Pepperkat, the Mrs., and I went to see My Big Fat Greek Wedding last night. Very funny. Very cute. Not much for the brain to do, but not entirely vapid. It’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it…wait…wrong review…um, no, actually that works here too. It just takes the concept that we all are embarrassed by/are stuck with our families and blows it up to ludicrous proportions.
Nia Vardalos is perfectly suited to the role of the “why aren’t you married to a nice Greek boy?” daughter, and her chemistry with ex-Northern Exposure star John Corbett is good.
But the real stars are the family members: Michael Constantine as the suffering head of the house, Lainie Kazan as the “eat something, you’ll feel better” mama, SCTV’s Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula, Louis Mandylor as the annoying brother, ‘NSync’s Joey Fatone and Gia Carides as the annoying cousins….and, of course, Bess Meisler as the crazy grandmother.
The fact that they are Greek is irrelevant. This family could just as easily be Jewish, Polish, Italian, Japanese or whatever yours is.
Highly recommended as a funny movie that shouldn’t hurt anyone’s feelings (unless you’re an easily offended Greek with no sense of humor).
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Northern Exposure, that’s where I had seen that guy before! Thank you!
I did enjoy the movie myself, too. That could have been my big, fat Catholic wedding up there on the screen.
I went to see this for lunch on Thursday (shh! Don’t tell the boss!) and I LOVED IT! It made me laugh, it made me smile, it made me say “Ooompah!”