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- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns. Opa!
Directed By: Nia Vardalos
Written By: Nia Vardalos
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
- 2023
- PG-13
- Focus Features
- 1 h 32 m
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
35
4.1
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Summary Join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns. Opa!
Directed By: Nia Vardalos
Written By: Nia Vardalos
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
35
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
42% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
42% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
35
15% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
42% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
42% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
It is full of so much joy, and so much heart, celebrating family, culture, and love, while also emphasizing that even the most ancient of civilizations aren't completely trapped in the past, especially if the new generation has anything to say about it.
The film is still very watchable, and it has a lot of heart that makes up for its overall lack of focus and certain emotional throughlines. But where cohesiveness and pacing are concerned, this sequel leaves a lot to be desired.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.1
17% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
50% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 User Ratings
4.1
17% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
33% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
50% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
At this point you're watching the movie to relive theenjoyment of the series.
The story may need to be fleshed out more. But it has some sparkling moments for the audience to enjoy.
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If “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” felt like a pale imitation of the buoyant original, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” feels sorta like a pale imitation of that pale imitation. Or, to analogize with a favored franchise food item: like a thrice-warmed piece of baklava.
Watch and wonder how the cheery original could have spawned such a catastrophe.
The players vary in their commitments, from barely worth the effort to trying too hard. The third act delivers a couple of warm moments that lift it. But this picture’s a corpse still being shock-paddled and CPR-pounded on the operating table.
It’s a rom-com both com-less and rom-less.
IN A NUTSHELL:
In the newest addition to the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise, the kooky family travels to Greece for a long-awaited family reunion. Nia Vardalos stars in this with her break-out role AND directs the whole party.
The story is supposed to take place one year after the events of My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.
THINGS I LIKED:
Fans of the franchise will get a kick out of seeing their favorite Greek family again.
We get to see a lot of Greece! I finally got to travel there a few years ago. I absolutely LOVED the food. Greek food is so much better when you're actually in Greece! We hit all of the big tourist spots all over the country. We even took a quick flight so we could visit Santorini. So great! I always love traveling in movies too, because it gives me ideas for my Travel Bucket List. One of the characters is Syrian, so we get to learn a little bit about Syrian dance moves.
There's an important conversation in the movie about how people work all of their lives, saving their money, hoping they'll have their health to travel once they retire. I know a lot of people who have that philosophy but my husband I don't. We recognize that tomorrow isn't promised, so we are committed to traveling as much as we can now while we work.
We get to see all of our fan favorites, as well as meet a few new ones. The cast includes Nia Vardalos (who is perfect in the role of Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos), John Corbett (still as handsome as ever), Andrea Martin (always hilarious), Lainie Kazan, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, and even Joey Fatone!
Missing from the cast are Michael Constantine, Bruce Gray, and Constantine Vardalos. Sadly, they all passed away since the last movie. This film is dedicated to them.
One scene I remember from the very first film in the franchise is when all of the women pulled back each other's necks when taking a photo. I've done that with my friends and sisters on occasion for laughs. In this movie, a new character in Greece teaches the Americans another tip for the perfect photo. Ha ha
Speaking of the perfect shot, Barry Peterson has the lucky job as a cinematographer in the film. It's hard to take a bad shot when you're in beautiful Greece!
Both Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Rita Wilson worked as producers with Nia Vardalos serving as the Executive Producer AND director.
Stephanie Economou offers some original music, which is fun.
There is a very real element in the story of the matriarch in the family who now has dementia. My mother recently passed away. She struggled with Alzheimer's for many years, so the scenes in the movie that showed Maria Portokalos always made me sad.
There are some touching moments when childhood friends are reunited.
There are some cute moments and running gags.
THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE:
It's not nearly as funny as we all wished it were.
The story doesn't flow well
.It sure is convenient that everyone in Greece can speak English with the characters in the story!
There is a romance in the story but the couple is already together and complete strangers to the family. They finally admit they want to get married. That's it. That's not how I would describe a rom-com.
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
Kids will probably be bored. Sadly, so will some adults.
Some Greek is spoken with and without subtitles.
Lots of alcohol. Some people get drunk.
We see full-frontal nudity of a man, except he holds a soda bottle in front of his junk so we, thankfully, don't have to see that.
A man shaves a lot of body parts in front of everyone.
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never seen the first two movies, thank god for youtube and its recap videos. typical love story based in Greece. everyone had a hidden agenda when it came down to the trip to greece. family reunion turned into a big fat greek wedding (again). Toula needing to find her late fathers old friends, Ian trying to make the best of the trip with Toula, Paris being stuck with her ex on the same trip, Nick the carefree brother/uncle that was stuck between a rock and a hard place when dealing with Gus' ashes. there was so much more i could unravel but id be here typing all day. wholesome laughs, bonds broken then rebuilt. lots of closure and peace if mind. this was good but not a great watch.
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Not the worst movie I’ve ever seen… but pretty close. The jokes were corny and bad, the plot line was the definition of cliche for the genre and the acting was simply awful. I know this was the fault of the writing and directing because both John Corbett and Elena Kampouris have been good in other films I’ve seen. Even poor Victory’s absolutely awful catch phrase was just poor writing choice. The shots of Greece were lovely and it did actually portray stuff about the Syrian refuge crisis which this audience would’ve been unlikely to be exposed to previously (I’d guess, no offense). Otherwise, I actually only saw it because I was visiting Mykonos and it was the only movie playing at their outdoor theater during my stay (ironic, no?). Don’t bother, even if you’re Greek, it’s just cliche garbage. I don’t even like romcoms and the original is a great movie by comparison.
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Nia Vardalos experienced an enormous and incredibly unexpected success in 2002 with My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and since then, it appears she has been determined to replicate that achievement with those same characters.
It is said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place - which is actual **** because they totally do - However, I believe Vardalos should have recognized that lightning wasn't likely to strike again for her in the same way.
The TV show was a huge flop, canceled after only seven episodes. The second film recouped its investment but fell extremely short of what the original film achieved, and this third installment may also turn a profit, but its notable lack of ideas, style and humor makes it evident that the story of these characters should have remained confined to the 2002 film and not been extended beyond that.
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This is without exaggeration one of the worst movies I have ever seen. From the actors to the script. It's a wonder this movie made it to theaters. Most scenes are build around 1 joke from one of the characters that is not funny because of the acting and thin layer of the story. At times it feels like you are watching a primary school musical. Definitely not worth your time or money.
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Production Company
Focus Features,
Gold Circle Films,
Home Box Office (HBO),
Playtone
Release Date Sep 8, 2023
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Nomination
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards
• 1 Nomination
