Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), a 30 year old Greek woman who's future all seems to have been planned out by her family. Grow up, marry a Greek man, have Greek kids, eat lots of Greek food and keep on breeding until her kids grow up and start the cycle all over again. But this isn't the life she wants. She wants to do something with her life and make it her own.
She decides to go out to college and learn something new. After seeing a new computer and tourism course advertised, she decides to make a business proposal to her Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) and before you know it, she is running a travel agency. She is finally pursuing the kind of life she always dreamed of.
Things get even better for Toula when she meets Ian Miller (John Corbett). Unfortunately, there is only one thing standing in the way He is not Greek. As much as Toula loves him, she just can not convince her father Gus (Michael Constantine) to accept him. Ian decides to get himself baptized in the Greek Church in an attempt to win his way into Toula's family. Gus eventually gives in and allows Toula to go ahead and marry Ian.
Ian and Toula begin making their plans for a nice, intimate wedding but they are forgetting one thing Toula is Greek and Greek's do not have small weddings. They have Big Fat Greek Weddings!!! The wedding planning is soon taken over by Toula's family and Toula has less and less say in what goes on.
This film is a great piece of work by Star and Writer Nia Vardalos. It just goes to show that no matter what happens in life, your family is your family and nothing can ever change that. There are some very funny moments in this movie and even a guest appearance or two from N*Sync's very own Joey Fatone as Angelo.
Andrea Martin is extremely funny as Aunt Voula and Lainie Kazan is good as Maria, Toula's very wide and caring mother. Nia Vardalos herself is very good as Toula and carries the film well.
The rest of the characters in the film are all good and the cast do a great performance. The people must have had lots of great fun filming this movie.
Film Quote: Now give me a word Any word And I will show you how the root of that word is Greek Gus Portokalos (Michael Constantine)
She decides to go out to college and learn something new. After seeing a new computer and tourism course advertised, she decides to make a business proposal to her Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) and before you know it, she is running a travel agency. She is finally pursuing the kind of life she always dreamed of.
Things get even better for Toula when she meets Ian Miller (John Corbett). Unfortunately, there is only one thing standing in the way He is not Greek. As much as Toula loves him, she just can not convince her father Gus (Michael Constantine) to accept him. Ian decides to get himself baptized in the Greek Church in an attempt to win his way into Toula's family. Gus eventually gives in and allows Toula to go ahead and marry Ian.
Ian and Toula begin making their plans for a nice, intimate wedding but they are forgetting one thing Toula is Greek and Greek's do not have small weddings. They have Big Fat Greek Weddings!!! The wedding planning is soon taken over by Toula's family and Toula has less and less say in what goes on.
This film is a great piece of work by Star and Writer Nia Vardalos. It just goes to show that no matter what happens in life, your family is your family and nothing can ever change that. There are some very funny moments in this movie and even a guest appearance or two from N*Sync's very own Joey Fatone as Angelo.
Andrea Martin is extremely funny as Aunt Voula and Lainie Kazan is good as Maria, Toula's very wide and caring mother. Nia Vardalos herself is very good as Toula and carries the film well.
The rest of the characters in the film are all good and the cast do a great performance. The people must have had lots of great fun filming this movie.
Film Quote: Now give me a word Any word And I will show you how the root of that word is Greek Gus Portokalos (Michael Constantine)