My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Review by Clint Morris
 Everyone’s
had a run-in with a girlfriend or boyfriend’s parent.
You’re either not good enough for their son/daughter,
don’t have a stable enough job, fat-enough bank account
or belong to a different religion.
In Joel Swick’s madcap comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding,
you too will realise you’ve had it pretty good when compared
to the young man in this film, who suddenly has to deal with
his Greek girlfriend’s boisterous, ultimately extremely
disapproving family of thousands.
Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) hasn’t got much of a
purpose in life. Most of it’s dictated by her Greek heritage,
which has decided her only purpose in life will be to marry
a nice Greek man and bear his many children.
Infuriated that her father won’t let her be her own
person, and sick to death of working in the family restaurant,
Toula breaks free, ditching her frumpy wardrobe, replacing
her glasses with contact lenses and scoring herself a more
rewarding job.
But it seems that is only the beginning of a series of shocks
for her family...
Ian Miller (John Corbett) is as non-Greek as they come. After
walking past Toula’s work, admiring her from a far, he
finally decides to walk into the shop and ask her out. Toula
reluctantly agrees, but knowing very well her family is going
to be up in arms over her decision to date someone American.
As embellished and uproarious as Zwick’s film is, My
Big Fat Greek Wedding is also a great excuse to check
out the beliefs and diversity of different nationalities.
When Ian and Toula announce their engagement, the hilarity
really kicks in as Toula’s family, in particular her
dominating father, Gus (Michael Constantine), struggle to
cope with the new foreigner in the family.
And, as much as Ian tries to fit into the clique, he constantly
has to get his head around some wild beliefs and habitual
zany Greek behaviour.
Featuring a stupendous line-up of players – including
Australia’s Gia Carides and Louis Mandylor – My
Big Fat Greek Wedding is a spot-on re-creation of opposites
attracting, whilst serving up some of the funniest moments
the screen has seen In a long time.
4 out of 5
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Australian release: Thursday October 24
Cast: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine,
Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Joey Fatone, Bruce Gray.
Director: Joel Zwick.
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