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All rights reserved.My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2006, DVD)
| Movie Description 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.
Editorial Reviews Rolling Stone - p.80 - Peter Travers Box Office - p.57 - Sheri Linden Hollywood Reporter - p.38-43 - Kirk Honeycutt Chicago Sun-Times - p.5 - Roger Ebert Total Film - p.131 - James White Entertainment Weekly - Karen Valby (02/14/2003) | Find errors in the product description? Submit a catalog update request now. | ||||||||||
Reviews  The writers should have sprayed Windex on the script! 0 of 1 people found this review helpful. I like a good romantic comedy as much as the next guy. Either a good script or an attractive female lead (or both) will keep me at least slightly interested for the duration of the film, but this script was so terrible that even Ms USA as the lead would not have been enough to keep my interest. My wife and I thought we were going to watch a romantic comedy, but there is nothing even remotely funny or romantic in this movie. The jokes are tired and lame.. the parts of the movie that were intended to be romantic came across - for the most part - as silly rather than sweet. The movie does have its moments, but they are few and far between. The best part of the movie was the running theme that Windex can fix anything and everything (including pimples). Not that I don't like Windex, but when it is the best part of the movie you have a problem. After reading all the glowing reviews on here, I thought that I should give it another try.. I did so last night.. and it still sucked. Bottom Line: If you MUST see this movie - join NetFlix and add it to your list. Otherwise, blow it off - it's not worth buying or paying a rental fee from a normal retail video rental outlet. Review ID: 10000000002792057 Was this review helpful? Report this review  Laugh Out Loud Funny2 of 4 people found this review helpful. When I first viewed My Big Fat Greek Wedding I laughed out loud. I realized it is not only the Greeks but this happens in all families! Very funny. Great to add to your personal collection. Review ID: 10000000001436311 Was this review helpful? Report this review |
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