Nia Vardalos, writer and leading actress of the gigantic hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding, finally gets to go to Greece in the romantic comedy My Life in Ruins. Classics scholar Georgia (Nia Vardalos) feels she has lost her kefi (Greek for "mojo"). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, often dealing with tour groups who’d rather shop than see the Parthenon. Meanwhile, her current ragtag group consists of boozing Australians (Simon Gleeson, Natalie O'Donnell); obnoxious Americans (Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams); sultry Spanish divorcees (Maria Botto, Maria Adanez); kooky seniors (Ralph Nossek, Bernice Stegers) and a Jewish widower (Richard Dreyfuss) with a penchant for goofy comedy.

Over the course of a week that sees Georgia leading them all through the resplendent ruins of Athens, Olympia and Delphi, this improbable group endures ugly squabbles, bruising misunderstandings and eventually transcends them all. The eventual return of Georgia’s kefi owes something to tall, long-haired tour bus driver Poupi (Greek actor Alexis Georgoulis), who when finally shorn of his thicket-like facial hair displays a dark Mediterranean allure. My Life in Ruins offers the most fun you can have without a passport.