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7.5 out of 10

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  1. MarkB.
    May 9, 2004
    7
    As with her breakthrough smash, the pleasant My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Nia Vardalos proves that she's a better actress than a screenwriter; her script here is sometimes trite and occasionally amateurish (and it looks like a nervous studio exec took a meat cleaver to some of it), but she and Toni Collette are so winning, so utterly likable, work so nicely together and have so much fun with the musical numbers that they cover a multitude of sins. Unlike most other transvestite-themed movies ranging from Some Like It Hot to The Rocky Horror Picture Show to La Cage Aux Folles to even the family-friendly Mrs. Doubtfire, C & C make a point of NOT exploiting or accenting the novelty or weirdness of dressing like what you ain't, but instead tries to make the audience feel totally comfortable with it as quickly as possible. That's because Vardalos's movies are all about self-acceptance: I especially liked her anti-Botox, anti-starvation diet speeches--may indeed be a little preachy, but at least she's preaching some of the right messages. A subplot about a mobster on the trail of the heroines who grows more and more in love with dinner thearer musicals is so funny I wish it had been more of a running gag; the bring-everyone-and-everything-together climax is also well-handled. Since this movie's box office did NOT repeat Greek Wedding's (to say the least!), maybe Vardalos would be well-advised to follow Collette's lead and start taking a variety of character parts in movies she doesn't always write, and that aren't always directed by TV sitcom auteurs.… Expand
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  2. TravisC.
    Dec 1, 2004
    7
    You really almost have to be a gay man to really enjoy this movie, and catch all the jokes and innuendos. The film isn't anything groundbreaking, but it's some madcap comedy that had me laughing out loud many times.
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  3. ShawnD.
    Apr 18, 2004
    7
    Some missteps but a few good laughs and several fun musical numbers. Contained a few too many cliches and took on a preachy tone at times, but overall I enjoyed it.
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  4. gagaforever
    Oct 1, 2010
    10
    One of my favorite movies. I love the Drag Queens!!! They are so cool and full of confidence and they story is amazing also. I don't understand how anyone can not love this movie
  5. vikitoriaish
    Sep 3, 2011
    10
    fantastic film i love it... looks like Did You Hear About the Morgans? a fantastic comedy with Nia Vardalos my favourite actress and then made ​​me cry
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Metascore
44 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 30
  3. Negative: 6 out of 30
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    40
    Seems as much an imposter in the drag-queen world as its heroines; it fronts the sort of safely asexual gay characters found on network TV.
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  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: David Ng
    10
    One suspects Vardalos's movies aren't written as much as up-chucked, the result of all-night binges on SnackWells and Oxygen network reruns.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    40
    It takes chutzpah to borrow from comedy maestros Billy Wilder and Blake Edwards, and Nia Vardalos would seem an unlikely candidate to get away with it unpunished.
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