My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDonald Petrie
Written byMike Reiss
Produced by
  • Michelle Chydzik Sowa
  • Nathalie Marciano
Starring
CinematographyJosé Luis Alcaine
Edited byPatrick J. Don Vito
Music byDavid Newman
Production
companies
  • 26 Films
  • Kanzaman Productions
Distributed by
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures (United States, Canada, France, Australia and New Zealand)
  • Hollywood Entertainment (Greece)
  • Vértice Cine (Spain)
Release dates
  • May 3, 2009 (2009-05-03) (Tribeca)
  • May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07) (Greece)
  • June 5, 2009 (2009-06-05) (United States)
  • August 7, 2009 (2009-08-07) (Spain)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • Greece
  • Spain
Languages
  • English
  • Greek
Budget$17 million
Box office$20.5 million

My Life in Ruins (released as Driving Aphrodite in the United Kingdom) is a 2009 romantic-comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Alexis Georgoulis, Rachel Dratch, Harland Williams and Alistair McGowan. Set among the ruins of ancient Greece, the film follows a tour guide whose life takes a personal detour, while her group gets entangled in comic situations among the ruins, with a series of unexpected stops along the way. The film was released on May 7, 2009, in Greece and on June 5, 2009, in the United States.