A Critical Look at “Don’t Worry Darling”: What are the plot holes? ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
“Don’t Worry Darling” takes audiences on a suspenseful journey set against the idyllic 1950s backdrop, introducing us to Victory residents Alice and Jack. However, as the film unfolds, it grapples with mixed reviews and leaves viewers with a myriad of unanswered questions. From plot holes to the mechanics of the simulated reality, the film’s open-ended conclusion prompts a closer examination of its narrative choices.
The Simulated Reality:
The film’s central twist reveals Victory as an elaborate simulation where husbands immerse their wives in virtual reality. However, the movie falls short in addressing crucial details, such as the mechanics of eating, pregnancy, and living arrangements within the simulation. The lack of clarity surrounding these aspects leaves the audience grappling with inconsistencies, hindering the overall coherence of the narrative.
Plot Holes and Ambiguous Endings:...
“Don’t Worry Darling” takes audiences on a suspenseful journey set against the idyllic 1950s backdrop, introducing us to Victory residents Alice and Jack. However, as the film unfolds, it grapples with mixed reviews and leaves viewers with a myriad of unanswered questions. From plot holes to the mechanics of the simulated reality, the film’s open-ended conclusion prompts a closer examination of its narrative choices.
The Simulated Reality:
The film’s central twist reveals Victory as an elaborate simulation where husbands immerse their wives in virtual reality. However, the movie falls short in addressing crucial details, such as the mechanics of eating, pregnancy, and living arrangements within the simulation. The lack of clarity surrounding these aspects leaves the audience grappling with inconsistencies, hindering the overall coherence of the narrative.
Plot Holes and Ambiguous Endings:...
- 12/14/2023
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on September 7th, 2023, reviewing “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” the third film that highlights that wacky Greek family. In theaters on September 8th.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Nia Vardalos is back as Toula, the Greek bride from the classic first film and now the middle aged Mom of college daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) and wife of Ian (John Corbett). The dying wish of Toula’s father is that she take his journal about his hometown Greek village and deliver it back to his childhood friends. When the gang take the trip to the village, with Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) and Aunt Frieda (Maria Vacratsis), as well as brother Nick (Louis Mandylor), it’s not what they expect, since the village seems to only be populated by a wacky mayor named Victory (Melinda Kotse-lou) and a scary...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Nia Vardalos is back as Toula, the Greek bride from the classic first film and now the middle aged Mom of college daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) and wife of Ian (John Corbett). The dying wish of Toula’s father is that she take his journal about his hometown Greek village and deliver it back to his childhood friends. When the gang take the trip to the village, with Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) and Aunt Frieda (Maria Vacratsis), as well as brother Nick (Louis Mandylor), it’s not what they expect, since the village seems to only be populated by a wacky mayor named Victory (Melinda Kotse-lou) and a scary...
- 9/8/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
(L to R) John Corbett as “Ian”, Maria Vacratsis as “Aunt Frieda”, Melina Kotselou as “Victory”, Nia Vardalos as “Toula”, Elena Kampouris as “Paris”, Andrea Martin as “Aunt Voula”, and Elias Kacavas as “Aristotle” in writer/director Nia Vardalos’ My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, a Focus Features release. Courtesy of Yannis Drakoulidis / Focus Features
Did we need a My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3? Somebody thought so. Sure, the first one was charming, a word-of-mouth surprise hit romantic comedy, with both laughs and love in a big, close Greek-American family, when a young woman, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), upends family expectations by marrying a non-Greek man, Ian Miller (John Corbett). There has already been one sequel, and despite the sequels’ titles, Toula is not getting married again, as she is still married to that first non-Greek guy from the original movie. What both sequels do is let us spend more time with the large,...
Did we need a My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3? Somebody thought so. Sure, the first one was charming, a word-of-mouth surprise hit romantic comedy, with both laughs and love in a big, close Greek-American family, when a young woman, Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), upends family expectations by marrying a non-Greek man, Ian Miller (John Corbett). There has already been one sequel, and despite the sequels’ titles, Toula is not getting married again, as she is still married to that first non-Greek guy from the original movie. What both sequels do is let us spend more time with the large,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After 21 years since this larger-than-life franchise first hit our screens, writer and leading lady Nia Vardalos revisits this world once again in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”. Arguably, seeing a 3 in a film’s title (other than Toy Story 3…) might encourage an eyeroll – especially considering the state of the industry right now, but there is an inescapable warmth with this comedy franchise.
In the third installment of this series, you are immediately transported to a beautiful Greek setting that is dripping in history and vivid hues. It feels as though you can inhale the pure air and experience the soothing tingle of the sun on your skin, providing a sense of release, as the Portokalos family departs from their hectic city lifestyle.
The narrative continues to revolve around married couple Toula Portokalos, (Vardalos) and Ian Miller who, as we know, have learned to embrace their cultural differences and merge them becoming one big,...
In the third installment of this series, you are immediately transported to a beautiful Greek setting that is dripping in history and vivid hues. It feels as though you can inhale the pure air and experience the soothing tingle of the sun on your skin, providing a sense of release, as the Portokalos family departs from their hectic city lifestyle.
The narrative continues to revolve around married couple Toula Portokalos, (Vardalos) and Ian Miller who, as we know, have learned to embrace their cultural differences and merge them becoming one big,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Gloria Daniels-Moss
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ever been invited to a family reunion you had no desire to attend? You may be tired of seeing your relatives and listening to their familiar routines, which can be downright annoying at times. But then you force yourself to go and you find that you have a good time after all, at least for a little while.
That’s roughly the experience of seeing My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, the latest chapter in the saga of the eccentric Portokalas family previously seen in the wildly popular 2002 original and its much less successful 2016 sequel (the less said about the short-lived 2003 sitcom spin-off My Big Fat Greek Life, the better). If you enjoyed spending time with Nia Vardalos’ Toula and the rest of her extended clan, you’ll probably have a good time again, even if the characters and jokes are wearing thin with repetition.
And as a special treat,...
That’s roughly the experience of seeing My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, the latest chapter in the saga of the eccentric Portokalas family previously seen in the wildly popular 2002 original and its much less successful 2016 sequel (the less said about the short-lived 2003 sitcom spin-off My Big Fat Greek Life, the better). If you enjoyed spending time with Nia Vardalos’ Toula and the rest of her extended clan, you’ll probably have a good time again, even if the characters and jokes are wearing thin with repetition.
And as a special treat,...
- 9/7/2023
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
More than twenty years ago, Nia Vardalos’s independent romantic comedy “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” — a Cinderella story of a burdened and awkward woman Toula (Vardalos) falling in love with a non-Greek man at the dismay of her extended Greek family — smashed box office record after box office record, grossing more than seventy times its budget worldwide. Vardalos was nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and the film inspired both a spin-off television show and a less-than sequel in 2016. Now, Vardalos is back, with her fictional Portokalos family behind her, for a third entry in the series. Does the franchise still have the magic and charm of its original?
Well, a little vacation never hurt anyone, or at least not seriously, and once the Portokalos family arrives in their native Greece, you’re left wondering why they’ve been trying, for so many years, to fix all their problems with weddings.
Well, a little vacation never hurt anyone, or at least not seriously, and once the Portokalos family arrives in their native Greece, you’re left wondering why they’ve been trying, for so many years, to fix all their problems with weddings.
- 9/7/2023
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
Back in 2002, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” introduced mainstream audiences to all the heartwarming moments, overbearing relatives, and downright craziness of coming from a large Greek-American family. Somehow, Nia Vardalos’ breakout rom-com spurred a two-decade-long trilogy; sadly, the third installment relies too heavily on its stunning Corfu scenery instead of an actual plot.
This is Vardalos’ first time in the director’s chair for the trilogy that she penned; “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” is also Vardalos’ sophomore directorial effort overall. It shows. Jokes fall flat while attempts at seriousness are downright hilarious in their off-tone delivery.
Vardalos is back as Toula Portakolos, the new head of the family after her father Gus passed away and her mother (Lainie Kazan) now suffers from dementia. Toula is determined to carry out her dad’s last wish of bringing his old journal to his childhood friends, whom he left in their...
This is Vardalos’ first time in the director’s chair for the trilogy that she penned; “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” is also Vardalos’ sophomore directorial effort overall. It shows. Jokes fall flat while attempts at seriousness are downright hilarious in their off-tone delivery.
Vardalos is back as Toula Portakolos, the new head of the family after her father Gus passed away and her mother (Lainie Kazan) now suffers from dementia. Toula is determined to carry out her dad’s last wish of bringing his old journal to his childhood friends, whom he left in their...
- 9/7/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The trailer for the next installment in the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” has arrived!
The Portokalos family is depicted in all its glory in the trailer, which was unveiled on Thursday. Star Nia Vardalos returns as the screenwriter for the third entry, but in a franchise first, will serve as the latest film’s director.
The clan is on their way to a family reunion in Greece to fulfill Toula’s (Vardalos) father’s dying request for them all to visit his childhood village and get back in touch with their roots.
Read More: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ To Be Released Fall 2023
John Corbett returns as Toula’s incredibly non-Greek husband Ian. There isn’t a shortage of drama because Toula and Ian’s daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) is traveling to Greece on the same plane with young Aristotle (Elias Kacavas), whom she ghosted. Along with Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula,...
The Portokalos family is depicted in all its glory in the trailer, which was unveiled on Thursday. Star Nia Vardalos returns as the screenwriter for the third entry, but in a franchise first, will serve as the latest film’s director.
The clan is on their way to a family reunion in Greece to fulfill Toula’s (Vardalos) father’s dying request for them all to visit his childhood village and get back in touch with their roots.
Read More: ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ To Be Released Fall 2023
John Corbett returns as Toula’s incredibly non-Greek husband Ian. There isn’t a shortage of drama because Toula and Ian’s daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) is traveling to Greece on the same plane with young Aristotle (Elias Kacavas), whom she ghosted. Along with Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula,...
- 5/11/2023
- by Aashna Shah
- ET Canada
“Most of it lies within the subjectivity of Florence Pugh‘s character; the character of Alice is what drives the visual language of the movie,” declares two-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique about the voyeuristic framing of the central character in “Don’t Worry Darling.” For our recent webchat he adds, “that’s where we really played and I think that’s where the film really exists. Seeing her small within the confines of this ‘dollhouse’ and seeing her from outside the glass looking back in. She’s almost metaphorically encapsulated into a space. It just happens to be a wonderfully beautiful space. She’s doing this fifties housework, she’s cooking breakfast for him every morning before he leaves, and she has dinner ready every time he comes home. What is this world? For us it was really about having the camera either very far away from her and making her small inside this space,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
It would be easy to kick off a review of Olivia Wilde’s sophomore feature, “Don’t Worry Darling,” by toe-dipping into the world Wilde created — one that boasts some of the year’s most gorgeous craft work, from Arianne Phillips’ costumes to Katie Bryon’s production design to John Powell’s score — by tossing off something like, “In Olivia Wilde’s glittering ’50s fairy tale, set in the fictional desert idyll of Victory, all is not what it seems,” because that’s the entire point of this transparently designed cinematic nightmare.
It also would be incorrect, because everything actually is what it seems in Victory. “Don’t Worry Darling” is so clearly, so obviously not set in an idyllic ’50s community that to say the film packs a twist is not at twist at all. It’s disingenuous, easy, cheeky — much like the film itself, which starts off strong before crumbling...
It also would be incorrect, because everything actually is what it seems in Victory. “Don’t Worry Darling” is so clearly, so obviously not set in an idyllic ’50s community that to say the film packs a twist is not at twist at all. It’s disingenuous, easy, cheeky — much like the film itself, which starts off strong before crumbling...
- 9/5/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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