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Title: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
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| Nia Vardalos | ... | Toula Portokalos | |
| Michael Constantine | ... | Gus Portokalos | |
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Christina Eleusiniotis | ... | Toula Portokalos - Age 6 |
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Kaylee Vieira | ... | Schoolgirl |
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John Kalangis | ... | Greek Teacher |
| Lainie Kazan | ... | Maria Portokalos | |
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Marita Zouravlioff | ... | Toula Portokalos - Age 12 |
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Sarah Osman | ... | Athena Portokalos - Age 15 |
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Petra Wildgoose | ... | Car Pool Friend |
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Melissa Todd | ... | Car Pool Friend |
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Bess Meisler | ... | Yiayia |
| Andrea Martin | ... | Aunt Voula | |
| Louis Mandylor | ... | Nick Portokalos | |
| Gerry Mendicino | ... | Uncle Taki | |
| Stavroula Logothettis | ... | Athena | |
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>
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a hilarious and sweet film about a Greek woman, waiting for her life to take off. One day however, she meets and falls in love with Ian and gets engaged. The problem is, he's a non-Greek and her family is uneasy about accepting him. Ian must appease them by being baptized into the Greek Orthodox church in a kiddie pool, and inviting his boring parents to meet the family.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding was an independent smash starting with a budget of barely $5 million and in the end, grossing over $200 million at the box office. And there's a solid reason for that. The film is filled with heart, humour, and romance. It's set in the real world, interacting with real characters and not seeming like they are drawn up from some fantasy. It's living proof that independent films can dream big and achieve just as much. Opa!