There are some movies I never want to watch. My Big Fat Greek Wedding, when it was in the theaters, is one of them. But it did get various good reviews and a reputation as a fun movie, if not a great movie. So we added it to the Netflix list, and last night, our number came up.
Turns out my initial instinct was correct.
You could see the jokes coming a mile away. While this movie-that-should-have-been-a-sitcom-episode occasionally raised a smile, it did not live up to even the reputation of ‘fun,’ at least for me. It was inoffensive, and, as I commented while watching it, at least it never slows down. The movie races through the cliched transformation of the Greek daughter (from frumpiness to (mildly) attractive) and how she marries a a non-Greek, with the resulting family angst. A few laughs, but zero surprises. Why was this movie talked about so much?
Normally, I would link to the official movie website, but even though this movie is only a couple of years old, the official site at movies.yahoo.com/greekwedding/ is already gone. Just as well… I feel better about not ‘voting’ for this movie with a link. Geek note: I had to delete the http etc. from the beginning of that URL to avoid having Radio render it as a URL. That’s mildly annoying, although I’m sure it’s a feature for most people/uses.