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My Life in Ruins

Overview

Genre :

Comedy, Romance

Release Date :

June 05, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Donald Petrie

Starring :

Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Rita Wilson, Alexis Georgoulis

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

Review rate : C

“..the romantic comedy as fairy tale for cheese addicts..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5

“..The laughs are obvious..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
2.5 of 4

“..not a bad movie..”
by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4

“..lifeless, hollow movies..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4

“..full of big, fat Greek stereotypes, crude sexual references and jokes, and some even-more-questionable humor..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
2 of 4

“..cute, shoddy-looking movie..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1.5 of 4

“..cloying and dated movie..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2 of 5

“..broad, clunky comedy..”
by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]
Review rate : C-

“..almost perversely mild..”
by Nathan Rabin [Onion AV Club]
2.5 of 4

“..a pleasant if unremarkable romantic comedy..”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Charles Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Kate Taylor [Globe and Mail]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times]

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