My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 129
Fresh: 98 | Rotten: 31
Though it sometimes feels like a television sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is good-hearted, lovable, and delightfully eccentric, with a sharp script and lead performance from Nia Vardalos.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 9
Though it sometimes feels like a television sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is good-hearted, lovable, and delightfully eccentric, with a sharp script and lead performance from Nia Vardalos.
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Movie Info
One woman's rocky road to the altar gets played for laughs in this comedy, adapted from the one-woman off-Broadway show written by and starring Nia Vardalos. Toula (Vardalos) is a Greek-American woman who is in her early thirties and single, with no immediate prospects of changing that status any time soon. This bothers Toula a bit, but not half as much as it distresses her mother (Lainie Kazan) and father (Michael Constantine), who want to send her to Greece in hopes of finding a husband in the
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Cast
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Nia Vardalos
Toula -
John Corbett
Ian Miller -
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Lainie Kazan
Maria -
Andrea Martin
Aunt Voula -
Joey Fatone
Angelo -
Gia Carides
Nikki -
Louis Mandylor
Nick -
Bess Meisler
Yia Yia -
Fiona Reid
Harriet Miller -
Bruce Gray
Rodney Miller -
Ian Gomez
Mike -
Jayne Eastwood
Mrs. White -
Gale Garnett
Aunt Lexy -
Gerry Mendicino
Uncle Taki -
Marla Vacratsis
Aunt Frieda -
John Kalangis
Greek Teacher -
Christina Eleusiniotis
Toula at 6 -
Kaylee Vieira
Schoolgirl -
Marita Zouravlioff
Toula at 12 -
Sarah Osman
Athena at 15 -
Petra Wildgoose
Car Pool Friend -
Melissa Todd
Car Pool Friend -
Stavroula Logothettis
Athena -
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Frank Falcone
Suitor -
Eugene Martel
Suitor -
Joe Persechini
Suitor -
Peter Xynnis
Suitor -
Anthony Kandiotis
Priest -
Nick Kutsukos
Bouzouki Player -
Peter Tharos
Yianni -
Chrissy Paraskevopoulos
Cousin Jennie -
Kathryn Haggis
Cousin Marianthi -
Charlene Bitzas
Aunt Nota -
Chris Savides
Greek Chanter -
Constantine Vardalos
Greek Chanter -
Scott Khouri
Waiter -
John Tsifliklis
Wedding Singer -
Peter Chalkiopoulos
Wedding Band -
Peter Gogos
Wedding Band -
Spiro Milankou
Wedding Band -
Victor Politis
Wedding Band -
Jim Rouvas
Wedding Band -
Arielle Sugarman
Paris
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All Critics (129) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (98) | Rotten (31) | DVD (40)
Second City alum Nia Vardalos stars in this ethnic comedy, which she also wrote -- an ambitious way to break into a leading role; too bad the results are insubstantial.
The result feels a little over-egged at times and the love match lacks chemistry, but Ian's whistlestop induction into a different style of language, food, drink, dress and dancing allows a few good one-liners.
Top CriticYou don't have to be Greek to enjoy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and that's precisely the point of it.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a very slim movie that succeeds on its own modest terms without pretense or apology. No wonder it's easy to like.
The movie is consistently funny without ever going over the top -- a rarity in movies.
The reliability of the genre doesn't excuse predictable jokes, pat fiascoes and so many stereotypes that one is tempted to alert the Greek anti-defamation league.
A captivating comedy with a heart of gold, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a must-see for its sheer unbridled delightfulness. An Amelie for 2002?
Perfect sleepover movie for tweens (and moms!).
It's greek to me.
What ultimately drags this movie down is the pacing of the story.
Ms. Vardalos' has loaded her charmingly fluffy script with cute idiosyncrasies in place of actual characters.
Endearing eccentricities, such as Toula's father's improvisational Greek etymologies of words like "kimono" and his reliance on Windex for a range of external-use medicinal purposes, help humanize the characters.
It's funny, it's familiar and you can see a lot of the situations transferring over to your own life.
It is a romantic comedy in the best classic Hollywood style, albeit one with some sharp writing and genuinely human as well as funny moments.
Vardalos is not a great actress, but she is a likeable one ... John Corbett will never steer you wrong ... a cute premise, but it has all been done before
...los actores parecen estar divirtiéndose a lo grande.
The family-friendly film avoids pitfalls, but the DVD is skimpy.
Now, Nia Vardalos will jump out of your movie screen or television set...and club you over the head with a bottle of Windex until you give in to her aggressively overbearing humor!
...Captures the nature of true romance, with just enough slapstick (a Greek invention) to make you laugh out loud.
The actors...bring out an attractive, warmhearted simplicity in each character. Above all, they portray a close, loving family, the film's ultimate and lasting virtue.
Es un entrañable filme sobre el amor, la familia, las tradiciones, la consecución de los sueños y la tolerancia.'
A cute little movie whose success proves that wherever they can find it, people will rise up and embrace the most mediocre, bland, and reassuring forms of art.
Almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like "The Addams Family" to everyone looking in... "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" comes from the heart...
On the whole, this film didn't make me laugh much, didn't make me 'aaaaaah' much and didn't give me any more insight into its astronomical popularity.
Audience Reviews for My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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- Toula: I really love him.
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- Aunt Voula: Yes, inside the lump... was my twin!
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- Maria: So, Voula. How is business?
- Aunt Voula: Oh, woe to me. Business is bad.
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- Aunt Voula: What do you mean he don't eat no meat? [the entire room stops, in shock]
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- Gus: Didn't I say it's a mistake, to educate women? But nobody listened to me.
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- Gus: There are two kinds of people. Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek.
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- Hochzeit auf Griechisch (DE)
