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(1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1   D- "As bubbly a talent as Vardalos is, Ruins is profoundly nauseating, and grows increasingly repellent the more it pushes to charm. Greece deserves a better travelogue than this, and a better spokeswoman than Nia Vardalos."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 2/4 "...a hopelessly corny romantic comedy that boasts a myriad of jokes and gags that wouldn't pass muster on the hackiest of sitcoms."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2.5/4 "Not a big departure from what Vardalos has done in the past, but there is less cloying artifice this time around, in a romantic comedy where the love story takes a backseat to the more meaningful tale of a lost woman coming into her own as a person."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman D "Lovely scenery...stuck in a sub-sitcom script. Some of these group tours are really the pits."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "'Ruins' is indeed an apt descriptor for this picture."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 1.5/5 "click to read the full review"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis "[A] steaming pile of stereotypes and sitcomery, a pathetic excuse for a comedy, a romance, and a movie."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 1.5/4 "Vardalos doesn't help her case by making her big screen comeback in something so sitcom-level."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina C "You think the tour bus driver will turn out to be handsome so that Georgia can recover her mojo? Right! You think it will make the movie entertaining? Wrong!"   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2/5 "While there are some witty observations along the way, this tourism rom-com is so resolutely unromantic and unfunny that it feels like a package holiday during which you have to share a hotel room with the group clown."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/10 "It's too bad My Life in Ruins fails so miserably at the macro level, because there are some good moments at the micro level."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh 1/5 "Nia Vardalos is the new Yakov Smirnoff"   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 2/4 "A subtext of self-criticism runs through Vardalos's material. Over and over characters tell her, "You're not funny. Stop trying." Is it a sort of apology to the audience?"   Christianity Today   Steven D. Greydanus 4/10 "Unfortunately, Nia Vardalos's cleverly titled comedic vehicle is too filled with cheesy feta and, therefore, falters."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger  (1 - 15) of 15 OFCS Rating: 7% Rotten Page   1