A big fat disappointment - My Big Fat Greek Wedding Reviews

Nia Valdaros is a likeable actress because she looks like an average woman, not the Halle Berry or Julia Roberts of Hollywood. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" has her alone to thank for this otherwise predictable and thin comedy that by the miracle of God somehow managed to gross $229 million at the box-office and become the number one independent film of all time, not to mention the number one romantic comedy. Valdaros plays Lulia, a 30 year-old unmarried Greek woman whose family thinks she looks "old" and needs to get married so she can cook for the rest of her life. The film, set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto, was produced by Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, and they are probably the only two clowns benefiting from the movie's generous profits. When Lulia meets a handsome teacher, they fall in love and want to get married. But, as you would predict, her family doesn't like him because he's not Greek. But this blows over pretty fast and pretty soon we're at the wedding. I could say I was expecting more from "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". I was expecting belly laughs and instead got chuckles. I was expecting witty dialogue and instead got cliche'd cuteness. I was expecting excellent performances, and instead only got two: Valdaros and the father, who has the best lines: "Her fiance' is like a piece of toast...no honey, no jam...just dry." The mother gets a few good ones: "Back in my day, there was no food". I could say I thought the movie was okay- Hey, I'm a tough critic. I'm not like most of these losers who come on here and give A+'s to films like "Spider-Man" and "Freddy vs. Jason". I actually look at what a movie has to offer. This one had a light (too light) comical approach, an obvious plot, and not enough happening. It did have good performances from some of the cast and I like the fact that the main characters don't have to look like supermodels to convince us of their romantic intuitions. Speaking of the romance, there's barely any to me. I've seen stronger love scenes in "Not Another Teen Movie" and that was 'ahem' making fun of teen romances. So if you're in the mood for some mindless fluff, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" will do, I guess. It's not very groundbreaking, and it's a shame that stupid americans had never seen a movie about Greek people before and this had to be the movie to start what is bound to be countless spin-offs about Greek culture. Hey, they already have the terrible CBS sitcom.