My Life in Ruins

Continuity mistake: While Nia Vardalos is talking to Richard Dreyfus, just after offering him the ice cream cone, the stains on her jacket's left lapel are either there, almost totally disappear, or change shape.

raywest

Continuity mistake: When Poopi and Georgia are sitting by the water right before they kiss, Poopi pours her a drink, but never hands it to her. When the camera angle changes, Georgia suddenly has the drink in her hand.

Phixius

Revealing mistake: When Georgia and Poupi are walking back towards the bus from the store where she buys food for everyone, several bystanders at both sides of the road just stand there looking at the camera. (00:17:30)

Sammo

Continuity mistake: Georgia and Poupi are taking a walk after she admitted to be starved for sex. During their walk a girl in a green top accompanied by a guy in a brown T-shirt pass them to the left of Nia Vardalos, appear in reverse shot to the right of Alexis Georgoulis, and are back behind Nia. (00:17:40)

Sammo

Continuity mistake: When Gator shows up, he folds the map in the second shot, but all of a sudden he still has an unfolded map to mess with for some 'comedy' in the next shot, in a rather bad transition. (00:09:40)

Sammo

Continuity mistake: Time to board the bus. Georgia tells the passenger that he can't smoke; she is holding her clipboard clutching it to her chest, then one hand, then arms crossed to the chest again. (00:08:05)

Sammo

Continuity mistake: Georgia retorts to her boss that the tourists are the boring ones. The boss holds the papers in hand, in front of her, but in the following shot with the camera behind her, Maria is listening with her hands on her hips. (00:03:15)

Sammo

Irv: I'm not a god. That's just a rumor my mother started.

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