You Ruined My Life
{{Short description|1987 television film}}
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Adventure
Biography
Drama
| director = David Ashwell
| executive_producer = Robert Kosberg
Arlene Sellers
Alex Winitsky
| producer = Mark H. Ovitz
Dylan Sellers
| writer = Robin Swicord
| narrated =
| starring = Soleil Moon Frye
Allen Garfield
| location = Las Vegas
| music = Jonathan Tunick
| cinematography = Ric Waite
| editor = Barbara Palmer Dixon
Arthur Schmidt
| company = Lantana Productions Inc.
Mark H. Ovitz Productions
Walt Disney Television
| network = ABC
| released = {{Start date|1987|02|01}}
| runtime = 100 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
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You Ruined My Life is a 1987 television film directed by David Ashwell.
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 (Paul Reiser), a clever mathematics professor, 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 Howie's assistant Charlotte (Mimi Rogers) fall in love.