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My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Released By: HBO Video   Rating: PG   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: HBO Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joel Zwick
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: 2/11/2003
Cast: Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Nia Vardalos, Joey Fantone
Published ID: 670391
UPC: 026359199325, 026359211829,
Plot: 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 old country. Toula isn't interested in leaving the country to find a man, but since she works in the family business -- a Greek restaurant in Chicago called Dancing Zorba's -- she has to hear about it whether she likes it or not. One day, after seeing a handsome stranger in the restaurant and not having the courage to talk to him, Toula decides she needs a bit of self-improvement. Despite her dad's misgivings, Toula signs up for a night-school class studying computers, trades in her glasses for contact lenses, gets a different job at a travel agency, and spruces herself up with a new look and a new attitude. To her very pleasant surprise, she once again encounters the handsome stranger, who soon asks her out on a date. Schoolteacher Ian Miller (John Corbett) is seemingly perfect -- he's tall, handsome, smart, good-natured, and soon in love with Toula -- except for two little things: he's not Greek, and he's a vegetarian, both of which horrify Toula's family. When Ian pops the question (and Toula says yes), the bride-to-be has to negotiate a reasonably peaceful meeting between Ian's upper-class parents and her own working-class extended family. There's also the matter of the wedding, which Toula's mother is planning around the notion that quantity IS quality. My Big Fat Greek Wedding also features Ian Gomez (Vardalos' real-life husband), Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone (from the pop group *NSYNC). Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson helped produce the film through the auspices of their production company, Playtone. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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One Of My Favorite Wedding Movies!
Added 7/14/2009
This movie reminds me so much of my family that at so many points in the movie I was laughing knowing that my family is the same way. Yes this movie is not only about a wedding but finding love and in the mean time trying to please the family. I love John Corbett character he is down to earth and willing to do whatever he must not to lose his love, & Nia Vardalos transformation from the beginning of the movie till she finally discovers herself is something I enjoy, and of course the two of them together are great. Watch this movie and see for yourself I'm sure you can see your family in it at one point or another.
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Film Impervious To Criticism
Added 7/11/2009
This is a film that occupies the rarified air of being hard to dislike. Comic ground isn't broke here but writer-star Nia Vardalos is such an engaging personality that you tend to overlook that. Explain, however, the phenomenon that this movie was in 2002. I was dating a Cuban lady that summer and she related to film because of it's portrayal of a tight-knit ethnic family. At the time I didn't really understand. Since then I've married into a tight-knit Polish American family and after many plates of kielbasi, pierogies, and gallons of borscht I get it. All I have to say is that Ian (John Corbett) is one patient dude.
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What a delight!!!
Added 6/26/2009
This was such a surprise!!! Enjoyable and believable, this is a film that can be enjoyed by everyone of any age.
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FOR GREEKS AND NON GREEKS !
Added 6/24/2009
I HAVE GREEK FRIENDS THAT TOLD ME THAT THIS MOVIE IS REALLY LIKE THE GREEK FAMILY LIVING IN THE US REALITY! IT IS VERY FUNNY !
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Excellent!
Added 6/11/2009
Super fast shipping! No problems! Item came in less than a week! Very happy with purchase! Item was brand new and in great condition.
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One Of My Favorite Wedding Movies!
Added 7/14/2009
This movie reminds me so much of my family that at so many points in the movie I was laughing knowing that my family is the same way. Yes this movie is not only about a wedding but finding love and in the mean time trying to please the family. I love John Corbett character he is down to earth and willing to do whatever he must not to lose his love, & Nia Vardalos transformation from the beginning of the movie till she finally discovers herself is something I enjoy, and of course the two of them together are great. Watch this movie and see for yourself I'm sure you can see your family in it at one point or another.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Film Impervious To Criticism
Added 7/11/2009
This is a film that occupies the rarified air of being hard to dislike. Comic ground isn't broke here but writer-star Nia Vardalos is such an engaging personality that you tend to overlook that. Explain, however, the phenomenon that this movie was in 2002. I was dating a Cuban lady that summer and she related to film because of it's portrayal of a tight-knit ethnic family. At the time I didn't really understand. Since then I've married into a tight-knit Polish American family and after many plates of kielbasi, pierogies, and gallons of borscht I get it. All I have to say is that Ian (John Corbett) is one patient dude.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
What a delight!!!
Added 6/26/2009
This was such a surprise!!! Enjoyable and believable, this is a film that can be enjoyed by everyone of any age.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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