My
Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
7/10
Starring
Nia
Vardalos
John
Corbett
Lainie
Kazan
Michael
Constantine
Directed
by Joel Zwick
Nia
Vardalos wrote a masterpiece of a screenplay and when the movie was
made with her starring in it, she nor the studio could believe the
movie would be a sleeper box office hit. I mean, the budget was just
$5 million and the take home was over $360 million.
It
set box office records during its release, and the film at the 75th
Academy Awards, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original
Screenplay. Not only that it was a great production and was well
received by all.
This
romantic dramedy starts with us getting some depth into our lead,
Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos (Nia Vardalos). She is from a
traditional fanatic Greek family, who follow some kind of rules in
their little family. They all work for each other, the ladies get
married to Greek men and have many kids.
She
was different, Toula wanted something more in life and that made it
difficult for her to get in line with the way of the family. She was
a source of worry to her family and to herself. One day a man walked
into the family owned restaurant for a meal and Toula was head over
heels hooked on him.
This
was a man she could like she hoped. Things didn’t kick off there as
Toula decided to get a new job away from the restaurant with the help
of her mum and aunt. She was working at her aunt’s travel agency
and there she runs into the man again. Long story short, they fell in
love and wanted to get married. Problem is, that is against the
family tradition and she is now stuck with her father wanting her to
do what he believes is the right thing and find a Greek man or stick
it out with her choice.
Now
do not get lost thinking this was some kind of romantic driven
chick-flick, the comedy and fun is how things turned out great and
the wedding that followed.
In
the end the movie was just an amazing romantic comedy that deserved
all the praises that it got. I do not know why this was done, but a
second part called, My
Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 was done and released fourteen years
after the first film. It was neither a critical or commercial success
as the first film even though it was written by Vardalos and starred
practically the same cast. The whole spirit of the first film was
missing in this
sequel.
Here
is a movie that is fun to watch after you give it some gap. The movie
is interesting, engaging and please oh please skip the
second part, it was not worth seeing in the end.
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