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Summary: very nice
Review: You have a female who comes from a greek family. All her family want's is for her to get married to a greek man and have greek kids. This movie was extremely enjoyable from the actors to the dialogue I was truly pleased. This was money well spent.
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Summary: Adorable!!
Review: Hilarious and 100% entertaining movie. The plot is clever and the characters are all extremely memorable. There wasn't anything I disliked about this movie. I can't use Windex without smiling and thinking of this terrific funny movie.
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Summary: A Big Fat Greek Hit
Review: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is not only a very funny comedy, but one of the few comedies these days appropriate for young and old alike, free of gross-out jokes or crude humor, and clever with many insights into human nature and cultural clash. Anyone who is in a bi-ethnic marriage (myself included) will be rolling on the floor with laughter. This is a rare, one-of-a-kind movie that should not be missed.
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Summary: A delightful light hearted movie
Review: This movie one that I have perfect if your alive, and have family. Whose family isn't a little weird? All families have their quirks and we love them for it. This one is funny from the begining credits right until the last credits role. Who can't love a story about falling in love, throwing you loved one to the wolves, I mean your family, and then the wedding that is bound to come after.
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Summary: The epitome of an entertaining movie!
Review: This has quickly become my favorite movie ever- Being Greek-
American, perhaps I am a bit biased...
Contrary to what many say, this movie works so well BECAUSE of the focus on Greek American family life. Many say that you could just substitute any other ethnicity and that "it's all the same;" However,I don't agree. I think this movie worked so well because it was a diversion from all the typical ethnic stereotypes we are accustomed to seeing from Hollywood- The Italian, Jewish, African-American etc... comedies have all been done. While these are all funny, they don't always have universal appeal. Greek humor is unique in that it makes everyone laugh, and in that everyone can relate to the Greeks in some way. Just like Toula's father says: "There are 2 kinds of people...Greeks, and everyone else who wants to be Greek!" In addition, the movie was released at a time when Hollywood has become so wrapped up in out-doing the last movie- People are tired of the mind-twists, and the shocking, and the overdone sex scenes. This was a light and refreshing escape from all the woes that everyone is experiencing daily in a post 9/11 world. Another movie that gets better and funnier everytime you watch it!
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Summary: Don't forget to spit . . .
Review: Okay, this is a light, funny, feel-good kind of flick, and the dialogue was pretty good. My wife loved it and I admit I laughed out loud several times myself. I don't know Nia Vardalos from Adam (or Eve), but I remember John Corbett from his role as Chris on _Northern Exposure_ -- and I've seen Lainie Kazan and Michael Constantine in scores of films over the year. And they were all pretty good. HOWEVER: This thing would have been a lot more believable if they had omitted the computers and Ian's SUV and set it in the mid-1950s instead of the late '90s. I find it *very* difficult to believe there could still be such an insular, inbred, hyper-ethnic extended family existing in urban America today, especially running a couple of successful businesses in a major city. The social equivalent here in south Louisiana would be the old Acadian families with a dozen kids, all of whom speak only Cajun French -- but they're virtually extinct, the subject of reminiscence. Any folks like that these days are *way* down the bayou, not living and working in a big city. Even my son's Vietnamese mother-in-law, who only arrived here to live with her daughter a couple of years, is nothing remotely like the black-clad, hunched mama from Greece. Yeah, I'm probably being too logical in evaluating what is in essence a fairy tale, but the lively writing aside, I had trouble keeping my eyebrows lowered.
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Summary: Excellent and true to life
Review: In a turn of events, My Big Fat Greek Wedding outlasted many films in the theaters and kept on going for some time. With it's sweet and enduring lead character, Toula, many people can relate to the pressures of family and their demand for finding someone THEY, not you, find suitable. Toula works in her families restaurant and as far as they know, she will be for the rest of her life. They see her as an old maid and that she needs to get married soon or her life will be over. She describes herself as 'Frumpgirl' and decides to finally do something about it when she is enamored by the handsome John Corbett, a nice (but non-Greek) guy who finds her just as appealing. She cleans up her hair, gets contacts, looses weight...yada, yada. When the two start dating later on, the doubt and frustration of knowing how her family will react starts to upset her. But they move forward, defying her parents rejection and his parents ignorance. The movie is very funny, very sweet and offers a lot of comfort in showing that many families in America, not just our own, are dealing with these cross culture issues and anti-old country behavior from their offspring.
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Summary: Very funny, an A+ romantic comedy!
Review: When I first went to the theater to see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," I was prepared to see a cheesy, hackneyed chick flick. But I was pleasantly surprised!"My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is about an average-looking Greek woman named Toula (Nia Vardalos) who still lives with her family. Her family is Greek, Greek, Greek! Especially her dad, who follows Greek tradition to the book. Toula decides that she wants to do something with her life, therefore getting a job, which her dad reluctantly "allows" after some trickery from the women in the family. As Toula's dad says, Greek woman should "marry Greek men, have Greek babies, and make Greek food" until the day that they die (added by Toula, of course). Toula eventually meets a man who isn't Greek, but starts to fall in love with him anyways. (Yes, a bit cliche, but the movie pulls it off uniquely anyways, you'll have to see for yourself) It may not sound very interesting or very special, but "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" is a definite gem! Nia lights up the movie, and the characters and jokes are hilarious! The grandmother was one of the funniest, and of course, Nia's Greek-to-the-extreme father. One of the best romantic comedies of the year, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was a must-have to my movie collection!
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Summary: I Put it Off for as Long as I Could!
Review: I hate succumbing to media pressure but I finally gave in and saw it. Surprise! It was very good. No deep thinking, no philisophical discussions - just an enjoyable comedy that seemed to hit all the right notes. I happen to work with a lot of brides and grooms in my line of work and maybe that is why it appealed to me more. I see events like those depicted in the movie every day and it really was true to what planning for a wedding can be like. Simple story, great characters - simply wonderful!
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Summary: Gets A Little Tedious....
Review: ....but just the sight of the gorgeous Nia Vardalos on the big screen is reason enough to own this movie. While it comes across as an extended sitcom and could have easily been shortened by about 35 minutes, this film is a delight and features Michael Constantine in one of the best comedic performances of his career. John Corbett is quietly effective as Ian and seems to have real chemistry with Vardalos, herself a great comedienne. The ethnic bits get a bit tired after the first hour or so, but the love story is genuinely sweet and will make you feel sort of warm and fuzzy inside. A nice getaway from a troubled world.
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