It's good for people to have fun, and so I guess I'm glad that so many people had so much fun seeing this movie, but...
I don't usually write negative reviews. I just want anyone else out there who hated this movie to know that they are not alone. I feel completely flabbergasted by all the positive reviews I see on IMDb, and by the fact that the movie is back in my local theater as I write this. I thought it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen - no conflict, no character, no point, and nothing that made me laugh. I felt nothing while I sat in the theater except that I hoped my partner wouldn't hate me too much for suggesting we see this movie.
Sorry to be so negative. I do have something important to say - if you liked this movie a lot, and you look at the movies that IMDb recommends based on this movie, you might be in for a shock. For some strange reason, IMDb recommends the movie "Happiness" for those of you who enjoyed "Big Fat Greek Wedding". "Happiness" has got to be the most dark, traumatic, disturbing, emotionally draining, and horrifying movie I have *ever* watched. I can only assume it is on the recommendations list as a mistake, or as a horrible joke. It is the exact opposite of a "feel-good movie".
My recommendation for a good wedding movie is "Monsoon Wedding" - a brilliant mixture of love, hate, jealousy, anger, forgiveness, passion, joy, hope, and melancholia - I saw it a few weeks after "Big Fat Greek Wedding" and thought "Now THERE'S a wedding movie!"
I don't usually write negative reviews. I just want anyone else out there who hated this movie to know that they are not alone. I feel completely flabbergasted by all the positive reviews I see on IMDb, and by the fact that the movie is back in my local theater as I write this. I thought it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen - no conflict, no character, no point, and nothing that made me laugh. I felt nothing while I sat in the theater except that I hoped my partner wouldn't hate me too much for suggesting we see this movie.
Sorry to be so negative. I do have something important to say - if you liked this movie a lot, and you look at the movies that IMDb recommends based on this movie, you might be in for a shock. For some strange reason, IMDb recommends the movie "Happiness" for those of you who enjoyed "Big Fat Greek Wedding". "Happiness" has got to be the most dark, traumatic, disturbing, emotionally draining, and horrifying movie I have *ever* watched. I can only assume it is on the recommendations list as a mistake, or as a horrible joke. It is the exact opposite of a "feel-good movie".
My recommendation for a good wedding movie is "Monsoon Wedding" - a brilliant mixture of love, hate, jealousy, anger, forgiveness, passion, joy, hope, and melancholia - I saw it a few weeks after "Big Fat Greek Wedding" and thought "Now THERE'S a wedding movie!"