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2 de ago. de 2002 · My Big Fat Greek Wedding: Directed by Joel Zwick. With Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, Christina Eleusiniotis, Kaylee Vieira. 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Joel Zwick
- 2002-08-02
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Thirty-year-old Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos is a member of a large, loud, intrusive Greek family that only wants her to get married and have children. Frumpy and meek, she works in her family's Chicagorestaurant, "Dancing Zorba's", but longs to do something more with her life. While working one day, a school teacher named Ian Miller comes into the r...
Development
My Big Fat Greek Wedding started as a one-woman 45-minute monologue workshop, written by, and starring Vardalos, first developed in the HBO Workshop, then tested in Chicago, Toronto and Europe, later performed at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Los Angeles in August 1997. moving to ACME Comedy Theatre, still as a workshop. The one-woman 45-minute monologue workshop was based on Vardalos's own family in Winnipeg in Canada and on her experience marrying a non-Greek man (actor Ian Gomez). The on...
Filming
Despite being based on life in the Greek community of Winnipeg, the film was set in Chicago and shot in both Toronto and Chicago. Toronto Metropolitan University and the Greektown neighborhood are featured prominently in the film. The home used to depict Gus and Maria Portokalos's residence (as well as the home bought next door at the end of the film for Toula and Ian) is located on Glenwood Crescent just off O'Connor Drive in the Toronto suburb of East York. The real home representing the Po...
After a February 2002 premiere, it was initially released in the United States via a limited release on April 19, 2002, before receiving a wider release worldwide over the summer, including a wide releasein the United States on August 2.
Box office
My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a sleeper hit and grew steadily from its limited release. Despite never hitting the number one spot for a box office weekend and being an independent film with a $5 million budget, it ultimately grossed over $368.7 million worldwide, becoming one of the top romantic films of the 21st century. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2002 in the United States and Canada, with USD$241,438,208, and the highest-grossing romantic comedy domestically in history. Dom...
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 76% of 130 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Though it sometimes feels like a television sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is good-hearted, lovable, and delightfully eccentric, with a sharp script and lead performance from Nia Vardalos." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable" review...
Accolades
1. 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10: 1.1. Nominated Romantic Comedy Film
The cast (with the exception of Vardalos, who had a separate deal), as well as Hanks' production company, Playtone, later sued the studio for their part of the profits. They charged that Gold Circle Films was engaging in so-called "Hollywood accounting" practices, as the studio claimed the film lost $20 million despite its final gross.
Television series
The film inspired the brief 2003 TV series My Big Fat Greek Life, with most of the major characters played by the same actors, with the exception of Steven Eckholdt replacing Corbett as the husband. Corbett had already signed on to the TV series Lucky. He was scheduled to appear as the best friend of his replacement's character, but the show was cancelled before he appeared. The show received poor reviews from critics noting the random character entrances and serious plot "adjustments" that d...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding at IMDbMy Big Fat Greek Wedding at AllMovieMy Big Fat Greek Wedding at MetacriticMy Big Fat Greek Wedding at Box Office MojoO filme My Big Fat Greek Wedding conta a história de Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos). Toula tem 30 anos, é grega e trabalha em Chicago, no restaurante da família (o '"Dancing Zorba"). Tudo o que o seu pai deseja é que ela arranje um bom marido grego, mas Toula quer algo mais na vida.
Direção: Joel Zwick. |. Roteiro Nia Vardalos. Elenco: Nia Vardalos , John Corbett , Michael Constantine. Título original My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Usuários. 3,8 287 notas, 10 críticas....
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- 8 de novembro de 2002
- Joel Zwick
- 95
Everyone in the Portokalos family worries about Toula (Nia Vardalos). Still unmarried at 30 years old, she works at Dancing Zorba's, the Greek restaurant owned by her parents, Gus (Michael ...
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- Joel Zwick
- PG
- Nia Vardalos
In this romantic comedy, a single Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek man, which is a problem for members of her strict family. Watch trailers & learn more.
Summaries. 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. Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek American, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago.
