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My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 2002, PG, 1 hr 35 min

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...