Product Information
A young Greek woman defies her family and falls in love with a non-Greek. Her boyfriend has to accept her Greek family, her father has to accept him and she has to accept herself.Product Identifiers
ProducerTom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Rita Wilson
EAN5017239191787
eBay Product ID (ePID)3953860
Product Key Features
ActorLainie Kazan, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Nia Vardalos
Film/TV TitleMy Big Fat Greek Wedding
DirectorJoel Zwick
LanguageEnglish
Run Time95 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
FeaturesTrailer\Cast And Filmmaker Feature Commentary\Soundbites\Cast Biographies\Production Notes\Greek School Trivia Track, Widescreen, Closed Caption
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificatePG
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerAlexander Djanko, Chris Wilson
Executive ProducerPaul Brooks, Norm Waitt, Steve Sharsian
Additional InformationToula 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.<BR><BR>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 phoney 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.
ReviewsHollywood Reporter - ...Agreeable....It has a good-natured personality..., Chicago Sun-Times - ...[A] warm-hearted slice of life..., Box Office - ...The film offers some sweet and silly moments....Heartwarming..., Rolling Stone - ...Heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake. It's a keeper..., Total Film - ...Engaging and perky....An enjoyable prattle of the sexes...
ScreenwriterNia Vardalos
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Movie/TV TitleMy Big Fat Greek Wedding
Director of PhotographyJeffre Juhr
Consumer AdviceContains mild language and sex references.