly inside. He tries to breath some life into Georgia.Greek actor Alexis Georgoulis provides the love interest.It has it's moments. With a group as diverse as hers, it provides a lot of laughs. It's not a great movie, but it is entertaining.Boy, Vardalos has some great teeth. She shows them constantly. However, the Spanish divorcées looking for action, show more interesting assets.