Review of My Life in Ruins (2009) by Olive G — 06 Oct 2014
Completely over-the-top with its intentionally cartoonish characters - besides the main couple and Mr. Wisdom Old Guy -, it's actually pretty funny, but then it wants us to have serious emotions about the compulsory love story, which I didn't, as it's predictable and coupled with the take-the-piss attitude of the first two thirds.
There's bits of throat-forcing satire - eg the tourists who want french fries instead of Suvlaki, the tourists who want crappy souvenirs instead of the experience of being amongst millennia-old historic buildings.
The haplessness of the main woman gets a bit grinding before her Moment of Transformation. The forced Moment of Tragedy wasn't one I predicted, but also one that made the film a bit more stupid, and the happy ending is expected. I.
N the end it was enjoyable, stupid, fun to rip apart while watching, and ultimately a good commercial for Tourism Greece - it made me want to go there -, even though a lot of it was actually filmed in Spain, why?
This review of My Life in Ruins (2009) was written by Olive G on 06 Oct 2014.
My Life in Ruins has generally received mixed reviews.
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