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My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2002
· Movie
· 95 min
C
MEANRANK
65/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3198
- IMDb #3114
- Google retired #2203
- Rotten Tomatoes #2072
- Metacritic #2407
- Letterboxd #2468
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2330
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2295
- Metacritic Critics #2250
- Metacritic Audience #2713
- Criticker #2869
- Douban #1857
- Kinopoisk #3273
- AlloCiné #5185
- Trakt #2652
Every rating
36–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 36, highest is Google on 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Joel Zwick
- Writer
- Nia Vardalos
- Released
- 19 April 2002
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $5.0M
- Box office
- $368.7M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 13 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (24) →
Awards & nominations
See all 16 →3 wins from 16 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2002 | Best Acting Ensemble | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Awards 2002 | Best Writer | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Producers Guild of America 2002 | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Award 2002 | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Award 2002 | Best Original Screenplay | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
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16 awards — My Big Fat Greek Wedding
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Critics' Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Acting Ensemble | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America
1 nomination
| Best Theatrical Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Original Screenplay | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor - Musical or Comedy | Michael Constantine | Winner |
| Best Actress - Musical or Comedy | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress - Musical or Comedy | Lainie Kazan | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Comedy Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Winner |
| Favorite Motion Picture | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Breakthrough Female Performance | Nia Vardalos | Nominee |