My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002 Directed by Joel Zwick
Synopsis
Love is here to stay... so is her family.
A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
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I'm going to take this opportunity to talk about suicide.
I was fucking around on my phone yesterday and came across a picture that Jacob Bannon of Converge had posted on his instagram. It was of a bag of coffee he had purchased from sipofhope.org, and all the proceeds went to HOPE FOR THE DAY (hftd.org), a non-profit out of Chicago that helps kids use music and the arts to keep themselves from committing suicide. See this really appeals to me.
Throughout my life suicide has always been an option that had some sort of appeal to me. There have always been points in my life that seem so overwhelming that the best, simplest solution seems to be for me…
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It's interesting to watch certain films years after they invaded the cultural zeitgeist, removed from the kind of hype and public fervor that surrounded them upon their initial release. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a particularly interesting case, as I never realized just how huge this film became. Not only did the little independent feature from a television director, with no name stars to speak of, end up earning an Oscar nomination for its screenplay and a SAG nomination for its ensemble cast, but it also took in a staggering $368 million worldwide (on a $5 million budget, making it one of the three most profitable films of all time) and received a failed television spin-off sitcom. Somehow the…
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This comedy of opposing cultures enjoyed considerable success at the U.S box office leaving producers Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson hoping for a similar response here in the U.K.
Brought up in Chicago by her traditional Greek family Toula (Nia Vardalos) is expected to honour her heritage by marrying a nice Greek boy and having several nice Greek children. However, much to her father’s despair (Michael Constantine) Toula has reached the age of thirty still single, living at home and working in the family restaurant.
Determined to gain some independence, Toula begins a college computer course and soon transforms herself from a dowdy waitress into an attractive and successful travel agent. It is in this role that she meets…
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Very cute story about love and family. I can relate a little since I come from a very small family and my wife as a huge family that I had to accept along with her. One does not really exclude the other. Like they say in the movie in the end we are all fruits
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Divertido, leve e simples. A história é bonita e passa uma mensagem super positiva, de que todos nós podemos mudar o nosso destino. Enfim uma comédia romântica deliciosa que eu adoro!
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Probably not that bad but I got bored and distracted and ended up only half watching it.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Saw this in the theater. I thought it was very funny. Good date movie.
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Star rating reflects this most recent viewing only. Saw it after a few too many wines at a friend's birthday - so I really bought into the cheesier sentimental moments, and coming from a Greek background there are enough cultural signifiers that ring true for it to be a self-reflexive experience. Having said all that, it was tough to get past all the mullets.
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This modern tragicomedy marks 11 years already. Unforgettable story of one bride and her 99 crazy relatives.
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I'm going to take this opportunity to talk about suicide.
I was fucking around on my phone yesterday and came across a picture that Jacob Bannon of Converge had posted on his instagram. It was of a bag of coffee he had purchased from sipofhope.org, and all the proceeds went to HOPE FOR THE DAY (hftd.org), a non-profit out of Chicago that helps kids use music and the arts to keep themselves from committing suicide. See this really appeals to me.
Throughout my life suicide has always been an option that had some sort of appeal to me. There have always been points in my life that seem so overwhelming that the best, simplest solution seems to be for me…
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Film 32 of The 2013 Project.
Running time: 95 minutes.
It was on television so I watched it. I think I liked this the first time I saw it but I was about 12 back then. Now my brain has grown up and this is really quite cheesy now. Yeah it's charming at times, and there's a few little funny parts every now and again. But that's all really. A few laughs and a little bit of charm but not really my type of film.