My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

  • 76% of critics liked it
    (129 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (700,474 ratings)

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… More

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PG, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
Joel Zwick
Written By
Nia Vardalos
Genres
Comedy, Romance
In Theaters
Apr 19, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Feb 11, 2003
IFC Films

Critic Reviews

  • Joshua Rothkopf, Chicago Reader

    Second City alum Nia Vardalos stars in this ethnic comedy, which she also wrote -- an ambitious way to break into a leading role; too bad the results are insubstantial.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    You don't have to be Greek to enjoy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and that's precisely the point of it.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a very slim movie that succeeds on its own modest terms without pretense or apology. No wonder it's easy to like.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    The movie is consistently funny without ever going over the top -- a rarity in movies.

  • Loren King, Chicago Tribune

    The reliability of the genre doesn't excuse predictable jokes, pat fiascoes and so many stereotypes that one is tempted to alert the Greek anti-defamation league.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alexander D


    If you've seen a wedding movie, regardless of whether it is a comedy, a drama, or something else, you've seen MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. I could give away the ending, to refresh the memories of those who saw it when it came out ten years ago, but it's so predictable;… More

  • Bethany M


    Really funny!

  • Unknown H


    As a Greek person this movie was only partially accurate and therefore irritates me.

  • Cassie H


    An adorable romantic comedy starring Nia Vardalos & John Corbett about a 30 year old woman that helps her family run their family restaurant, Dancing Zorba's. Toula (Vardalos) is expected to get married to a greek man & run the restaurant until she dies. Then one day she… More

  • erika b


    did not understand it

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