My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Summary
The Portokalos family is back inMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 , and they ’re still as disorderly and fun - loving as ever . When it come to comedy continuation , it ’s tough to embolden the magic of the original . Nia Vardalos , who wroteMy Big Fat Greek Weddingand wrote / directed its third instalment , has always tried her upright to do so with the material , but it never landed in quite the same way . I figure my own kinsperson in the Portokalos clan and project them once again in this sequel spark off delight — it ’s like reuniting with family line after years of distance . But while the sentiment behind the third picture show is genuine , and the story is replete with a few fun , sweet , and heartfelt minute , there are too many subplots that do n’t converge cohesively by the ending .
Toula ( Vardalos ) , Ian ( John Corbett ) , their girl Paris ( Elena Kampouris ) , and other members of the Portokalos family — including the belovedTheia Voula ( Andrea Martin)and Toula ’s brother Nick ( Louis Mandylor ) — travel to Greece for a reunion . Toula plans the trip-up to honor her former father Gus ( Michael Constantine , who passed away in 2021 ) , who made her hope to give his journal to the three best acquaintance he grow up with in Greece . Their program are rarify by the fact that Gus ’ Ithiel Town has dwindle in universe , and its self - appoint city manager , Toula ’s distant cousin-german Victory ( Melina Kotselou ) , has goals of her own . Meanwhile , the angry Alexandra ( Anthi Andreopoulou ) , who knew Gus , is hiding a huge closed book .
My bighearted Fat Greek marriage ceremony 3isn’t a return to form , but it does feel like getting a big hug from a ferociously love family . The sequel was in reality filmed in Greece , and each location is visually breathless . Theia Voula is still the funniest reference . Her dialogue — “ We get a solution using menace and guilt , ” and “ Taki and I used to make out so much my lips are still chapped ” — is filled with vitality , and Martin ’s tune livery never fails to elicit laugh . In her script , Vardalos also acknowledge Syrian refugees in Greece and the xenophobia they confront , which stems largely from Alexandra ’s views of Qamar ( Stephanie Nur ) marrying her grandson Christos ( Giannis Vasilottos ) .
It ’s not perfect , but the effort is nice , as is the wedding — a must in a film that has “ nuptials ” in its title — that brings everyone together . Where the film falters is in its multiple subplots . It ’s like Vardalos need to assure that every character had something to do , but the disparate storylines felt haphazardly in murder . There were so many of them that the lack of focussing was obvious from one scene to the next , and it greatly affected the film ’s pacing . Certain scenes , especially the dear ones , could have been longer , if only to allow us to baby-sit in the emotion and humor that is doled out in adequate measuring .
The film ’s center is in the right position , but there is too much drop dead on to fully absorb everything in any meaningful mode . Had the story maintained its focus on Toula ’s program to find Gus ’ friends , or determine up a right battle between her and Nick ’s separate , but equally poignant , endeavor , My grownup Fat Greek marriage ceremony 3would have greatly benefit . The liquid body substance is present , but the laughs are few and far between . For such a helter-skelter family , the Portokalos ’ seem muted in a picture filled with celebration and warmth . Do n’t get me wrong , the flick is still very watchable , and it has a lot of affectionateness that makes up for its overall deficiency of focus and sure emotional throughlines . But where viscidness and pacing are concerned , this sequel result a batch to be desired .
My crowing Fat Greek Weddingis now playing in theaters . The picture is 91 transactions long and snitch PG-13 for suggestive material and some nakedness .
