My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Have you ever seen the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding?  I recently re-watched this movie, for about the tenth time.  In this movie, Toula is a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Greece.   Her family, like many immigrant families, has continued to honour their ethnic culture.  The movie light-heartedly pokes fun at Toula’s family, and their attachment to their heritage.  Growing up, she lived in a house with Greek architecture,   her parents spoke Greek in the home, and the kids went to Greek school.  Family get-togethers included all of her extended family, aunts, uncles, cousins, everyone!  Toula is expected to marry Greek, make Greek babies, and feed everyone until she dies.  No one in her family has ever dated (let alone planned to marry) a non-Greek person, but that changes after Toula meets Ian Miller.  At first the couple hide that they are even dating, as Toula is afraid of what her family will say.  Once they decide to get married they real fun began.  The blending of their two families is priceless.  The cultural differences are shocking to both families, which leads to many comical moments.  The Millers were definitely out of their element, when faced with Toula’s army of Greek relatives, and felt overwhelmed by their culture.  I like how the characters embraced the Greek culture, and eventually Toula’s father was won over too.  As Toula’s father said, “In the end, we all fruit.”

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