Film Review of My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Year: 2002 Reviewer: Chris Docker
(6/10) Don't be put off by the trailer - this movie is actually quite funny. Funny in a formulaic, TV-sitcom sort of way. It gives us a life-segment of a dowdy 30yr old Greek woman in America who puts on a bit of make-up and attracts a hunky American, makes him ‘Greek' and marries him. End of story. Much of the material is drawn from a one-woman comedy show, which in turn was drawn from her own life experiences. The ‘Greek' gags don't come over well in the trailer perhaps because it is only when we are immersed in the Greekness of the characters, and the stark contrast with American attitudes, that we can see the humour in the situations. The movie has lots of sentimental self-caricature, a big wedding, and all the other elements for a popular Saturday night laugh. Nothing deep, except perhaps that the caricatures give some insight into the large Greek community in many western countries that tends to keep itself to itself and so remain something, sadly, of a mystery to outsiders.
Rating: 7/10
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