My Big Fat Greek Wedding (Film) - TV Tropes My Big Fat Greek Wedding You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share Film / My Big Fat Greek Wedding × WMG My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos, directed by Joel Zwick and produced by Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. It is based on Vardalos' one woman show and at the 76th Academy Awards , it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Toula Portokalos is a single, voluptuous thirty-year-old Greek-American woman living with her parents and brother in a close-knit Chicago Greek community and working in the family's Greek restaurant. They even have a Greek statue in their front lawn and proudly painted the Greek flag on their garage door. Deciding to invigorate her life, she breaks out on her own to go to college and start working at a travel agency. She also gets a makeover, taming her wild hair and getting contacts . In this new lifestyle she meets the handsome, charming but non-Greek Ian Miller. They fall for each other and decide to get married.

Her dad does not approve; how could she possibly marry a non-Greek? Nevertheless, things get sorted out and a huge and very Greek wedding is planned... Hilarity Ensues . Noted for being the highest-grossing film to never have a #1 weekend at the box office, the film slowly propelled past $200 million domestically thanks to strong word-of-mouth and gross holding that slowly led to wider releases. It is commonly praised for its sharp indie-film dialogue, and for avoiding many of the pitfalls that plague other romantic comedies like Hollywood Homely (Nia Vardalos is attractive but not the typical bombshell, giving her makeover more plot relevance than others) and the "teary-eyed breakup due to a misunderstanding." It was followed up by an oft-forgotten TV sitcom , My Big Fat Greek Life, which was met with tepid reviews and only lasted a season. A sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, was released on March 2016 and focuses on the wedding of Gus and Maria who find out they were never legally married. Provides examples of: An Aesop : Accept yourself and others. Babies Ever After : Toula ends up having a child at the end.

Bad "Bad Acting" "Oh. Woe to me. Business is bad." Batman Gambit : Toula and her mother manage to convince her father that her getting a job is his own idea. Beautiful All Along : Toula turns out to be quite good looking when she puts some effort into her appearance. Bilingual Backfire : In the sequel, after Nick mildly insults Ian in Greek, he's stunned when Ian responds in Greek as well. Bilingual Bonus : In all its regal (and, as "I have three testicles" indicates, not-so-regal) splendor. Black Sheep : Toula, who isn't very into her Greek ancestry and sees it more as a burden than something to celebrate. A late scene shows that her brother Nick has some similar thoughts, but he's not as vocal about it. Chekhov's Skill : Gus's ability to turn any word, regardless of whether it has a Greek origin or not, into a Greek word sort of pays off, when he realizes the surname "Miller" sounds quite a bit like the Greek word for apple, milo, whereas their last name, Portokali means orange. In other words, while they are distinctly different, they're all still fruits.

It's his absurd and rather charming way of bridging the gap between cultures and coming to terms with the fact that his daughter is marrying a xeno, and that his future son-in-law is actually a pretty good guy. Close-Knit Community : Toula's extended family all know each other's business and are very close. Closer to Earth : Toula's mother, compared with her father. When Toula announces she's getting married, her father has a Heroic B.S.O.D. while her mother tries to convince him nothing's wrong with it. Chicago : The setting, albeit not the sets (see California Doubling ). Converting for Love : Ian, to Greek Orthodoxy. Since Toula's Church isn't used to adults converting, he is baptised in a kiddie-pool. Cultural Posturing : There is nothing that Mr. Portokalos can't trace back to Greece. Even kimonos . Distracted by the Sexy : Toula, when she first sees Ian. Later Ian when he sees Toula in the tour office, leads to a brutal beatdown by an old lady. Engagement Challenge : Resulting in Converting for Love , as it's the only way Toula's father will consent.

Fairytale Wedding Dress : Toula's dress, even though with the veil it looks overdone. Fourth Date Marriage : We're given a short dating montage before Ian and Toula decide to get engaged. It's a little unclear exactly how much time passes. From the Latin "Intro Ducere" : The father frequently claims that he can show the Greek root of any word. He makes it up as he goes. Funny Foreigner : Toula's family is extremely Greek, which is played for all the laughs it can get. Fun with Foreign Languages : Toula's brother and cousins have fun giving Ian the wrong Greek phrases. Genre Savvy : Maria Portokalos knows her kids quite well and sees how things are unfolding well ahead of everyone else. In a comedic example, when Nick tricks Ian with a Trolling Translator moment, she immediately gives Nick a Dope Slap , even though she didn't know that Nick told Ian to say what he said. Glad You Thought of It : The best way to get Gus' consent is to let him think it was his idea. The Glasses Gotta Go : Part of Toula's makeover involves ditching her glasses for contacts.

Greasy Spoon : The Portokalos establishment is an excellent example of a Greek-American diner in the city. Toula's parents. Probably Ian's parents. And Ian and Toula, as shown in the Distant Finale . Hilarity Ensues : Every time Ian's family tries to interact with Toula's. If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... : "I'll kill you and Make It Look Like an Accident ." Toula's male relatives are probably just messing around with Ian. Probably. Impossibly Tacky Clothes : Toula's reaction to her giant-white-cupcake of a wedding dress. "I'm a snow beast!" And the bridesmaids' dresses are even worse. Lucky Charms Title : My Big Fat Grssk Wedding?* G-R-Sigma-Sigma-K Meaningful Name : Portokali (πορτοκάλι) is Greek for "orange." Toula's father makes an Incredibly Lame Pun on the resemblance of Ian's name (Miller) to the Greek word for apple (μήλο, milo). Get it? Never Mess with Granny : The ouzo-guzzling grandmother is somewhere between this and Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!

. On the night before Toula's wedding she gives Toula her wedding garlands and shows her some other keepsakes and photos, whereupon we learn that I Was Quite a Looker . Never Trust a Trailer . One of the trailers for the sequel makes mention of a wedding without saying who it's for, with Paris wearing a white dress to her Prom, many people, without having watched other trailers that made it clear that it was Gus and Maria's wedding, assumed Paris was the one getting married. Not So Different : The entire point of the movie is An Aesop about this, with plenty of opportunity for jokes along the way. Nuclear Family : Greek Americans don't believe in it. At least not the Portokalos. Truth in Television for many immigrants. Odd Name Out : Almost all of the young family members have the name (or variation) of Anita (including Athena and Angelo), Diane or Nick (including Nikki). The outsider? Toula.

"Costas, Nick, Nick, Nick, Costas..." "And I am GUS!" This is pretty much Truth in Television for Greek families, since the eldest boy and girl in each branch of the family are usually named for their grandparents (giving you multiple cousins with the same names), but other children don't fit this pattern so they often have more unique names. Old Maid : Toula is only 30, but her parents seem to think she needs to get married right away. Her father started calling her old at FIFTEEN! This is Exaggerated Truth in Television , as any child of Greek immigrants will tell you. It's a pretty common attitude in the Eastern Mediterranean that any woman over 25 who isn't married is an embarrassment to the family. In the sequel he calls Paris old at seventeen. Aversion: Unlimited Nicks. Very many instances of Nikki. This is partly Truth in Television, as Greek children are traditionally named after their grandparents—and with only four grandparents to go around among the huge number of grandkids, there's going to be some overlap. Obviously it doesn't usually get that bad, but still.

Pursue the Dream Job : Toula, in her early thirties, decides to invigorate her life, going to college and starting to work at a travel agency. Racist Grandma : Toula's grandmother despises Turkish people. To judge from her age, this is probably a result of World War II. Sadly, certain events of that time explain a lot about her attitude. Television airings cut all of her "ugly Turk" dialogue, which makes for some awkward dialogue jumps (like Grandma walking in, almost immediately hitting her son, and Toula's voice-over explaining that they told her the war was over). Rant-Inducing Slight : Toula goes into a long rant about her stifling family environment when her Greek ethnicity is brought up in conversation. Real Men Eat Meat : Ian is a vegetarian and Toula's family is naturally shocked by this. Leads to a funny exchange: "What do you mean, you don't eat no meat? ... That's okay, I make lamb . Running Gag : Gus Portokalos thinks Windex is the solution to everything.

Becomes a bit of a Brick Joke at the end of the film when Ian sprays some on a wedding-day zit and it actually works. Stay in the Kitchen : At the start, Toula's dad believes she should do this. As the film progresses, it appears to be more of "stay in the enclave", and applies to his son as well: Greeks hang out with Greeks, marry Greeks, work at the family business, and so forth. Tactful Translation : Unimpressed with Ian's attempt to wish him a happy Easter ("Cheestro Nasty!"note Meant to be Χριστός ἀνέστη (Christos Anesti meaning " Christ is Risen!

")), Gus mutters in Greek, "My people were writing philosophy when your people were still swinging in trees." At Ian's confused look, Toula says, "He likes you." Trolling Translator : This is Ian's Running Gag ; in one memorable scene, he asks how to say "Dinner's ready!" in Greek, but the phrase he's told actually means "I have three testicles!" In one instance, Nick tricks Ian into telling Toula's mother, "Nice tits." She immediately turns and slaps Nick upside the head . Truth in Television : As any Greek-American who's seen the film will readily tell you, along with pretty much anyone from Southern Europe, especially the Balkans. "Well Done, Son!" Guy : Well, Toula is a woman - but the same concept applies. It's hinted that Toula's brother Nick (who apparently wants to study art) has similar issues. His beautifully designed menus are dismissed with an "enh" by Gus. While Gus seems to have grown on Ian by the end of the movie, in the sequel he makes it pretty clear while he likes Ian he still is disappointed he's not Greek and is already trying to find a Greek husband for his granddaughter, Paris who is 17.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia All The Tropes Wiki My Big Fat Greek Wedding 146,569pages on File:My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002).jpg My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Romantic Comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos, directed by Joel Zwick and produced by Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. It is based on Vardalos' one woman show and at the 76th Academy Awards , it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Toula Portokalos is a single, voluptuous thirty-year-old Greek woman living with her parents and brother in a close-knit Chicago Greek community and working in the family's Greek restaurant. They even have a Greek statue in their front lawn and proudly painted the Greek flag on their garage door. Deciding to invigorate her life, she breaks out on her own to go to college and start working at a travel agency. She also gets a makeover, taming her wild hair and getting contacts . In this new lifestyle she meets the handsome, charming but non-Greek Ian Miller.

They fall for each other and decide to get married. Her dad does not approve; how could she possibly marry a non-Greek? Nevertheless, things get sorted out and a huge and very Greek wedding is planned... Hilarity Ensues . Noted for being the highest-grossing film to never have a #1 weekend at the box office, the film slowly propelled past $200 million domestically thanks to strong word-of-mouth and gross holding that slowly led to wider releases. One of the reasons behind its success is the sharp indie-film dialogue and avoiding many of the pitfalls that plague other romantic comedies like Hollywood Homely (Nia Vardalos is attractive but not the typical bombshell, giving her makeover more plot relevance than others) and the "teary-eyed breakup due to a misunderstanding." Followed up by an unmemorable TV sitcom , My Big Fat Greek Life. Provides examples of: Fake Nationality : Multiple examples. Nia Vardalos is a Greek-Canadian playing a Greek-American. Lainie Kazan is Russian Jewish on her father's side and Turkish Jewish on her mother's side. Michael Constantine was born in the United States to Greek immigrant parents.

Andrea Martin is an Armenian-American; the scene where Rodney & Harriet try to recall the ethnicity of Rodney's secretary, which turns out to be Armenian, may be a reference to this. Joey Fatone is Italian-American. Fridge Brilliance : What's so weird about an adult converting to Greek Orthodoxy? Nothing if you're in Greece or Turkey, but in America people so inclined would be much more likely to become Roman Catholics. You'd be surprised. One Steve Limit : Aversion: Unlimited Nicks. And Nikki. Note that this is partly Truth in Television , as Greek children are traditionally named after their grandparents. Obviously it doesn't usually get that bad, but still. Rant-Inducing Slight : Toula goes into a long rant about her stifling family environment when her Greek ethnicity is brought up in conversation. Real Life Relative : Ian Gomez, Nia's real life husband who was directly involved with the inspiration for the movie, plays a friend of the groom. Leads to an Actor Allusion , as Ian Gomez's character flatly states that there's no way that a gorgeous woman like Toula would even look at a guy like him.

There Are Two Kinds of People in the World : "...Greeks, and everybody else who wish they were Greek." Truth in Television : As any Greek-American who's seen the film will readily tell you. And not only them. Indeed. This movie was a big hit because America is a nation of immigrants meaning that a whole lot of us have wacky ethnic relatives - which ethnicity doesn't really matter because they are ALL like Toula's family, in their own way. "Well Done, Son" Guy : Well, Toula is a female - but the same concept applies. It's hinted that Toula's brother Nick (who apparently wants to study art) has similar issues. What Could Have Been : Tom Hanks helped produce the film but found some difficulty getting it made. The studios liked the idea but wanted to cut the "Big," "Fat," and "Greek" part out and cast someone like Jennifer Lopez in the main role (as a thirty year old woman who has trouble dating, yeah). That's the reason it went indie and turned out the way it did. Toula's House - "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - Movie Locations on Waymarking.com you are not logged in.

[log in] Toula's House - "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - Movie Locations on Waymarking.com Welcome to Waymarking.com! We hope you've been able to find what you are looking for. We would also like to encourage you to take some time to browse some of the other aspects of our site. We recommend viewing our featured waymarks , or perhaps the newest waymarks . You can also create a free membership to track your progress online and share your locations with others. Click here to view the complete waymark directory N 43° 42.150 W 079° 18.863 17T E 635817 N 4840211 Quick Description: Toula's Greek House does actually exist although in a toned down version Location: Ontario, Canada Date Posted: 10/5/2010 7:30:09 PM Waymark Code: WM9WHJ Wikipedia My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 American/Canadian romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick.

At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat). The movie is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class Ian Miller (John Corbett).

In this screen capture Toula's father (Michael Constantine) washes his car in front of the house The house is located on Glenwood just off of O'Connor in Toronto Notice that the garage is on the left side of the house and on the right in real life The window on the right side of the house in the film looks suspiciously like the same size as the present day garage so I am thinking for some reason they wanted the garage on the left in the film so they built a fake garage with the greek flag on it and then disguised the actual garage as a big bay window Cast * Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos * John Corbett as Ian Miller * Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos * Michael Constantine as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos * Ian Gomez as Mike * Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula * Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos * Louis Mandylor as Nick Portokalos * Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki * Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo * Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller * Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller * Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller * Jayne

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White My Big Fat Greek Wedding Rankings & Opinions 35 lists My Big Fat Greek Wedding My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian-American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" Ian Miller. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film becam... My Big Fat Greek Wedding American.Canadian - YouTube My Big Fat Greek Wedding American.Canadian Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 31, 2010 My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 American/Canadian romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick.

At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a sleeper hit, the film grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat) My Big Fat Greek Wedding movie is consistently funny without ever going over the top (except, perhaps, with the bit of physical comedy that accompanies Toula and Ian's meeting at the travel agency) - a rarity in movies. While some of the comedy is more witty than sidesplitting, there are plenty of opportunities for belly laughs. More than one of these relates to Gus' strange belief that any sort of physical infirmity or infection can be cured by a spritz of Windex. Category My Big Fat Greek Wedding - All The Tropes My Big Fat Greek Wedding Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know. All Subpages Create New My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Romantic Comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos, directed by Joel Zwick and produced by Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson.

It is based on Vardalos' one woman show and at the 76th Academy Awards , it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Toula Portokalos is a single, voluptuous thirty-year-old Greek woman living with her parents and brother in a close-knit Chicago Greek community and working in the family's Greek restaurant. They even have a Greek statue in their front lawn and proudly painted the Greek flag on their garage door. Deciding to invigorate her life, she breaks out on her own to go to college and start working at a travel agency. She also gets a makeover, taming her wild hair and getting contacts . In this new lifestyle she meets the handsome, charming but non-Greek Ian Miller. They fall for each other and decide to get married. Her dad does not approve; how could she possibly marry a non-Greek? Nevertheless, things get sorted out and a huge and very Greek wedding is planned... Hilarity Ensues . Noted for being the highest-grossing film to never have a #1 weekend at the box office, the film slowly propelled past $200 million domestically thanks to strong word-of-mouth and gross holding that slowly led to wider releases.

One of the reasons behind its success is the sharp indie-film dialogue and avoiding many of the pitfalls that plague other romantic comedies like Hollywood Homely (Nia Vardalos is attractive but not the typical bombshell, giving her makeover more plot relevance than others) and the "teary-eyed breakup due to a misunderstanding." Followed up by an unmemorable TV sitcom , My Big Fat Greek Life. Tropes used in My Big Fat Greek Wedding include: "Oh. Woe to me. Business is bad." Business is bad?! There Are Two Kinds of People in the World : "...Greeks, and everybody else who wish they were Greek." Truth in Television : As any Greek-American who's seen the film will readily tell you. And not only them. Indeed. This movie was a big hit because America is a nation of immigrants meaning that a whole lot of us have wacky ethnic relatives - which ethnicity doesn't really matter because they are ALL like Toula's family, in their own way. "Well Done, Son" Guy : Well, Toula is a female - but the same concept applies. It's hinted that Toula's brother Nick (who apparently wants to study art) has similar issues.

Holy Trinity Church - "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - Movie Locations on Waymarking.com you are not logged in. [log in] Holy Trinity Church - "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" - Movie Locations on Waymarking.com N 43° 39.433 W 079° 23.638 17T E 629502 N 4835054 Quick Description: The Church was supposed to be Greek but it is actually the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Toronto Location: Ontario, Canada Date Posted: 8/25/2010 1:12:41 AM Waymark Code: WM9J0G Wikipedia My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 American/Canadian romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat).

The movie is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class Ian Miller (John Corbett). In this screen capture the wedding party arrives by limo for the wedding of Fotoula and Ian (Nia Vardalos and John Corbett) The Church was supposed to be Greek in the movie but it is actually the Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church in Toronto Cast * Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos * John Corbett as Ian Miller * Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos * Michael Constantine as Kostas "Gus" Portokalos * Ian Gomez as Mike * Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula * Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos * Louis Mandylor as Nick Portokalos * Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki * Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo * Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller * Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller * Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller * Jayne Eastwood as Mrs.

White My Big Fat Greek Wedding Information My Big Fat Greek Wedding Information My Big Fat Greek Wedding News My Big Fat Greek Wedding Information My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian-American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" Ian Miller. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat). Plot Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is going through an early midlife crisis. At thirty, she is the only woman in her family who has "failed".

Her family expects her to "marry a Greek boy, make Greek babies, and feed everyone until the day she dies." Instead, Toula is stuck working in the family business, a restaurant, "Dancing Zorba's". In contrast to her "perfect" sister, Athena (Stavroula Logothetis), Toula is frumpy and cynical. She fears she's doomed to be stuck with her life as it is. At the restaurant, she briefly sees Ian Miller, a handsome school teacher. This event, combined with an argument with her overly-patriotic father, Gus - who merely wants his daughter to marry and settle down rather than pursue a career - motivates her to begin taking computer classes at a local college. She also gets contact lenses, wears her hair curly, and begins to use makeup. Maria, her mother, and her aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) then contrive a way to get Gus to allow her to work at Voula's travel agency. Toula feels much better in her new job, especially when she notices Ian hanging around looking at her through the window. They finally introduce themselves and begin dating.

Toula keeps the relationship secret from her family until some weeks later when Gus finds out. He throws a fit because Ian is not Greek and orders Toula to end the relationship, but Ian and Toula continue to see each other against Gus's wishes. Ian proposes marriage to her, she accepts. Gus is hurt and infuriated, feeling his daughter has betrayed him, and Ian agrees to be baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church to be worthy of her family. As the year passes, the wedding planning hits snag after snag as Toula's numerous relatives "helpfully" interfere. Her father insists on inviting the entire family, all of their friends and distant relatives to the ceremony, her mother orders the invitations but misspells Ian's mother's name, and Toula's cousin Nikki (Gia Carides) orders tacky bridesmaids' dresses. Toula is horrified to learn that her parents invited the entire family to what was meant to be a "quiet" dinner, and the Millers, not used to such cultural fervor, are overwhelmed. The wedding day dawns with liveliness and hysteria, but the traditional wedding itself goes without a hitch.

Gus gives a speech accepting Ian and the Millers as family and buys the newlyweds a house right next door to him. An epilogue shows the new couple's life six years later in which they have a daughter, Paris, whom they raise in the Greek style, but Toula tells her she can marry anyone she wants when she grows up after she says she wants to go to Brownies instead of Greek school. Cast Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller Jayne Eastwood as Mrs. White Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller Location and release dates The film was set in Chicago, and shot in both Toronto and Chicago. Toronto's Ryerson University and Greektown neighborhood feature prominently in the film. Despite its writer being from Winnipeg, and the use of Toronto for location shots, the film was set in Chicago. Walking tours of Greektown on Danforth Avenue point out scene locations. The home used to depict Gus and Maria Portokalos' 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 East York.

The real home representing the Portokalos' residence actually has most of the external ornamentation that was shown in the film. Also, some minor parts of the movie were shot in Jarvis High School in Toronto. After a February 2002 premiere, it was initially released in the United States on April 19, 2002. That summer it opened in Iceland, Israel, Greece, and Canada. The following fall and winter it opened in Turkey, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Norway, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, the Philippines, Egypt, Peru, Sweden, Mexico, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Switzerland (German speaking region), France, Poland, Kuwait, Estonia, and Lithuania. It was finally released in South Korea in March 2003, and Japan in July 2003. Reception and performance My Big Fat Greek Wedding became a sleeper hit and grew steadily from its limited release.

Despite never hitting the number one spot 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 according to Echo Bridge Entertainment. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of 2002 in the United States, with USD$241,438,208, and the highest-grossing romantic comedy in history. Domestically, it is also the highest-grossing film never having been number one on the weekly North American box office charts. The film is among the most profitable of all time, with a 6150% return on an (inflation adjusted) cost of $6 million to produce. In 2012, they have released a 10th Anniversary Edition. The edition includes a DVD version and a Digital Copy of the movie and features deleted scenes as well as a 30-minute retrospective with Vardalos and co-star John Corbett . Despite being hugely successful for an independent film, according to the studio, the film lost money.

Accordingly, the cast (with the exception of Nia Vardalos who had a separate deal) sued the studio for their part of the profits. The original producers of the film have sued Gold Circle Films due to Hollywood accounting practices because the studio has claimed the film lost $20 million. The movie received generally positive reviews. Martin Grove of Hollywood Reporter wrote, " Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson [...] found Wedding when it was a one-woman Nia Vardalos play in L.A. and believed in it so much that they got it made as a movie". Based on 121 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 76%, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus was, "Though it sometimes feels like a television sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is good-hearted and lovable." By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 62, based on 29 reviews, which is considered to be "Generally favorable reviews".

My Big Fat Greek Life See My Big Fat Greek Life for more information 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 did not match the film. The 7 episodes from the series are available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, whose TV studio division produced the show. Cultural references Throughout the film, Gus continually uses Windex, the popular window cleaner, as a remedy for everything. The film makes references to Zorba the Greek (1964), The Lost Boys (1987), That Thing You Do! (1996), and Meet the Parents (2000), while spoofing Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). Another independent Canadian feature, Mambo Italiano (2003), referenced Wedding.

Because of the surprise success of Wedding and its unusual title, its name was lampooned by several television series and films: An episode of the 15th season of The Simpsons is titled "My Big Fat Geek Wedding". My Big Fat Greek Wedding Description | Retro Junk Description 36126 My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos, directed by Joel Zwick and produced by Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson. It is based on Vardalos' one woman show and at the 76th Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Toula Portokalos is a single, voluptuous thirty-year-old Greek woman living with her parents and brother in a close-knit Chicago Greek community and working in the family's Greek restaurant. They even have a Greek statue in their front lawn and proudly painted the Greek flag on their garage door. Deciding to invigorate her life, she breaks out on her own to go to college and start working at a travel agency. She also gets a makeover, taming her wild hair and getting contacts.

In this new lifestyle she meets the handsome, charming but non-Greek Ian Miller. They fall for each other and decide to get married. Her dad does not approve; how could she possibly marry a non-Greek? Nevertheless, things get sorted out and a huge and very Greek wedding is planned... Search My Big Fat Greek Wedding My Big Fat Greek Wedding My Big Fat Greek Wedding News My Big Fat Greek Wedding Brief Information My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian-American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant" Ian Miller. At the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. A sleeper hit, the film grossed $241.4 million in North America, despite never reaching number one at the box office during its release (the highest-grossing film to accomplish this feat).

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Question: A 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick is "My Big Fat Greek ..." what?
Answer: Wedding