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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) 6.5
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6.5/10 from 73,185 users
Metascore: 62/100
Reviews: 740 user | 156 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. Director:Joel ZwickWriter:Nia Vardalos |
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Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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Release Date:
2 August 2002 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mariage à la grecque See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$273,623 (Japan) (18 July 2003)Gross:
$1,680,732 (Japan) (8 August 2003)Company Credits
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Gus Portokalos: [to Toula] You better get married soon. You're starting to look... old!
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Written by Scott Rogness, Rick Elias
Published by Fox Film Music Corp./Careers - BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
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When Toula walks to the front porch of her house in the blue shirt, in the background we see the Greek god of love. See more »Goofs
When Maria is telling her daughter about her life in Greece and why she left, it is obvious that the audio has been re-dubbed. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Gus Portokalos: [to Toula] You better get married soon. You're starting to look... old!
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Opening credits: All E's are replaced by the Greek letter Sigma. See more »Soundtracks
"All My Only Dreams"Written by Scott Rogness, Rick Elias
Published by Fox Film Music Corp./Careers - BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
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This was a very pleasant surprise. Frankly, I was avoiding it because I thought it was going to be too tacky for my taste. It turned out that I needed some of the Windex, the father of the bride uses for everything, to clear my eyes and enjoy the film.
Nia Vardalos has written from the heart this story of a crazy Greek family with all the stereotypes in it for us to savor and enjoy what has come out under the firm direction of Joel Zwick.
Not only is Ms. Vardalos talented as an actress, but she can write quite a story, star in her own tale, and bring together this cast of loonies and make us believe we are inside these folks' home.
Michael Constantine and Lanie Kazan are the parents of the bride and they preside this crazy household in Chicago. Nia Vardalos is the "ugly duckling" we see at the beginning of the film and she wins John Corbett's heart and disarms him completely. He got her family in the bargain and he's stuck in it for better of for worse. Andrea Martin is very effective as the pushy aunt.
All in all, it should be seen for the fun of it. This is a funny film, very well paced and acted.
Please pass the Windex!!