Toula is still single, and works in the family restaurant dancing zorbas, where, as she explains. The family you love is back in the sequel to the biggest romantic comedy of all time. Theyre one of my mom s favorite families, and if it wasnt for her, i wouldnt have known about my big fat greek weddings upcoming sequel. A portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and greeker wedding. My big fat greek wedding 2 plot summary english movie. With everybody having a job to do, the time has come to plan another big fat greek wedding. Getting the same people to like it after a gap of 14 odd years is tougher. After spending most of their time focusing on their troubling teenage daughter elena kampouris, toula nia vardalos and ian john corbett are facing marital problems while also having to deal with yet another greek wedding this time, even bigger and. Reuniting the entire main cast and much of the crew of its predecessor, my big fat greek wedding 2 concerns, you guessed it, another big fat greek wedding. After spending most of their time focusing on their troubling teenage daughter, toula and ian are facing marital problems while also having to deal with yet another greek wedding this time, even bigger and. Luckily the family is as close as ever, now including toulas not so greek in laws rodney and harry, and they all throw a warm, family wedding. Directed by kirk jones and starring john stamos, john corbett, alex wolff and rita wilson. My big fat greek wedding is a comedy more than a romance flick using the antics and stereotypes of an eccentric greek family to fuel all of the films comedy.
Toula is still single, and works in the family restaurant dancing zorbas, where, as she explains, she is not a waitress, but a seating hostess. An important word for a person who has never had sexual intercourse. Helena paparizou pou pige tosi agapi my big fat greek wedding 2 ost official audio release. Not only has their relationship lost some of its spark, but theyre also dealing with a rebellious teenage.
Also here is virtually the entire original cast, even bess meisler as. What does the melting pot and tossed salad look like. Parenting and marriage is becoming tougher and tougher for toula nia vardalos and her. In 2002, joel zwicks my big fat greek wedding became a worldwide phenomenon. My big fat greek wedding also features ian gomez vardalos reallife husband, louis mandylor, andrea martin, and joey fatone from the pop group nsync. The dancing and jubilation continue in this big, fat sequel to the original smash hit. Plot summary for my big fat greek wedding 2002, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The scenebyscene breakdown was prepared by nicole leydecker.
Who can believe that it has over 10 years since big fat greek wedding came out. Watch my big fat greek wedding 2 online stream full. In the years since we first fell for toula vardalos and ian john corbett, they have raised a headstrong daughter while. And the story behind my big fat greek wedding is as remarkable as the film itself. Gold circle entertainment and hbo present a playtone production of my big fat greek wedding 2, the longawaited followup to the highestgrossing romantic comedy of all time. My big fat greek wedding 2 on dvd june 21, 2016 starring nia vardalos, john corbett, lainie kazan, michael constantine. Here is my take on this exercise from a previous series of posts how to read a screenplay.
The original my big fat greek wedding was a charming surprise, a fresh, honest story about a young woman trying to find a way to be true to herself despite her loving but overwhelmingly intrusive greek american family. The movie ends with the entire family dropping paris off in new york city to start college. If nagging was an olympic sport, my aunt voula would have a gold medal. Alot is identical in this one, from the formatting to lines to the general plot. Theres also the matter of the wedding, which toulas mother is planning around the notion that quantity is quality. Ian miller john corbett, and is now the mother of a high school senior, paris elena.
Americans believe that we are superior what is an authoritarian personality. Rodney and harriet are now honorary greeks and harriet even does the greek tradition of spitting as the bride walks down the isle, very funny. Gold circle entertainment and hbo present a playtone production of my big fat greek. The emptynest plot moves the original storyline forward pleasingly, but we all know. To nag is an excellent verb meaning to annoy, bother or harass. Prom night arrives, which is the same day as the wedding. This 15yearslater sequel is an overstuffed, undercooked cash grab, operating at the low level of a basic cable sitcom with a juicedup laugh track. It was broad and sitcomy but it resonated with a wide array of moviegoers, despite the peculiarities of its cultural specificity, and it made a. My big fat greek wedding 2 scene by scene breakdown. At school, paris witnesses her crush bennett alex wolff approaching his own crush to ask her to the prom.
Not a completely unique or innovative piece of filmmaking, greek wedding does wonders with just its witty heartwarming comedy. But no way does this movie buy into the concept of practice what you preach. Vardalos returns as toula, still married to john corbett as ian, in my big fat greek wedding 2. My big fat greek wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by and starring nia vardalos, directed by joel zwick and produced by tom hanks and his wife rita wilson. My big fat greek wedding 2 brings back the cast from the 2002 smash and attempts to recreate the familial charm that made it an. The script and plot line are interesting and a little predictable and i wont spoil it for you. George kraychyk the costars are so close, in fact, that the kissing scenes were a. The plot involves the reveal of a family secret and a new wedding which brings the greek clan back together again the wedding is described as bigger and fatter. It is based on vardalos one woman show and at the 76th academy awards, it was nominated for best original screenplay toula portokalos is a single, voluptuous thirtyyearold greekamerican woman. And that, dear moviegoer, is about as deep as we need to go in analyzing my big fat greek wedding 2, an overstuffed, underachieving sequel that took more than a decade to come to the screen. Toula nia vardalos and ian john corbett have spent the past 17 years focused on raising their only child, a daughter named paris elena kampouris.
Making a sequel to one of the biggest sleeper hits of all time is a tall order, and scribestar nia vardalos let 14 years pass before revisiting her. My big fat greek wedding 2 the new big fat story featurette plot. Now my family has come together to pull off another big fat greek wedding. Paris gives her mother the cold shoulder and walks off by a banner that reads. The film is a followup to 2002 hit comedy my big fat greek wedding, which made star nia vardalos a household name for a little while, anyway. Creating a sequel for a super hit movie is a tough job. My big fat greek wedding comes back more than a decade after the first installment that is one of the highest grossing romanticcomedy movies of all time. Starting with a limited release and a minuscule budget the film became one of the biggest, and most profitable. Actresswriter vardalos created a onewoman show about her greek family and their response when she married a man who wasnt greek. My big fat greek wedding 2 2016 movie trailer movie. Paris elena kampouris feels smothered by her mothers ampedup anxiety. Read the my big fat greek wedding 2 movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The character of toula is often so pathetic or downto.
My big fat greek wedding 2 talks plenty about the need to change with the times. After convincing her father to go to the university, she meets the nongreek ian miller and they decide to get married. Nia vardalos movie family in my big fat greek wedding 2. A portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters. A scenebyscene breakdown of the script for the movie my big fat greek wedding 2, written by nia vardalos. My big fat greek wedding 2 trailer is big and greek. On the way to prom, paris bonds with bennett after learning that he comes from a greek family. Holy trinity russian orthodox church, toronto, ontario, canada used as exterior for church wedding population. My big fat greek wedding is narrated by toula portokalos nia vardalos, who, like all greek women, she says, was put upon this earth for three purposes. Paris tells toula and ian that she wants to go to nyu, and while it hurts them to send her away, toula and paris share a tender moment before bennett shows up. When the original my big fat greek wedding hit in 2002 it was a huge sleeper hit.
Toula portokalos is a single thirty years old greek woman, living with her parents and brother in a chicago greek community. Nia vardalos already has an idea for my big fat greek. Tom hanks and his wife, rita wilson whos greek, saw the show and decided to make it into a movie with vardalos playing herself. In this movie, toula and ian have been married for quite some time, and have a 17yearold daughter, paris, whos getting ready to apply to colleges. Her father does not accept the wedding of his daughter with a nongreek man. Parenting and marriage is becoming tougher and tougher for toula nia vardalos and her husband ian. Gold circle entertainment and hbo present a playtone production of my big fat greek wedding 2, the longawaited followup to the highestgrossing romantic comedy of. Most of the original my big fat greek wedding cast will film again for the sequel. My big fat greek wedding 2 quotes toula portokalos. The film reveals a portokalos family secret that will bring the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and greeker wedding. The plot is barely serviceable, but it will do, and most of the first movies cast. My big fat greek wedding 2 movie quotes rotten tomatoes. A charming, warmhearted fluke, but a fluke nonetheless. The various threads simply were badly integrated and led nowhere in terms of the characters growth or any insight for the audience.
My big fat greek wedding star on her moms hilarious reaction to headset scenenia vardalos, who wrote the movie, said a mattress was set. My big fat greek wedding is a 2002 independent romantic comedy film directed by joel zwick and written by nia vardalos, who also stars in the film as fotoula toula portokalos, a middle class greek american woman who falls in love with non greek upper middle class white anglosaxon protestant ian miller. The jokes are big, fat and broad in my big fat greek wedding 2, the. My big fat greek wedding 2 is as sweet and harmless as the original, but its collection of sitcom gags and. Watch the movie trailer for my big fat greek wedding 2 2016.