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Reviews
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Good indie film
Largely autobiographical, Greek Wedding falls in the category of movies that are so funny because they're so true. Sure, it's stereotypical and exaggerated, but that's what makes great comedy. You don't need to be Greek to relate to the mother who believes food is the answer to all life's woes, the protective older brothers, the large and wacky family get-togethers and customs - all of these are present in families from many ethnicities. I've heard comments ranging from the "it's scary how much that's like my family" to the "someone put a video camera in my living room!" This movie isn't perfect. The acting is more colourful than inspired, for the most part, with John Corbett's nice guy coming off as a little too good to be true, and most of the family stuck in two-dimensional character parts. The exceptions are Vardalos herself, and especially Michael Constantine and Lainie Kazan as her loving but quirky parents. Some of the humour is slightly too clichéd, and the requisite happy ending comes off a bit too neat.
Despite this, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie-going experience that borders on being the best time you can have sitting up. So pour yourself a shot of uzo, sit back, and enjoy the laughter.
Gone (2002)
Don't believe everything you read - 'Gone' is phenomenal
If you read the other negative posts, you realize something strange: Not a single negative review focuses on the unique nature of the movie: the Rapture, God, Apologetics nor the fact that the film was shot using the Third Word as a backdrop to the book of Revelation.
Instead, they attack the acting, the special effects, etc. But you rarely see this kind of attack on other indie films that celebrate pedophilia, bestiality, snuff/porn, etc. Why?
To me, the film interweaves an extremely compelling tale of 3 lawyers who get left behind in the Phillippines and have to get out. The fact that the entire film was shot on location is in itself remarkable. The film has action (tank chases, riots, etc), but the dialogue is especially compelling - the lawyers begin discussing the apologetics of God in the middle of the night at a street fire as more looting goes on. Why is this not discussed in the negative, bashing reviews?
The superb ending that takes place at the world's largest Cross (also never mentioned in anyone's review - tell me another movie that has filmed at the world's largest Cross?) was even applauded by secular critics. See Ruthless Review's review.
If you have any more doubts, go to EBAY and read the reviews there.
You either love this film (most true Believers do) or you hate this film (pagans, heathens, Luke-warm or carnal-minded Believers). I would rent the film on Netflik or Blockbuster and you decide.