Review of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) by John M — 04 Jan 2010
You may be thinking, 'Four stars for that load of old tosh?', but wait, think about it.
This did a good bit of business in the US and the UK, and there's a reason for that. It's funny. Nia Vardalos has comic timing and charisma by the truckload and John Corbett is extremely good, too.
Sure, there are some over-used gags in this. but every family has those. If dads swear by something, like the healing qualities of Windex, they will bore us rigid, extolling its virtues 'til the cows come home, and whatever it is that dad swears by, will become the subject of running gags and family in-jokes.
But I will say one negative thing, which is why I've only given the four stars and not five. Some of the characters - Rodney and Harriet, Ian's parents, for example - are a little two-dimensional and charicaturish. You get the feeling that such charicatures are there, merely to be laughed at.
That said, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a big, fat, bright ray of sunshine. Charm just oozes from the screen. It is as lovely as a big, fat slab of wedding cake.
This review of My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) was written by John M on 04 Jan 2010.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding has generally received positive reviews.
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