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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis, Kaylee Vieira
directed by: Joel Zwick

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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783122335
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0783122330
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: February 11, 2003
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 875
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 02, 2002

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Description:
Toula Portokalos is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, hectic, crazy Greek family. Working at her father's restaurant, "Dancing Zorba's," she hides behind a mop of mousy brown hair and thick, impenetrable glasses, keeping her family close and the world at a distance. But one day at the restaurant, she finds herself pouring coffee for a man so strikingly good-looking, that he inspires her to change her life - and the way she sees the world - forever. With a new hairdo, wardrobe, contact lenses, and most important of all, a whole new attitude, Toula steps out into the world a new woman, all ready to meet her man. Ian Miller is tall, handsome, but definitely not Greek. And whether he can handle Toula, her parents, her aunts, uncles, cousins and several centuries of Greek culture remains to be seen. But when you see the world through Toula's eyes, anything is possible!

Amazon.com:
It's not surprising that My Big Fat Greek Wedding grew more popular over the course of its theatrical release (whereas most blockbusters open big and then drop precipitously)--not only does it have believable situations and engaging characters, but these characters (particularly our romantic heroine, Toula, played by writer and performer Nia Vardalos) look like actual human beings instead of plastic movie stars. The result is the very accessible tale of Greek-American Toula (whose family sees her as over the hill at 30), who falls for a WASPy guy named Ian (John Corbett) and then has to endure the outrage, doubt, and ultimate acceptance of her deeply ethnically centered family. The actors invest their wildly stereotypical portrayals with sincerity and compassion, giving the movie an honest warmth instead of Hollywood schmaltz. But My Big Fat Greek Wedding ultimately succeeds because of Vardalos; her intelligent, down-to-earth presence and charm carry the film. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- A Big Fat Overrated Piece of Fluff
I just don't understand it. Why was this, a film about a mousy 30-something Greek woman getting a Pygmalion makeover and finding the man of her dreams, then going through the cacophony of planning a wedding with her colossal nuclear family, such a critical and box-office masterstroke? Why was a script written by the film's star, lacking in plot and containing banal dialogue, hailed as one of the better comedies of 2002? Why does everyone think that this movie is so great?

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Rating:

- Hard for me to watch but the wife and daughter love it.
Difficult to get past the premise of the male lead selling his soul to become "worthy" of the Greek female lead. But has some funny moments, if you refuse to ever take it seriously.

Rating:

- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
This movie takes every stereotypical assumption you ever had about Greek people, and multiplies it for this laugh out loud satire. Toula has been ruled by her dominating family her whole life, but when she starts seeing, and later gets engaged to Ian Miller, both are determined not to let anyone interfere. What a great romantic comedy, but since there is also a fair amount of drama, I may have classified it incorrectly. Both the acting and script were very well done.

Rating:

- Great Family entertainment...and I do mean FAMILY
First...Ignore the idiotic negative reviews about how simplistic and stereotypical this film is. Those elements are the pillars of its appeal. Although the family in question is Greek, you could easily insert Jewish, Italian, Hispanic, etc. I refused to see this movie when it first came out even though urged to do so by my parents. I thought it would be a melodramatic waste of time and money. I recently was "trapped" into seeing it on a cruise ship by my friends. Upon return home, I ordered ... Read More

Rating:

- 442 Five Star Reviews -- and counting!

No! It's not Shakespeare! (By the way, do you know he was Greek?) But, it sure is one of the funniest, most heart-warming movies I've seen in years. If you are Greek, Italian, German, Irish or Anything, you will see something of your family in this film. More importantly, it will leave you with a feeling of hope for the world, because we all share these family relationships in one way or another.

Yet another reason My Big Fat Greek Wedding is one of the best feel-good movies around ... Read More

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