

My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002-04-19 · 95 min · ★ 6.5
A young Greek woman 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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Joel Zwick
- Production companies
- Gold Circle Films, HBO, MPH Entertainment Productions, Playtone
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 5,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 368,744,044
Top Cast
Nia VardalosFotoula 'Toula' Portokalos
John CorbettIan Miller
Lainie KazanMaria Portokalos
Michael ConstantineKostas 'Gus' Portokalos
Andrea MartinAunt Voula
Joey FatoneAngelo
Louis MandylorNick Portokalos
Gia CaridesNikki Portokalos
Gerry MendicinoUncle Taki
Bess MeislerYiayia
Jayne EastwoodMrs. White
Fiona ReidHarriet Miller
Bruce GrayRodney Miller
Frank FalconeSuitor
Stavroula LogothettisAthena
Ian GomezMikeTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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