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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversLike Vardalos and Corbett, who play their roles with vibrant charm, the film, directed by Joel Zwick, is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake. It's a keeper.
- 80New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufIt's light fantasy, but lovely and astute.
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardVardalos is a breath of fresh air. After all the little nipped and tucked bunnies we've been seeing onscreen for so long, we forget what real women look like.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenWith Corbett's laidback persona nicely countering Vardalos's authorial performance, the picture radiates a pure affability that's awfully attractive. My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a very slim movie that succeeds on its own modest terms without pretense or apology.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's a buoyant comedy with more warmth and generosity of spirit than anything else in theaters right now.
- 63Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanVardalos is of Greek ancestry, which makes stereotyping permissible: She can tease Greeks, just as Italians can safely mock Italians or Jews can poke fun at Jews. But isn't it demeaning to reduce your heritage to clich?s?
- 58Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyWatching it is like filling up on baklava: Later you may feel really guilty, but you don't exactly complain while it's going on.
- 25Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe wedding, which turns the very concept of ''Greek'' into the sort of hideous, pandering clichés that look rejected from bad Jewish and Italian sitcoms.