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Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Best movie of this year hands down!

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Nice to share with family. Not embarased to see with family.

As much as I enjoyed the original, I wish I could sing the praises of the sequel. But this is one movie that would have been better left to the imagination. It has all of the original characters, along with all of the original jokes and conflict and story. But it was neither funny nor original this time around. The attempts to inject new life into the franchise by the marital conflict, rebellious teenage daughter, and possibly non-marriage of the Portokalos patriarch and matriarch fell flat for me. What was amusing and unique the first time around was simply flat and repetitive now. The characters seemed more like caricatures, and the charades and shenanigans were irritating. I was not drawn in by the contrived plot, nor sympathetic to the characters. I did not care what happened to them and I found myself wanting the movie to be over. I was watching on a plane and was not able to quite finish the movie, but was unbothered. I think fans of the original will be sorely disappointed. This is one film easily missed.

The first movie had culture clash, great comedy, and most importantly a major transformation of the lead character. The sequel is also funny and full of awkward too-close family moments, but lacks a major transformation (although Vardalos does looks quite fetching in the restaurant date scene). I would have done a rewrite. Have the mother insist on getting remarried in Greece (the family being more successful and wealthier to afford this). While there in the old country, the daughter (Paris) would appreciate Greek history and culture and see close Greek family ties as being "normal" and maybe even ogling a few cute Greek boys. She would then decide forego NYU and instead attend school in Chigago close to home, thus growing to accept the love of her family in a tear-jerking moment of reciprocated love. That would have been a more transformative and much happier ending to this sequel.

I didn't expect it to make so much sense and to feel way more grown up than the original, but it actually achieved a feat that not many other sequels are able to achieve. It did make sense and it was kind of an evolution compared to the first one. They did have 14 years to come up with it and Nia became a parent in that time (and she admits herself, she would not have been able to portray her character in this movie 14 years ago).That's one of the downfalls of the first movie, but something that can be generally said (even for her Some like it hot "remake" with Toni Collette): her acting abilities are limited. But others have succeeded with even less than she can put on screen (see Steven Seagal for that, or better yet: do not!). But back to this and the decent story it builds. Even with a very far stretched story for her parents and lesser time for the side characters, this does work. Even her husband is nothing more than a side note. But it's better that way ...