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Summary: Come on, it's a sitcom pilot!
Review: No, really, thanks to the folks at CBS, Nia Vardolos' admittedly funny - if hokey, intensely formulaic and predictable - little movie is becoming a midseason replacement sitcom called "My Big Fat Greek Life."The film, which benefits from old-style laughs from veteran performers like Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin and Lainie Kaizan and family-centered conflict, is as comfortable as a well-worn pair of shoes. It's cute, almost to the point of cheesy. It's a Cinderella story (both within the film and in this sleeper's performance at the box office), and you don't have to think all that much to get it. Vardolos and John Corbett have a good, natural chemistry. The reason this one was ignored at the outset of its release, though, is because it's so formulaic that there's nothing particularly remarkable about it. It's a tried-and-true audience pleaser, no more and no less. As it ranks among the greatest films of last year, though, I prefer ones a bit deeper, more thought-provoking and more challenging. The best this has to offer, though, is Martin's out-of-nowhere, long-winded story about the lump on her neck. That was the loudest I think I've laughed in a theater this year.
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Summary: A MUST Buy!
Review: I've been an Amazon.com customer for a very long time and this is my first review, why? Because this movie is too good to pass up. I had to see it twice in the theater because I laughed soooo much I'd miss the next line or sceen. My parents, aunts, and uncles are from Italy and I thougt I was watching old 8 milimeter film of my family in color with audio. No need to be of european decent, this movie hits everyones funny bone! My wife and I are headed for Italy and Greece in a few days and looking forward to absorbing some of the culture. Get the DVD, you wont be sorry....
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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: Apparently the viewer from Encino, California, must have fried his/her brain in the famed "California sun"... I just saw this movie on 1/10/03 with my sister (at probably one of the few theaters still playing it), and I think it is wonderful! The characters are all very human and believable, and just the way one might imagine a thoroughly "ethno-centric" Greek family might be. The way the romance develops between Toula and Ian is so sweet, just like a fairy tale but set in real-life. The initial "misgivings" Toula's father has about her being involved with a non-Greek add the right amount of tension and realistic "strife" to the story. He tries to thwart the budding "mixed" romance by setting her up repeatedly with some really unattractive (read: disgusting) characters he invites over for family dinners, most of whom look too old for her, and one in particular who comes across as some greasy-haired Greek used-car salesman. The overly-involved (read: meddlesome) relatives are hilarious, and Toula and Ian get swept up in the preparations the rest of the family takes it upon themselves to handle--with mixed results (i.e., the invitations, the bridesmaids dresses, the bride's make-up and wedding dress...), but they take it in stride and accept it all as being done out of love. Even Ian's TRULY WASP-y parents--who in their aim to be "proper" are as dull as watching grass grow--end up loosening up and enjoying themselves (MORE Ouzo, anyone?...). Even though the whole movie revolves around Toula's "coming of age", so to speak, and her family--something you might initially think would make for a boring plot--it's full of funny moments, and moves along nicely...far TOO quickly in fact, as it was over much sooner than I would have liked. I could have gone on watching this down-to-earth gal and her family for hours... O-PA!!!
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Summary: Everyone should say " I DO" to this film.
Review: I left the theater with a huge smile on my face after seeing this movie. The film made me feel like I was watching real people in there real everyday lives. The film was funny and it was nice to watch a film that made you laugh, cry and touch your heart all at the same time. I highly recommend this film to everyone who is tired of action flicks, and horrid language, and blood and gore. Thanks Rita Wilson for seeing the play and helping this film be made and getting it out to us the public.
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Summary: I am worried.
Review: Most people loved this movie, can anyone tell me why?. This film is a cheesy over the top silly and phony excuse of a movie. If you want to see something better than this but with a similar storyline rent -True Love- with Annabella Sciorra & Ron Eldard. Overall: I AM WORRIED.
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Summary: Two Thumbs Up
Review: This movie is for everyone, even my "I don't like sappy movies" boyfriend. It is wonderfully put together and wildly entertaining. The beginning is a little slow, but the movie takes off and keeps you laughing to the end.
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Summary: Cute and funny
Review: I must say how refreshing it is to see a romantic comedy without a big shot star like Julia Roberts in it, or a film with a huge budget and poor writing. While "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" doesn't fall into my favourite films category, I am certainly fond of this little movie with a lot of heart and laughs. A fellow Canadian (Nia Vardalos) wrote and starred in the film and it was nice to see a real woman in the main role for a change. This film is predictable and corny at times, but it offers up a lot of laughs and great performances.
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Summary: THIS IS A MUST SEE MOVIE
Review: Let me get this out here...I'm Greek. I have a Greek family. When I watched this movie, I felt as if I was home again. The characters are funny and a little over-the-top, yet not unbelievable. Nia Vardolas does a wonderful job as the little Greek girl who wishes she wasn't "so Greek" because she is so different from all the other little girls. With her family always intruding in her life and a love interest who is completely understanding, it makes her life fun to watch as it unfolds. Highly recommended to anyone whose family is maybe just a little hard to believe at times. You'll feel comforted in knowing that you are no alone.
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Summary: AWESOME MOVIE!
Review: I loved this movie! The narration throughout is witty, the characters are fun and I haven't enjoyed a movie this much in years! The romance is sweet and the polar opposite families are hilarious. It's a must see, in my opinion, AND, your kids can watch it without having to plug their ears or cover their eyes.
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Summary: I can understand where this movie is comming from!
Review: Although it's become quite a commercial enteprise since it's sudden popularity, I think the comedy of this movie is sincere instead of contrived. Perhaps that's becuase I like to think the best of people, or because I like to just watch a movie and have a good time. I had a great time watching this movie, as did everyone else in my huge family (with its roots in deep Eastern Europe.) I doubt that was a coincidence. Most of the comedy hinges on your beeing able to sympathize with the characters, so if you have ever been stressed out over the chaos that inevitable accompanies your 20+ person family, full of old world uncles and grandparents or such, then you'll probably be amused by this movie. If you were born to less hectic cirucmstances, but as fate would have it, were ensnared into that circus anyway, you should also find some humor in this movie. On the other hand, the words "Big" "Fat" "Greek" and "Wedding" should tip you off that this movie is just about a bunch of Greeks, beeing Greek, and eventualy, having a wedding. If that doesn't already sound funny to you, then this may well not be the movie for you, but this movie *is* exactly what it says it is.
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