My Life In Ruins Jul 20, 2009
There's the usual complement - a snooty English family led by Caroline Goodall, dressed as if for an outing with Hercule Poirot; a couple of painfully convivial Australians (Natalie O'Donnell and Neighbours graduate Simon Gleeson) glued to their beer cans; two Spanish divorcees (Maria Botto and Maria Adanez) desperately in need of an Almodovar movie; and an assortment of hyperactive performers competing for the title "ugliest American". One of these is Richard Dreyfuss's Irv, the joker in the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nia Vardalos finds love, and some laughs, among the ruins Jun 5, 2009
Here, instead of Andrea Martin and Lainie Kazan blurring the line between bawdy stereotype and the way it is as they did in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," we get, for instance, Caroline Goodall as an uptight English matron ... Starring: Nia Vardalos, Alexis Georgoulis, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch, Caroline Goodall, and Richard Dreyfuss. (Boston Globe)
Ruined With Cliches Jun 5, 2009
There, for our viewing displeasure, are the asinine Americans (Harland Williams and Rachel Dratch); the beer-swilling Australians (Simon Gleeson and Natalie O'Donnell); the bickering marrieds (Caroline Goodall and Ian Ogilvy); the eccentric oldsters (Sheila Bernette and Ralph Nossek); the libidinous divorcees (Mara Botto and Mara Adnez); the dullsville executive (Brian Palermo); the gee-whiz backpacker (Jareb Dauplaise); and the wise-cracking Irv (Richard Dreyfuss). Behind the wheel is a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)