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Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding — alternate original version
Danny Baldwin · Publication date unknown — likely 2002

Many people may oversee My Big Fat Greek Wedding because it is low budget, but I'll tell you I've got to admit, it was as funny as hell. Now, this isn't your average humor, and sure seniors like it the most, but I'm thirteen and I laughed my pants off. The things that I admired the most were: the development of the characters, the quirky humor, and the direction. They all made My Big Fat Greek Wedding a hilarious treat.
The different characters profiles impressed me beyond words. Every character had their own special and hilarious way of doing things. This is what made the movie so funny; how very original everything was. How would you like to have this family? A father that obsesses of over Windex and thinks it's the answer to everything, a mother who eats and eats and eats, and a bunch of siblings who have too many children to count! Great, Aye?
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is about a woman who is not at all like her family. Instead of the traditional Greek women who get married and have lots and lots of kids, she is single and works at the family restaurant. Until one day, when she was working at the restaurant, she met a man that she started to admire, but didn't exactly make a good impression on him. Her klutzy behavior allowed her to spill coffee, not make the right change and tons of other little annoying instances. That was it! She was going to become an educated and attractive woman! And she did, oh did she did. If she gets the guy is for you to find out.
I'm not going to say that this movie was all good. It had one flaw that really bothered me. It was too predictable. Some people may like this simple minded type of movie because they do not have to think. But, I sure as heck don't. Although, there was not much that the script writers could have done to improve the plot. It wouldn't have been as harmlessly funny as it was if there were a twist in the story. All in all, it was a simple script, but, it worked!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a movie of unintentional fun. Everyone should just see it to enjoy it, not to intelligently study it. If you make it a big deal out of it you won't respect the comedial efforts nearly as much. If you accept it for what it is, My Big Fat Greek Wedding is exceptionally hilarious!
-Danny, Bucket Reviews
