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Article: 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is a big, fat success: 'Undisputed' is just downright uninspiring
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 29, 2002
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My Big Fat Greek
Wedding
(PG) HHH 1/2
By MAUREEN JOHNSON
DAILY MAIL MOVIE REVIEWER
Some people have called "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" the little
movie that could.
That's because this small film has become the surprise hit of the
summer. It started as a slow release, only to a couple of theaters
and become the No. 4 movie in the country last weekend.
Why, you might say, has this movie become so popular? It's fun and
despite its "Greek" theme, people of all ethnicities can relate to
these characters.
Nia Vardalos, who also wrote the screenplay, stars as Toula, a
frustrated middle child of a middle class Greek family. She longs for
more than slaving away at the family restaurant. Her life ...