| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is a somewhat dowdy young Greek girl
who yearns to break the mold. Instead of listening to her father who
simply wants her to get married another Greek person and have kids,
she goes to school and learns to be independent...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Michael J. Gold (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Toula Portokalos: Nia Vardalos
Ian Miller: John Corbett
Gus Portokalos: Michael Constantine
Maria Portokalos: Lainie Kazan
Aunt Voula: Andrea Martin
Nick Portokalos: Louis Mandylor
Nikki: Gia Carides
Angelo: Joey Fatone
Harriet Miller: Fiona Reid...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 4/10) |
| PLOT:
A nerdie Greek girl with an overbearing family changes her look and attitude one
day, and soon thereafter, finds a guy with whom she falls in love. The problem?
He's not Greek and the girl's family has an issue with her marrying outside of
their...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B+) |
| When the doting members of Toula's large family
want to exclaim their exuberance, they yell
"Oh-Pah!" When her best friends see that she has
met Mr. Right, they yell "Oh-Pah!" When those
that never thought Toula would get married
finally sees her wed,...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Ronald O. Christian (Rating: 4/5) |
| It's surprisingly good. The best way to describe it is a Greek
version of "Tony and Tina's Wedding". It's not a farce, but is
genuinely funny. It's kid friendly (I can't remember hearing a single
word you couldn't say in church) and has no nudity, no...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B) |
| Just for kicks and giggles, consult your inner David Lynch for a moment (your
brains are tired after the senselessness of summer, after all), and piece
yourself into the following conglomeration of different times and events.
It's a scorching July...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4) |
| Directed by Joel Zwick. Screenplay by Nia Vardalos. Starring Vardalos,
John Corbett, Michael Constantine. Running time: 95 minutes. Rated G by
the MFCB. Reviewed on September 12th, 2002. more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
| MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Nia Vardalos,
John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Louis
Mandylor, Joey Fatone, Fiona Reed and Bruce Gray. Written by Nia
Vardalos. Directed by Joel Zwick. Rated PG....more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: D+) |
| "Here, put some Windex on it."
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is an embarrassment, a film so humiliating for
everyone involved, it is shocking that protesters haven't come out of the
woodwork to scream bloody murder about the way people of Greek descent...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Karina Montgomery |
| If you have not heard of this little art house gem, by all means let
me rectify that situation now. I had heard "oh it's so great" about
a million times but somehow was never sucked in. Perhaps it's
because it is so hard to see previews for art...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (director: Joel Zwick; screenwriter: Nia Vardalos;
cinematographer: Jeff Jur; editor: Mia Goldman; music: Xandy Janko; cast: Nia
Vardalos (Toula Portokalos), John Corbett (Ian Miller), Michael Constantine (Gus
Portokalos),...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002)
Rated PG; running time 95 minutes
Studio: IFC Films
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://movies.yahoo.com/greekwedding/
IMDB site:...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Chicago's "Second City" alumna Nia Vardalos has adapted her critically
acclaimed, autobiographical, one-woman show into a human comedy that strikes a
universal chord. As the story begins, Vardalos plays Toula, a frumpy 30 year-old
virgin, working in her...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Athan Bezaitis (Rating: 4/5) |
| It's well known that Greeks are ethnocentric. Most of their men will probably
brag within the first five minutes of being introduced that they are Greek -- as
if you couldn’t already tell from the greased hair, thick sideburns, leather
jacket, cross...more |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| "My family is big and loud, but they're my family, and they'll always be there,"
Toula Portokalos concludes with pride in Joel Zwick's MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING.
And so is the movie, a sweetheart of a film that is something like a Greek
MOONSTRUCK. The...more |
