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My Big Fat Greek Life

Summary Nia Portokalos is a newly-married modern woman caught in an old-fashioned world. From an early age, Nia was mortified by her family's patriotic, exaggerated ways. But when she falls in love and marries a non-Greek teacher, Thomas Miller, her family eventually learns to accept him and Nia learns to accept her family's meddlesome ways. Nia...

Created By: Nia Vardalos

  • 2003
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • 2003
  • TV-PG
  • CBS

My Big Fat Greek Life

Season 1 Premiere: Feb 24, 2003
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Nia Portokalos is a newly-married modern woman caught in an old-fashioned world. From an early age, Nia was mortified by her family's patriotic, exaggerated ways. But when she falls in love and marries a non-Greek teacher, Thomas Miller, her family eventually learns to accept him and Nia learns to accept her family's meddlesome ways. Nia...

Created By: Nia Vardalos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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8% Positive
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46% Mixed
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46% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Mixed
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46% Negative
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63
May 30, 2014
Right now, the best advice for Nia and her new husband is to move far away from her family. Far, far away. [25 Feb 2003, p.46]
By Amy Amatangelo FULL REVIEW
60
May 30, 2014
If the characters and conflict of My Big Fat Greek Life continue to feel true to life, while regaining some of their edge, things might just turn out OK. Nia, at least, has learned to trust that they will.
By Heather Havrilesky FULL REVIEW
50
May 30, 2014
The honeymoon's over. My Big Fat Greek Wedding ended its charmed existence as a word-of-mouth movie and became a noisy, standard-issue CBS sitcom Monday night. [25 Feb 2003, p.21A]
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW
40
May 30, 2014
The series suffers from several major problems. Vardalos and Eckholdt do not have chemistry. He is a bland replacement for John Corbett, the film's charismatic heartthrob who is making another series.
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
30
May 30, 2014
Make a list of sitcom cliche shtick, and you'd find it all here. The eye-bulging hard-trying line sell. The ba-dum-bum punch line rhythm. The motormouth babbling to signify "wackiness." The louder- the-better sense of comedy. Even the family visit where members enter a room precisely a peculiar eight paces apart so each has time for an entrance "joke." [27 Feb 2003, p.B31]
By Diane Werts FULL REVIEW
30
May 30, 2014
So sadly, whoever missed out in the theater will be scratching their head wondering why this piffle of a project was the talk of 2002 and how it became the most profitable indie hit in history. But they should ponder all of that on the way to Blockbuster, where the movie, a much more pleasant endeavor, is available on DVD. [26 Feb 2003, p.12]
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May 30, 2014
TWENTY-three million people tuned in Monday night to see My Big Fat Greek Life, expecting, no doubt, to see a new version of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." Instead, we were dished up lukewarm leftovers that were about as funny as a big fat pan of spoiled spanikopita.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Brad Grey Television
  • Marsh McCall Productions
  • Playtone
  • Sony Pictures Television
Initial Release Date: Feb 24, 2003
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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