Talk:My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Untitled
Shouldn't there be some references here to the lawsuits, as mentioned in Hollywood accounting? --Thatnewguy 21:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Movie references
According to the main page Wedding makes references to the Lost Boys and Hamtaro. When did this happen? Artemisboy 19:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

According to a Lost Boys website that I saw, listing the movie references contained within Lost Boys as well as references to Lost Boys in other movies, the reference is the Windex (Grandpa in Lost Boys using it for aftershave, etc; Gus in MBFGW using it for, well, everything). It sounded a little weak to me, but to quote Gus: "So there you go." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.77.64.97 (talk) 18:10, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Kimono
"Kimono, it is coming from the Greek word 'kimona' meaning 'winter'. And what do you use in the winter to keep warm? A robe! So, kimono-kimona there you go."

Obviously, kimono is from Japanese, but I was wondering if the Greek word for winter is actually "kimona".


 * It is, the word is real. The actual spelling is Χειμώνας (pronounced /çi'mɔnas/). Although the word is not related to the Japanese kimono (和服), it is related to Latin hiems, which also means winter. Iago4096 10:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Relevant link: Goropius Becanus

goof
I don't see how the "spelling" of the title is a goof: It is clearly an intentional playing on visuals. Kdammers (talk) 11:40, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It would have been if they'd used a semi-Greek looking font, like "Electra". The titles just look really silly with this sigma in them. I understand the intention of the designer but it doesn't work. Channel &reg;   15:57, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

"Location and release dates"
The long list of countries where the film was released seems rather superfluous: surely something along the lines of "was released worldwide..." would be better. In the Wikipedia "Die Hard" article, for instance, this is used: "Die Hard had a budget of $28 million. Released in 1,276 theaters, it grossed $7.1 million in its opening weekend. The film earned $83 million domestically and $138.7 million worldwide." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.69.220 (talk) 15:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Vegetarian
I've removed the following paragraph:

Also, Ian's vegetarianism would not be a problem, since many Greeks are vegetarians; in the Orthodox church, fasting -- particularly abstention from meat -- is an important component of living one's faith on various fasts during the year.

First, Ian's vegetarianism is not seen as "a problem" in the movie, the older Greeks in Toula's family are merely stunned that somebody voluntarily chooses not to eat meat. Second, there is a link with reality here. In Greece you will not find a lot of vegetarians amongst the older, traditional Greeks (like the generation of Toula's parents and aunts). And during fasting most Greek people will still eat shellfish, shrimps and similar, something a real vegetarian wouldn't do. Channel &reg;  16:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Plot summary too long
At 981 words the plot is way too long and detailed. The summary should be trimmed down to about about 300-500 words. I've begun some of that trimming. SnappingTurtle (talk) 22:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
 * FYI WP:FILMPLOT says 400-700 words. Softlavender (talk) 06:51, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Financial Debate
While it is rather common in the movie business, it seems like there should be some sort of mention about the fact that just about everyone involved in this movie (Vardalos, Hanks, etc), were involved in multiple lawsuits over its "profitability." The fact that the highest-grossing independent film of all time supposedly lost money (according to one of the production companies involved) is certainly a noteworthy fact. A few references for starters. 207.132.184.130 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:47, 17 December 2009 (UTC).

Also, despite CNBC's assertion, this certainly isn't the most profitable movie of all time. Taking 'Paranormal Activity' as an example, as it's also claimed to be the most profitable movie of all time; its budget was $15,000, and it's gross revenue was $107,917,283, giving it a percentage return of over 700,000%, compared to this movie's 6,000%. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179904/business I tried editing this but it got undone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.120.12.164 (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


 * A source to the contrary needs to be provided. There is no reason not to include information from a respected source because you feel that you found something that contradicts it. It is possible that CNBC had certain criteria for picking the movies, not just every movie on the face of the Earth. Also remember that IMDB is not considered a reliable source. Grk1011 (talk) 15:55, 6 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Here's a link to a bbc article that gives the same figures. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8359186.stm Is that considered a reliable source? It also gives the figures for Blair Witch, which also was massively more profitable than this movie. This is just a mistake by the CNBC article. It's not hard to find counter-examples, and this line should be removed. If CNBC did have other criteria (e.g. movies over a million dollars), then this should be mentioned in their article as well as on this page, neither of which is currently the case. N.B. even based on that criterion, MBFGW would not still be most profitable (Rocky was more profitable), I was just using that as an example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.120.12.164 (talk • contribs)
 * The page says "CNBC found", there would only be an issue if it were just a blanked statement using CNBC as a source. For instance, if it said "the movie was the highest...." without saying who found it to be so. Grk1011 (talk) 03:52, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Toula's name
I can't find a citation for it, but isn't Toula's proper name "Fortoula," rather than "Fotoula," as indicated in the article? My only source is the closed-captioning from the film (I'm hearing-impaired, so I leave the captions on on my TV), but her name is rendered as "Fortoula" there. I checked IMDB, though I know it's not a very good source; no joy. They just punted the question and called her "Toula." 72.0.15.8 (talk) 20:58, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * No. It's "Fotoula."  It is related to the word "Fos," meaning "light." Kostaki mou (talk) 13:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Baptism
Just in case anyone feels like adding trivia or script goofs: Baptism is mutually recognized among most Christian denominations, so there is absolutely no need for anyone to be baptized a second time just because they want to change their denomination. I guess a simple change of membership would not have been nearly as colorful to make into a movie though. --84.190.87.17 (talk) 00:30, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * A second baptism might not be obligatory, but it certainly would be permissible. Kostaki mou (talk) 13:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * The sacrament of baptism may only be performed once. Any deliberate attempt to do it twice would represent some sort of heresy. But what if there is some doubt as to the validity of a baptism? We are not told the denomination of Ian's parents (indeed, the movie makes them seem culture-less), but are apparently meant to think of them as mainline Protestants of some sort, which would suggest that Ian was baptized as an infant. Orthodox authorities disagree as to whether a mainline Protestant baptism would be valid. (If not, then his baptism into Orthodoxy would be his *first* baptism, not a re-baptism.) The Ecumenical Patriarch--under whose authority most Greek-Americans would fall--recognizes baptisms performed by any church that believes in the Trinity; thus Ian should have been chrismated (anointed with oil, analogous to Catholic confirmation) rather than baptized. The several Russian jurisdictions in the USA, plus a number of schismatic Greek Orthodox groups (such as Old Calendrists) are more strict, and recognize only Orthodox (and perhaps Catholic or Oriental Orthodox) baptisms. In any case, Ian really ought to have been catechized (he does not seem very religious, and thinks the rite has made him Greek). Anyway, baptism should not be done merely for the sake of marriage--"mixed" marriage is quite possible, though discouraged. --Dawud

Not fuly WASP
Hello, the article says that Ian is "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant". Actually, in the movie he says "we [the Millers] are not very religious". --167.57.158.30 (talk) 20:38, 11 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Who's to say they're not Catholic? It's uncited, and irrelevant anyway, so I deleted it. Adpete (talk) 03:08, 7 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Even stranger is the assertion that Toula's family is "middle class" while Ian's is "upper middle class". That also should not be there unless it is sourced (cited), so I deleted that too. Adpete (talk) 00:37, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

A new film has the record of a film to never hit #1
Sing has passed My Big Fat Greek Wedding to become the highest-grossing film to never hit #1. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.58.55 (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2017 (UTC)

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