My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
It’s not exactly a bar-raising sequel, butMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2has enough of its predecessor’s charm and sincerity to earn a passing grade.
My bountiful Fat Greek Wedding 2picks up with Toula Portokalos - Miller ( Nia Vardalos ) , her husband Ian ( John Corbett ) , and Toula ’s gonzo - and still extremely tight - knit - Hellenic household in the present Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , where Toula and Ian ’s girl Paris ( Elena Kampouris ) is now seventeen age old and on the verge of graduating from high school . Toula , present the theory that Paris will decide to attend a college far away from Chicago , tries to avoid over - crowding her daughter by continue engaged lovingness for her parents - her father Kostas/“Gus " ( Michael Constantine ) in particular - and helping run the syndicate eating house . At the same time , Toula and Ian try to recapture the twinkle in their marriage , as their human relationship has been count down by the burdens of oeuvre and family ( Tula ’s , to be exact ) .
However , the whole Portokalos clan is drop for a loop when Kostas learn that he and Toula ’s female parent Maria ( Lainie Kazan ) were not formally married fifty years ago like they had believed - and , in act , Maria demands that Kostas now propose to her again , so that they can have a right Greek wedding this meter around . But will arrive together for yet another wild Grecian solemnisation facilitate the various members of the Portokalos syndicate to work out their job ?
WhereasMy Big Fat Greek Weddingis a read-only memory - com with a cultivation - friction at the inwardness of its story , the sequel ( which , like its predecessor , was write by Vardalos ) reflects on the experience of being wed and having kid - and the effect this has on a soul ’s priorities , over fourth dimension . Vardalos ' brainstorm on these matters are n’t necessarily wakeless , yet give rise to a storyline that stands aside from that of its precursor in a meaningful fashion ; in turn , allowingMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2to unfold as a right continuation of the initial chapter in this series and not merely a recycling . The cardinal narrative threads here alike shape a thin , yet overall cohesive thematic through - line that is inform by Vardalos ' observations ; and while there are a couple of subplots in the sequel that feel somewhat extraneous ( read : they could have been cut back from the playscript ) , Vardalos nonetheless pays off every story thread inMy Big Fat Greek marriage ceremony 2by the flick ’s final stage .
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2does let in a number of reference and call - back to jokes featured in its forerunner , but it ’s unexpectedly confine in that paying attention - instead set new spins on old conversant gags , while at the same time serving up fresh fiber - base comedy that roll around the change in engineering and life-style since the first installment was released over a decennary ago . Director Kirk Jones ( Waking Ned Devine , What to Expect When You ’re Expecting ) stages the moving-picture show ’s proceedings in an unremarkable , yet steady - handed fashion while using Filmmaking 101 technique ( see : straight - forward montages , cross - cutting for thematic result ) in fiat to better defend a brisk pace throughout and keep the story hang along swimmingly . In the end , My gravid Fat Greek Wedding 2doesn’t leave a strong impression , but it avoids wear out its welcome too , as a upshot of Jones ' simple , yet fair directorial approach and Vardalos ' equally competent ( no more , no less ) screenwriting style .
It help that Nia Vardalos and John Corbett have the same easy - going chemistry inMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2as they had in the first installment , add a layer of pleasantness to the family relationship between an older Toula and Ian - even if neither character is comfortably - evolve orthatdifferent from how they were in the original motion picture . likewise , the various members of the Portokalos family are the same two - dimensional , yet appealing nonconcentric personality as they were in the first movie ; that admit both Michael Constantine and Lainie Kazan as the family ’s diehard patriarch Kostas and matriarch Maria , respectively , and Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula ( whose bizarre anecdotes about her wellness and sex life continue to be a high spot in the sequel ) . Unfortunately , new franchise addition Elena Kampouris ( American Odyssey ) as Paris is upstaged by her costars through no shift of her own - asMy giving Fat Grecian nuptials 2is more Toula ’s account than it is her daughter ’s , in the conclusion .
The rest of the Portokalos clan inMy Big Fat Grecian Wedding 2- Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki , Joey Pantone as Cousin Angelo , Gerry Mendeicino as Uncle Taki , and so forth - are the same endearing , but utterly cartoonish ' types ' that they were in the originalMy Big Fat Greek Wedding , while Bess Meisler as the ( very old ) Mana - Yiayia oscillates between being a ( reasonably real ) running joke and a plot gimmick that inspire attendant exchanges in - between various characters . There are a fistful of ' special appearances ' in the film too , most of which amount to harmless , but on the whole forgettable cameo ; that include John Stamos and producer Rita Wilson ( who ’s matrimonial to fellow manufacturer Tom Hanks ) , bet a Greek couple in what is for the most part a disposable subplot that mostly amounts to setup for a exclusive joke .
It ’s not on the button a bar - evoke sequel , butMy heavy Fat Grecian Wedding 2has enough of its forerunner ’s spell and sincerity to make a passing grade . While many belated drollery sequels try and fall short of provide a fun reunion for moviegoers and the outlandish character they loved in the first installment ( seeDumb and Dumber To , Zoolander 2 , and so forth),My Big Fat Greek wedding ceremony 2succeeds in that regard - assuming , of course , that you were a fan ofMy Big Fat Greek Weddingto begin with . Indeed , the subsequence has the same shortcomings as its predecessor ( and then some ) , but many of its strengths too - and a sincerity that makes up for its deficiency of pith . For these reasons , those filmgoers who were n’t enamored with the firstMy Big Fat Greek Weddingneed not apply here either . As for everyone else : you might enjoy attending a second Portokalos family wedding more than you would think .
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My Big Fat Hellenic wedding party 2is now playing in U.S. theaters across the country . It is 94 minutes long and is Rated PG-13 for some implicative material .
My large Fat Hellenic nuptials 2 is the long - await sequel to 2002 ’s My heavy Fat Greek Wedding . The film work back Nia Vardalos ( Toula ) , John Corbett ( Ian ) , Michael Constantine ( Gus ) , and several other stars from the original moving picture . Despite making a profit at the box office , the subsequence received sundry to minus review upon release .
The Portokalos clan in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Aunt Voula (Andrea Martin) leads a family meeting in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
