A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 20 wins & 29 nominations total
Johnny Kalangis
- Greek Teacher
- (as John Kalangis)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTom Hanks' wife, Rita Wilson, saw the play and recommended that her husband produce a movie version. In an interview with the German magazine "Cinema," Nia Vardalos mentioned that she hung up when Hanks called because she did not believe it was really him.
- GoofsThe women wear their wedding rings on the left hand - Greek Orthodox women wear wedding rings on the right hand.
- Quotes
Toula Portokalos: Ma, Dad is so stubborn. What he says goes. "Ah, the man is the head of the house!"
Maria Portokalos: Let me tell you something, Toula. The man is the head, but the woman is the neck. And she can turn the head any way she wants.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits: All E's are replaced by the Greek letter Sigma.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
- SoundtracksIstanbul Coffee Shop
Written by Daghan Baydur & Richard Keith Thomas (as Richard Thomas)
Published by Jim Long Music
Courtesy of First Com Music, Inc.
Featured review
It's my life!!!! Hilarious, but so true!!!!!
My Fiancé is Greek and I am not. This move hit the nail on the head! The whole time I was watching this movie I was thinking this is my life Oh my God this is my life. I think people who gave this move bad reviews just didn't get it, because, they are not around or live inside the world of a Greek family. There are so many similarities to my Fiancés family it's almost creepy. For a crasher course to our wedding I told my whole family to watch this movie before they came. After the wedding was all said and done I had so many people from my side of the family came up to me and tell me your RIGHT! It was just like my Big Fat Greek Wedding!!! Especially since we had almost 700 people at our wedding and all we did all night long is dance in circles!!! It was a lot of fun!
This was the best movie in a long time and no one knows how true this movie really is until they live through it.
Sincerely, AJH
This was the best movie in a long time and no one knows how true this movie really is until they live through it.
Sincerely, AJH
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- ajh13130
- Jul 22, 2004
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Đám Cưới Tại Hy Lạp
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $241,438,208
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $597,362
- Apr 21, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $368,744,044
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