My Life in Ruins Movie Reviews
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06-15-2009
What a disappointment. I liked My Big, Fat, Greek Wedding but Nia Vardahlos should have quit at that one hit wonder. She looks like she stepped out of a salon every 5 minutes, rather than the tour guide she portrays. Every single character is a cliche - from the beer drinking aussies, the brash americans, the kleptomaniac old british woman (portrayed like a bad 1950's sitcom character), the uptight british academics, the frat boy, the boring executive, the sexy spanish divorcees - too, too much. Saved vaguely by the only decent acting of Richard Dreyfus as the bad joke telling jewish widower. I loved the scenery - hence the two stars. You really have lost your kefi, Nia - leave it alone.
