Driving Aphrodite

Original title: My Life in Ruins

2009
12A
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

21K

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Richard Dreyfuss and Nia Vardalos in Driving Aphrodite (2009)

A travel guide (Vardalos) rediscovers her romantic side, with a very unlikely match, as she whisks a group of tourists around Greece.

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Comedy Romance

A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.A disgruntled tour guide in Greece gains an unexpected new outlook on life thanks to one of the people on what she intends to be her last tour.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

21K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos21

Trailer 2:02

My Life in Ruins: Trailer

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My Life In Ruins

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Trivia
The first Hollywood movie to be given permission to film at the Acropolis since Boy on a Dolphin (1957). The Greek government had previously refused all requests for fear that a film crew would disrupt this archaeologically sensitive site, but according to an article in Britain's Guardian newspaper, made an exception for this film because they thought that it would help to promote Greek culture.

Goofs
After the mystical visit to Delphi and the oracle, the evening scene is down at a port with a white Greek church high on the mountain like on the Greek Island of Tinos. There is no way to come down from the ancient ruins of Delphi and sit at the sea port of Tinos.

Quotes
Irv: I'm not a god. That's just a rumor my mother started.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Land of the Lost/The Hangover/Away We Go/My Life in Ruins/Tennessee (2009)

Soundtracks
Theme from Zorba the Greek
Written by Mikis Theodorakis
Published by EMI Miller Catalog, Inc.(ASCAP)

User reviews95

Featured review

7/10

What's not to like

For a romantic comedy it fits the bill, it has romance and it has comedy. Enjoyable characters and plenty happening throughout the film. Throw in a bit of Greek scenery and some Greek music and you have a very pleasant movie.