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"My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
(Reviewed April 9, 2002)
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Embarrassingly second-rate, sitcommy souvlaki of Greek-American ethnic jokes that range from the tiresomely cliche (overly loud-and-proud restaurant owner) to the painfully inept (his belief in the restorative powers of Windex). His ugly-duckling 30-year-old unmarried daughter somehow manages to charm a studly guy who looks like a less snide version of the insufferably smug Ed Burns, despite the fact that (a) she looks more like 50 than 30, (b) she possesses no personality whatsoever, and (c) she often seems so awkward and dumb as to be borderline retarded, whereas he is a schoolteacher who presumably would put some value on intellect.
It all plays like the kind of by-the-numbers, witless sludge you might expect the government to fund in the name of celebrating diversity. THAT'S how bad it is.
Back Row Grade: F
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