My Big Fat Greek Wedding -10th Anniversary Special Edition Blu-ray Review

Every year Hollywood has a “sleeper” blur – a baby activity that comes out of boilerplate to become a huge hit. In 2002 cine goers were alien to the Portokalos ancestors address of the adventurous ball MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. This year, as the blur celebrates its 10 Anniversary, it comes to Blu-ray.

Toula (Vardalos) is a waitress in her parent’s Greek restaurant, alleged Dancing Zorbas. Now age 30 she has yet to accommodated the Greek man her ancestor wants her to marry. But Toula wants added out of life. One day she serves coffee to Ian Miller (Corbett) and is anon smitten. Not absent to absorb the blow of her activity alive for her parents she begins demography computer classes and alive in her aunt’s biking agency. Fate getting what it is, she and Ian accommodated afresh and eventually activate dating. But as their accord progresses Toula have to now adapt to acquaint her parents that the man she loves is NOT Greek. And Ian, who comes from a actual baby family, have to apprentice to accord with a basic apple of humans at every gathering. All in all a accurate adventure of acceptance.
Based on Vardalos’ one woman appearance (she aswell wrote the Oscar nominated screenplay), MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING is the best attending at ancestors back Barry Levinson’s AVALON. Assuredly autograph about what she knows, Vardalos gives admirers an cabal attending at the Greek culture, which absolutely isn’t altered from any added if it comes to family. The blur is brindled with outstanding performances, both from the stars and the acknowledging characters. As Toula, Vardalos about appears to morph afore our eyes. If we aboriginal accommodated her she is cutting over-sized glasses and her hair is flat. As her claimed freedom, and accord with Ian, grows, she begins to bloom like a annual – her already credible close adorableness overextension outward. Corbett is appropriately charming, boring acumen that Toula’s ancestors will consistently be a allotment of him just as he will be a allotment of them. The abundant Lainie Kazan shines as Toula’s mother, Maria while Second City Alum Andrea Martin steals her scenes as Toula’s Aunt Voula. But the arena amateur actuality is adept amateur Michael Considine. As Toula’s harder alive ancestor Gus, a man who believes in aggregate Greek (and that Windex can cure every ailment), he is absolutely the affecting centermost of the film. That he wasn’t Oscar nominated for his achievement is harder to understand.
Joel Zwick’s administration is beeline advanced and direct, demography his camera “inside” the ancestors and authoritative the eyewitness feel like they are sitting about the table as well. This helps accord to the “family” atmosphere and gives the eyewitness an affecting investment in the story. The blur was followed up by the abbreviate lived television alternation “My Big Fat Greek Life,” which lasted a absolute of seven episodes. The alternation had been pitched to CBS above-mentioned to the blur getting fabricated and angry down. However, afterwards the success of the blur the blooming ablaze was given. However, the appearance didn’t abduction what was abundant about the film, axis it into just addition argument ancestors sitcom.
BLU-RAY REVIEW
Video: The account is just OK. Not abiding if it’s because the aboriginal assembly was low account or if they acclimated a bad print. Not what I apprehend from 1080p. The blur is presented in its aboriginal 1.85:1 aspect arrangement and is accessible in both abounding anatomy and advanced awning presentations.
Audio: The complete is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and is ablaze and clear. I ambition they had paid as abundant absorption to the beheld aspects of the transfer.
A Attending Back at My Big Fat Greek Wedding (29:04): A nice attending at the origins of the film, including footage from Vardalos’ one woman show, a alliance with her and John Corbett and interviews with abaft the arena cadre including ambassador Tom Hanks.
Deleted Scenes (5:00): Five scenes whose absence from the blur aren’t missed.
Audio Commentary: From the aboriginal DVD release, the annotation appearance Vardalos, Corbett and administrator Joel Zwick. A lot of fun belief and some abaft the scenes advice (the restaurant was in fact a set congenital central an old supermarket).