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My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

English, Greek

USA, Canada

Rating:6.6
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Profile of My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding can be described as humorous, feel good, and touching. The plot revolves around a family gathering, weddings, and immigrants. The main genres are comedy, independent, and romance. In terms of style, My Big Fat Greek Wedding includes a voice over and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. It is located in Chicago. My Big Fat Greek Wedding takes place in contemporary times. It is adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic, a blockbuster, and an award winner. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is well suited for a girls' night and a date night.

Summary of My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Toula Portakalos (Nia Vardalos) feels trapped in her large Greek family, where women are expected to do only three things: "marry Greek men, have Greek babies, and feed everyone until the day they die." Rebelling against this fate, Toula quits the family restaurant, goes to college, fixes her hair, and falls in love with Ian (John Corbett), a guy who is way-too-good-to-be-true, and not Greek. This horrifies Toula's Greek culture-crazed father (Michael Constantine) and sets off a major culture clash between her loud, eccentric family (whose activities include roasting whole lambs on the front-yard barbecue spit) and Ian's subdued, overcivilized Anglo-Saxon parents.

Based on Vardalos' own autobiographical one-woman play, MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is that rare romantic comedy that has the courage to trust its simple, human story and not resort to overwrought Hollywood sentimentality and phony glamour (all the characters in the film look and act like real people). It's also filled with big, fat, crowd-pleasing laughs, making it a wedding most worth attending. Co-produced by Tom Hanks, the movie is set in Chicago, but was filmed in Toronto. The spirited cast includes Lainie Kazan and Andrea Martin (of SCTV fame) as Toula's mom and aunt.

Details

Language: English, Greek
Country: USA, Canada
Release date: 22 February 2002
Runtime: 95 min

Cast and Crew

Nia Vardalos as Toula Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Nia Vardalos

as Toula Portokalos

Louis Mandylor

as Nick Portokalos

Photos

John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
John Corbett and Nia Vardalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Nia Vardalos and Lainie Kazan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Nia Vardalos and Lainie Kazan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Nia Vardalos as Toula in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Nia Vardalos as Toula in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Michael Constantine and Lainie Kazan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Michael Constantine and Lainie Kazan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Joey Fatone and Gia Carides in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Joey Fatone and Gia Carides in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

Clips

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Home Video

Critics Reviews

San Francisco Chronicle
It's a buoyant comedy with more warmth and generosity of spirit than anything else in theaters right now.
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  • by: Mick LaSalle
Rolling Stone
Like Vardalos and Corbett, who play their roles with vibrant charm, the film, directed by Joel Zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake. It's a keeper.
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  • by: Peter Travers

Users Reviews

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
This is funny and a must see
  • 25.July.2010
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  • by: gghanna1
  • gghanna1 rated this movie10/10Must See
weddings.
This is a decent romantic comedy that deals with immigrant families and the culture clashes they experience in all sorts of situations. It's quite humorous and upbeat, and if you don't expect too much you won't be disappointed.
  • 21.August.2008
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  • by: mathilda
  • mathilda rated this movie7/10Good
Likely to see
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