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Toula is 30. And unmarried. Which means as a nice Greek girl - she's a failure. All her cousins did the right thing - married Greek boys and made Greek babies. So everyone worries: what will become of Toula?
Then one day she sees the ultimate unattainable guy and realizes the only way her life will get better is if she gets away from her big, fat Greek family. Toula escapes from the family restaurant. She exchanges her seating hostess jacket for a college diploma, convinces her aunt to give her a new job, and trades in her coke-bottle glasses for contact lenses, just in time for "him" to walk back into her life.
Ian Miller is tall, handsome, but definitely not Greek. Their courtship is an Olympian culture clash. Can Ian handle Toula, her parents, her aunts, uncles, cousins and several centuries of Greek heritage? Will Toula discover the love she's been missing right in the heart of her big, fat family?
One thing is for sure, for better or worse, richer or poorer, with Ian's proposal, Toula is headed for her big, fat Greek wedding.
My Thoughts
So, what do we have here? Well, at its core, this movie is a fairly standard, run of the mill, love story: Girl meets boy, they fall in love, they marry. Nothing special here. What's interesting, is the clash of cultures. You've got the typical, overprotective, almost paranoid father. The very open-minded, understanding mother. And a big and loud typical greek family. Now, movie may be called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", but the way I see it, you could exchange Greek for just about anything. The greek angle, is probably just what Nia Vardalos (Writer and leading lady) knew better, but the way the film is constructed, it is a look at how a different culture would react towards the first girl to marry a, in this case non-greek, boy, and all the lack of trust and oddities that ensues. And they are plenty in this movie, which is actually quite funny in its own right. I actually laughed out loud a few times.
You should give this movie a spin, it might surprise you. Even if you don't usually like love stories.
(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on April 15th, 2008)
Member's Reviews
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill, a review by Dragonfire
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
I watched this movie when I found it on one of the movie channels I get. This is the first of the Sherlock movies with Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone that I've seen. I did enjoy the movie and would like to try to see more of them.
The plot isn't too complicated and mostly straight forward, dealing with three music boxes and a group of criminals that are desperate to get them back. The mystery is interesting, though it could have been slightly stronger. Overall, it is entertaining.
Sherlock and Watson work well together in the movie, though it is clear that this version of Watson isn't as bright as some of the others I've seen. He's nice enough, but he is rather clueless at times. Sherlock demonstrates his intelligence in a few ways without coming across as arrogant like has happened in one or two of the other Sherlock movies I've seen.
Overall I really enjoyed the movie and I'm glad I decided to watch it.
I did post a review on Epinions if anyone would like to take a look.
Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
(From Marie's Random Movie Viewing on August 17th, 2011)
Member's TV Reviews
Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd
Angel: Season 3
8. Quickening
Original Air Date: 11/12/2001
As Lilah sends a SWAT team out to find Darla, a man whose family Angel and Darla killed back in 1764 is brought into the future to kill the two vampires.
Guest Stars:
Julie Benz
John Rubinstein
Stephanie Romanov
Daniel Dae Kim
Keith Szarabajka
My Thoughts:
A nice continuation from the previous episode. I got a kick out of that vampire cult that was there to guard the baby being born. Another enjoyable episode.
My Rating:
(From Angel Marathon on March 12th, 2010)