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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783122335 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 0783122330 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Release Date: February 11, 2003 Running Time: 95 minutes Sales Rank: 3578 Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: August 02, 2002
Description: Toula Portokalos is a quiet, devoted daughter in a big, hectic, crazy Greek family. Working at her father's restaurant, "Dancing Zorba's," she hides behind a mop of mousy brown hair and thick, impenetrable glasses, keeping her family close and the world at a distance. But one day at the restaurant, she finds herself pouring coffee for a man so strikingly good-looking, that he inspires her to change her life - and the way she sees the world - forever. With a new hairdo, wardrobe, contact lenses, and most important of all, a whole new attitude, Toula steps out into the world a new woman, all ready to meet her man. Ian Miller is tall, handsome, but definitely not Greek. And whether he can handle Toula, her parents, her aunts, uncles, cousins and several centuries of Greek culture remains to be seen. But when you see the world through Toula's eyes, anything is possible!
Amazon.com: It's not surprising that My Big Fat Greek Wedding grew more popular over the course of its theatrical release (whereas most blockbusters open big and then drop precipitously)--not only does it have believable situations and engaging characters, but these characters (particularly our romantic heroine, Toula, played by writer and performer Nia Vardalos) look like actual human beings instead of plastic movie stars. The result is the very accessible tale of Greek-American Toula (whose family sees her as over the hill at 30), who falls for a WASPy guy named Ian (John Corbett) and then has to endure the outrage, doubt, and ultimate acceptance of her deeply ethnically centered family. The actors invest their wildly stereotypical portrayals with sincerity and compassion, giving the movie an honest warmth instead of Hollywood schmaltz. But My Big Fat Greek Wedding ultimately succeeds because of Vardalos; her intelligent, down-to-earth presence and charm carry the film. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - OOPA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work in a Greek restaurant owned by a first generation Greek family, and I watched this movie after my boss recommended it to me. Now, normally I am not a woman that is into "chick flicks", but this movie was great!
Some of the things that had me laughing the hardest, was how many of the Greek stereotypes that ARE actually true! I laughed out loud when I realized that Toula's father was named Gus, and his brother was named George...and half of the males in Toula's family were named Nick! It just so happens that my boss is named Gus, his brother is George, and my boss's youngest son is ... Read More
Rating: - One of those films that rarely comes along
I fell quickly in love with this movie the first time I ever saw it. A small-budget independent movie that earned all of its rage. And for a film with such a simple storyline? Amazing. But I agree with it all, for this is one of those charmers that comes along once in a blue moon.
It is a familiar story indeed, nothing original there. But, like so many other great films, it is the way it is done that earns the praise. This is the sweet story of an ugly duckling who finally grows into herself and finds Prince Charming... within the first fifteen minutes of the film, leaving the rest ... Read More
Rating: - PLEASE READ THIS, WHETHER YOU THINK YOU ARE PRO THIS MOVIE OR CON
I represent The Council of Greek Americans, a group of Greek professionals from North America. Many of our members were born and raised in Greece. We decided that here is a good place to start to spread our unique message, not only about this movie, but about the Greeks in general. Our message is the following: This movie is actually totally false in its portrayal of the Greeks, and actually Greeks have been greatly misrepresented in many works (movies, TV shows, books, etc.) for about 50 years now. Thus the Greeks have a major problem right now. So why doesn't the general public know about this? ... Read More
Rating: - Transformation and Inspiration with Laughs
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is so much more than a romantic comedy... it is a laugh-out-loud story of a woman changing everything about herself--from ugly duckling to swan... BUT unlike the ugly duckling, genetics aren't doing the work for her. She chooses and goes after a new life, something millions of us can relate to, at least in our desire to change. First she changes her mindset, then her appearance... and then her confidence grows to the point where she's genuinely an attractive person to be around.
There are movies where the hero is always great (Rob Roy), there are movies where the hero ... Read More
Rating: - A Big Fat Overrated Piece of Fluff
I just don't understand it. Why was this, a film about a mousy 30-something Greek woman getting a Pygmalion makeover and finding the man of her dreams, then going through the cacophony of planning a wedding with her colossal nuclear family, such a critical and box-office masterstroke? Why was a script written by the film's star, lacking in plot and containing banal dialogue, hailed as one of the better comedies of 2002? Why does everyone think that this movie is so great?
I'll tell you why - HYPE. Movies like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" have lived off this wondrous distortion of facts ... Read More
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