My Life in Ruins

2009 · 95 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 21,142 VOTES · DIR. Donald Petrie

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Overview

A Greek tour guide named Georgia attempts to recapture her kefi (Greek for mojo) by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to the wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,453 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:53 GEORGIA: Greece.
00:04:22 -I'm being sarcastic. -You're not funny. Stop trying.
00:08:00 Oh, wake up, Australia. He wants to know what time it is.
00:11:18 Now, I'm not just a tour guide. I am a professor of classical history.
00:14:35 -MAN 1: She still talking? -It's hot.
00:17:56 Fair enough. Why would you not tell me?
00:21:47 (ENGINE RATTLING)
00:26:11 (EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
00:30:37 4, 5, 6...
00:34:21 It's just cultural interaction.
00:38:25 We fought every day.
00:42:37 -No, really, were you? -I was an ice-cream taster.
00:46:40 -It's okay. -Okay.
00:50:07 But usually you find that people don't want to have
00:53:35 which is the most mystical spot in all of Greece.
00:57:14 He hears the music up close. He feels it in his bones.
01:01:08 And I guarantee you, you're gonna be a great dad.
01:04:54 Irv, don't you think everyone in the group seems healthier and alive?
01:08:46 You know what? I've decided I'm leaving Greece
01:13:14 -Hot today, huh, Nico? -So?
01:17:01 And all are happy people just following your dream
01:20:41 GEORGIA: So we've been told the hospital is keeping him for observation.
01:24:28 Because you missed the Parthenon.
01:27:47 All right, 10%. That's as high as I go.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,453
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:00:53
Final line01:27:47

Production Record

DirectorDonald Petrie
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17,000,000
Revenue$20,455,276
IMDb votes21,142