My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Joel Zwick

Writer (WGA):

Nia Vardalos (written by)

Release Date:

2 August 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Love is here to stay... so is her family.

Plot:

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Wedding | College | Love | Teacher

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 16 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

Nia Vardalos	...	Toula Portokalos
Michael Constantine	...	Gus Portokalos
Christina Eleusiniotis	...	Toula Portokalos - Age 6
Kaylee Vieira	...	Schoolgirl
John Kalangis	...	Greek Teacher
Lainie Kazan	...	Maria Portokalos
Marita Zouravlioff	...	Toula Portokalos - Age 12
Sarah Osman	...	Athena Portokalos - Age 15
Petra Wildgoose	...	Car Pool Friend
Melissa Todd	...	Car Pool Friend
Bess Meisler	...	Yiayia
Andrea Martin	...	Aunt Voula
Louis Mandylor	...	Nick Portokalos
Gerry Mendicino	...	Uncle Taki
Stavroula Logothettis	...	Athena

Also Known As:

Le mariage grec (Canada: French title) (TV title)
Mariage à la grecque (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for sensuality and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Greek

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:PG (TV rating) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:o.Al. (w) | Italy:T | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #38179) | Ireland:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

The band at the wedding reception plays a brief segment of the song "All My Only Dreams" from another Tom Hanks/Playtone production, That Thing You Do! (1996).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Toula's parents and aunt are seated at a booth in Dancing Zorba's, Toula walks up to pour them coffee, but their are no cups present. When the shot goes from Toula back to the table, two cups and saucers are on the table.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gus Portokalos: [to Toula] You better get married soon. You're starting to look... old!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mambo italiano (2003)

Soundtrack:

To Kounoupi

It's my life!!!! Hilarious, but so true!!!!!

My Fiancé is Greek and I am not. This move hit the nail on the head! The whole time I was watching this movie I was thinking this is my life Oh my God this is my life. I think people who gave this move bad reviews just didn't get it, because, they are not around or live inside the world of a Greek family. There are so many similarities to my Fiancés family it's almost creepy. For a crasher course to our wedding I told my whole family to watch this movie before they came. After the wedding was all said and done I had so many people from my side of the family came up to me and tell me your RIGHT! It was just like my Big Fat Greek Wedding!!! Especially since we had almost 700 people at our wedding and all we did all night long is dance in circles!!! It was a lot of fun!

This was the best movie in a long time and no one knows how true this movie really is until they live through it.

Sincerely, AJH