My Life in Ruins is obviously meant to appeal to women in a summer stuffed with blockbusters aimed at a younger male audience. But women deserve better escapist fare than this feeble attempt at romantic comedy.Variety reported this week that the audiences for Drag Me to Hell have been skewing "surprisingly" female. But Alison Lohman's character in that film, although she might seem blandly Everywoman-ish at times, is far more fun and fierce than the plastic fantastic Tour Guide Georgia. If you want Greek scenery, rent Mamma Mia; if you want a kickass heroine, try the Raimi film; if you like Vardalos, hopefully she'll be more lively in next month's I Hate Valentine's Day, which she wrote and directed.
Georgia is a Greek American woman stuck in Greece. She applied to be a professor at Athens University, but lost her job because of cutbacks. As a result, she is working as a tour guide. She stresses the fact that many people tell her that she’s lost her.
The film picks up with Georgia late for work. She dresses, puts her rent on the table and runs out the door with luggage. When she arrives, her boss scolds her. Georgia receives a letter, but it’s already been opened. Her boss callously tells her that she did not get the job. Her boss proceeds to lecture Georgia about the fact that every tour group she has had marks her average, and that if she is an average tour guide, she will never be anything more than an average person. Georgia points out that her tours are all about the ruins and not about souvenir shopping like the other tour guide. Her boss dismisses this allegation and tells Georgia that her bus driver quit. Georgia asks about a replacement and her boss tells her that it is Prokopi, a shaggy haired temporary bus driver. Georgia starts to complain about him and his appearance, unaware that Prokopi is right behind her. She thinks he doesn’t speak English, so she starts to gather her stuff. The other tour guide, Nico, arrives and thanks the boss for giving him the better group and bribes her with chocolates. Georgia gets a little mad but goes to collect her group. Nico asks the boss if he can have a raise if he gets Georgia to quit and the boss agrees.
Georgia takes them to their first destination on the tour, a set of ruins. The tourists are not pleased and ignore most of what she has to say about the history of the ruins. Nico puts on a cheesy picture display for all the tourists, which make Georgia’s group hate their trip even more. They go shopping near the ruins and Georgia goes and buys the whole group a bunch of kebabs known as souvlaki. Prokopi tags along and Georgia tells him,how much he hates the country, the people and the fact that she hasn’t had sex in forever. He replies that forever is a long time, startling her. The entire line understood what she was saying and Georgia leaves embarrassed. This story is something like this.
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