I don’t think I mentioned that a few weeks ago Maggie and I went to see My Life in Ruins. I’m not usually one to pay money to see this kind of movie in the theaters, but some icky stuff had happened that week and we were desperately in need of something sugary sweet and lighthearted. Nia Vardalos to the rescue! Vardalos, of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame, reappears as a tour guide in Greece who is a bit uptight but with some help finds love and fulfillment in her life. Much of the humor in the movie comes from the caricatures of tourists. For instance, the Aussie tourists in her group are crazy drinkers and difficult to understand. The Americans are loud and crude. The British are chilly. And there are two Spanish divorcees who are too hot to trot. I was somewhat disappointed that they didn’t include any Japanese tourists, as I think they’re really easy to make fun of but then again I guess they’d be on their own tour with a Japanese company and wearing ear pieces so the guide doesn’t need shout. Still would have been funny though.