Georgia (Nia Vardalos) is an American living in Greece and working as a tour guide. She hates her job, thinks all tourists are idiots, and is sick of Greece, too. But on her next four-day trip everything will change for the better, thanks to the quirky members of her tour and her moody bus driver.
This movie had so much potential but is really terrible. It's neither funny nor romantic and the dopey cast is always blocking our view of beautiful Greece. The plot is a lackluster rip-off of the very funny "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" but lacks its charm and good script. Vardalos' self-deprecating character that was so witty in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is just tedious here, making her transformation at the end ridiculously far-fetched. The tourists are have corny one-dimensional personalities and are uniformly over-the-top. Veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss plays the stereotypical saintly old man who turns Georgia's life around by urging her to find her "spirit." I was fascinated that he looked so much like Eli Wallach but he was such a know-it-all that I couldn't stand him. Rachel Dratch is also extremely grating as a fellow passenger on the Bus of Fools and there's nothing appealing about Alexis Georgoulis who plays the object of Georgia's affection. The plot is so predictable, it's insulting.
Stick with "If It's Tuesday" for a genuinely funny look at the trials of the guided bus tour. I gave the movie two stars for the lovely scenery.
This movie had so much potential but is really terrible. It's neither funny nor romantic and the dopey cast is always blocking our view of beautiful Greece. The plot is a lackluster rip-off of the very funny "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" but lacks its charm and good script. Vardalos' self-deprecating character that was so witty in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is just tedious here, making her transformation at the end ridiculously far-fetched. The tourists are have corny one-dimensional personalities and are uniformly over-the-top. Veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss plays the stereotypical saintly old man who turns Georgia's life around by urging her to find her "spirit." I was fascinated that he looked so much like Eli Wallach but he was such a know-it-all that I couldn't stand him. Rachel Dratch is also extremely grating as a fellow passenger on the Bus of Fools and there's nothing appealing about Alexis Georgoulis who plays the object of Georgia's affection. The plot is so predictable, it's insulting.
Stick with "If It's Tuesday" for a genuinely funny look at the trials of the guided bus tour. I gave the movie two stars for the lovely scenery.