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Movie
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-Nia
Vardalos
-John
Corbett
Toula
Portakalos
(Nia
Vardalos)
feels
trapped
in
her
large
Greek
family,
where
women
are
expected
to
do
only
three
things:
"marry
Greek
men,
have
Greek
babies,
and
feed
everyone
until
the
day
they
die."
Rebelling
against
this
fate,
Toula
quits
the
family
restaurant,
goes
to
college,
fixes
her
hair,
and
falls
in
love
with
Ian
(John
Corbett),
a
guy
who
is
way-too-good-to-be-true,
and
not
Greek.
This
horrifies
Toula's
Greek
culture-crazed
father
(Michael
Constantine)
and
sets
off
a
major
culture
clash
between
her
loud,
eccentric
family
(whose
activities
include
roasting
whole
lambs
on
the
front-yard
barbecue
spit)
and
Ian's
subdued,
overcivilized
Anglo-Saxon
parents.
Based
on
Vardalos'
own
autobiographical
one-woman
play,
MY
BIG
FAT
GREEK
WEDDING
is
that
rare
romantic
comedy
that
has
the
courage
to
trust
its
simple,
human
story
and
not
resort
to
overwrought
Hollywood
sentimentality
and
phony
glamour
(all
the
characters
in
the
film
look
and
act
like
real
people).
It's
also
filled
with
big,
fat,
crowd-pleasing
laughs,
making
it a
wedding
most
worth
attending.
Co-produced
by
Tom
Hanks,
the
movie
is
set
in
Chicago,
but
was
filmed
in
Toronto.
The
spirited
cast
includes
Lainie
Kazan
and
Andrea
Martin
(of
SCTV
fame)
as
Toula's
mom
and
aunt.
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