You Ruined My Life
6.8 /10 1 Votes6.8
Director David Ashwell Costume design William Ware Theiss Writer Robin Swicord Language English | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Biography, Drama Duration Country U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1987 Genres Comedy, Family film, Childrens/Family Cast (Minerva), (Howie), (Dexter Bunche), (Charlotte), Yoshi Hoover (Yaki)Similar movies Sunset Limousine (1983), Fools Rush In (1997), Hider in the House (1989), Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997), The Mighty Quinn (1989) Tagline Minerva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An indebted professor (Paul Reiser) helps a Las Vegas casino managers niece (Soleil Moon Frye) qualify for a Boston girls school.
You Ruined My Life is a 1987 television film directed by David Ashwell.
"You Ruined My Life" was a cute TV movie (from the Wonderful World of Disney movies that they show on Saturday or Sunday nights) starring Soleil Moon Frye as Minerva, a spoiled girl who lived in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie who lets her do whatever she wants. Minerva gets into trouble a lot, and her Aunt Hermione threatens to take her away from Uncle Howie. Paul Reiser plays Dexter, a professor who figures out a way to win every time at blackjack. Dexter gets caught at cheating, and Uncle Howie works out a deal for Dexter to tutor Minerva so she can get into a private school back east. This is easier said than done, because Minerva has never been interested in school.
Plot
You Ruined My Life is about 11-year-old Minerva (Soleil Moon Frye), a girl who lives in a Las Vegas casino with her Uncle Howie (Allen Garfield), who spoils her by giving her everything she wants. Minerva gets into trouble and her strict Aunt Hermione (Edith Fields) threatens to take her away. Dexter, a clever Mathematics professor,(Paul Reiser) finds out a foolproof way to cheat and win in blackjack, but he is caught. Dexter is burdened with a gigantic gambling debt. Uncle Howie makes sure Dexter tutors Minerva so she can gain admissions into a private school. It takes a while for this arrangement to work out between Dexter and Minerva, but finally they make great strides and Minerva amazingly learns everything very quickly. She runs away by herself to take the exam and pass. Meanwhile, Dexter and Uncle Howies assistant Charlotte played by Mimi Rogers fall in love.
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