My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Fatone. It follows a young Greek-American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

An international co-production between the United States and Canada, the film premiered at the American Film Market on February 22, 2002, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 19, 2002, by IFC Films. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $368.7 million worldwide against its $5 million budget. It was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 75th Academy Awards and for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Vardalos at the 60th Golden Globe Awards.

The film spawned a franchise, which inspired the 2003 sitcom My Big Fat Greek Life and the 2016 sequel My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2. A third film, titled My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, was released in theaters on September 8, 2023.

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YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR...THE BIGGEST INDEPENDENT BOX OFFICE HIT OF ALL TIME $300,000,000

WORLDWIDE AND STILL COUNTING!

Audiences around the world have fallen in love with this small budget comedy with a big ethnic heart. Based on her one woman stage play of the same name, writer and star Nia Vardalos has created a romantic comedy oozing warmth, originality and charm.

Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is a Greek tragedy - 30 and unmarried.

Oh, the shame it brings on her family- 'Why for she don't go to Greece and find a nice Greek husband?'

And then IT happens- she meets the man of her dreams: handsome, intelligent, kind... and about as Greek as apricot chicken.

The only way this family will accept lan (John Corbett from 'Sex and the City') as their new son-in-law, is if he becomes Greek.

The stage is set for the ultimate clash of cultures.

Chaotic, uproarious and exuberant, this is one big, fat Greek wedding you just can't miss.