MY LIFE IN RUINS

 

Headline:  ** Comedy in the Ruins **

Title:  MY LIFE IN RUINS

Quality:  * *     Acceptability:  -2

SUBTITLES:  None

WARNING CODES:

Language:  L

Violence:  V

Sex:  SS

Nudity:  N

 

RATING:  PG-13

RELEASE:  June 5, 2009

TIME:  98 minutes

STARRING:  Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams, Sophie Stuckey, Brian Palermo, Ian Ogilvy, Natalie O'Donnell, and Ralph Nossek

DIRECTOR:  Donald Petrie

PRODUCERS:  Michell Chydzik Sowa and Nathalie Marciano

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:  Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Peter Safran, and Rita Wilson

WRITER:  Mike Reiss

BASED ON THE NOVEL/PLAY BY:  N/A

DISTRIBUTOR:  Fox Searchlight Pictures

 

CONTENT:  (RoRo, H, Pa, Ho, L, V, SS, N, AA, M) Strong Romantic worldview tinged with humanism and mixed with mild pagan elements and some homosexual references; two obscenities and three profanities; light comedic violence; two scenes of implied sex between main unmarried couple and implied sex between older man and two younger women at the same time, but much discussion about sex; upper male nudity; drinking of alcohol and drunkenness; no smoking; and, lying, deceit.

 

GENRE:  Romantic Comedy

INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Older teenagers and adults

 

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SUMMARY:  MY LIFE IN RUINS is the story of Georgia, an expert on ancient history unhappily working in Greece as a tour guide where she meets the love of her life and must choose between him and leaving to pursue her academic dreams. With implied sexual content and a Romantic, slightly pagan worldview, this mild comedy warrants strong caution for media-wise viewers.

 

IN BRIEF:

 

MY LIFE IN RUINS is the story of Georgia, an expert on ancient history unhappily working in Greece as a tour guide. Georgia meets the love of her life and must choose between him and pursuing her academic dreams. She hopes to help the tourists to understand and appreciate Greek culture. However, the tourists simply want to stop at souvenir shops and buy ice cream. A wise, older man, Irv, encourages Georgia to ease up on the tourists and return the handsome driver's romantic overtones.

 

MY LIFE IN RUINS is about choosing relationships over career and following one's heart. The movie never mentions God. And, the assumption is that unmarried characters have sexual relations together. This last part is played out in three scenes of implied sex, two involving Georgia and the tour bus driver. The old man's character seemingly causes things to happen such as the rain to stop or an old man to walk without his walker. He also pretends to be the Oracle at Delphi, dispensing advice to the rest of the tour group. Though somewhat pleasant, MY LIFE IN RUINS demands strong caution for media-wise viewers.