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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Runtime: 92 minutes Studio: Focus Features / Gold Circle Entertainment / HBO Country of Origin: United States Franchise: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Franchise Position: 3 The Portokalos family travels to Greece for a long-awaited reunion in their patriarch’s home village, confronting heritage, loss, and the bonds that tie them together. Ratings: My Rating: 5.2/10 The Dove Foundation: N/A IMDb: 5.2/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 41% Metacritic: N/A TMDb: N/A Plot Summary: Following the death of the family patriarch, the Portokalos family travels to Greece to fulfill his wish of locating his childhood friends and reuniting the extended clan. As they navigate the village, meet local characters, and revisit heritage and family identity, the film explores grief, belonging, and cultural roots in a comedic-heartfelt way. Critics Review: Critics generally agreed the third film lacks the novelty and spark of the original. While the setting in Greece and the familiar cast offer comf...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 Runtime: 94 minutes Studio: Universal Pictures / Gold Circle Entertainment / HBO Home Video Country of Origin: United States Franchise: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Franchise Position: 2 A comedic follow-up in which the Portokalos family faces a new set of challenges — a closed travel agency, a rebellious teen daughter, the discovery that the parents were never properly married, and another “big fat Greek” celebration. Ratings: My Rating: 6.0/10 The Dove Foundation: N/A IMDb: 6.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 27% Metacritic: 33/100 TMDb: 6.0/10 Plot Summary: Toula and Ian are married and living with their teenage daughter Paris, whose desire for independence clashes with the over-involved Greek family. Their business ventures have floundered and the only remaining family enterprise is the restaurant. Meanwhile, Toula’s father Gus finds out his and Maria’s marriage was never signed by the priest, prompting a second wedding ceremony after fifty years. The Portokalos clan ral...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding Runtime: 95 minutes Studio: IFC Films / HBO Home Video Country of Origin: United States Franchise: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Franchise Position: 1 A culture-clash romantic comedy about a Greek-American woman breaking free from family expectations when she falls in love with a non-Greek man. Ratings: My Rating: 6.7/10 The Dove Foundation: Approved for ages 12+ IMDb: 6.6/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 76% Metacritic: 62/100 TMDb: 6.4/10 Plot Summary: Toula Portokalos is a thirty-year-old Greek-American woman working in her family’s Chicago restaurant, where her father constantly reminds her to “marry a Greek, make Greek babies, and feed everyone forever.” Longing for more out of life, Toula takes computer classes and lands a job at her aunt’s travel agency. There she meets Ian Miller, a kind and open-hearted high school teacher who happens to be non-Greek. Their romance blossoms quickly, but Toula’s boisterous family disapproves. As wedding plans unfold, Ian struggles to ear...