It is worth watching any hindi Wedding Movie than this movie. As in any other comedy, My Big Fat Greek Wedding depicts many stereotypes. In this case, they are depicted of a Greek family living in America. What makes this movie unique, though, is that it doesn’t revolve around good-looking characters nor does it involve the Hollywood romance story, all which we have seen too often with Julia Roberts in.
The movie is about Toula(Nia Vardalos), a 30-year-old woman who seemingly can’t get a boyfriend. Her family has all given up hope on her of ever getting a significant other. She works at the family’s restaurant (Dancing Zorbas) as a waitress, because she has no purpose in life but to do such things. In walks Ian Miller(John Corbett), a guy who Toula gets an instant sense of ’’love at first sight’’ feelings in her.
The story focuses on the fact that Toula loves this new guy in her life and the fact that her dad has expectations of the ’’Greek’’ guy that she should marry. There is some kind of warmth in this movie which you feel when you watch it. The jokes are always fresh, though some are recycled and thrown at you later on in the film.
As the title of the movie says it, this movie involves enormous feasts, wedding receptions, and families. What makes this movie a success is the fact that there is tension not on the lover’s part, but on the part of both sides of the two families. One has an obvious Greek tradition, and the other is the typical Caucasian family in the United States. But, like other romances, bonds are formed, and love surpasses all.
There are points in the movie which are unbelievably funny such as how Toula’s father, Gus uses Windex to solve all his problems. Gus also thinks that all words are derived from Greek, as in the scene where he tries to explain that the Japanese word ’’Kimono’’ came from the Greek word ’’Kimona’’. This is funnier than most romantic comedies out there, but with the warmth of a real-life love story.