My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
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| Directed by | Kirk Jones |
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| Written by | Nia Vardalos |
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| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography | Jim Denault |
| Edited by | Markus Czyzewski |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $88.9 million |
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a 2016 American romantic comedy film directed by Kirk Jones and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Andrea Martin, Ian Gomez and Elena Kampouris. It is the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which was released in 2002. Filming began in late May 2015 in Toronto. The film was released on March 25, 2016 by Universal Pictures.
Toula Portokalos-Miller's (Nia Vardalos) life is in shambles. Her travel agency and the family dry cleaners are closed due to the recession, and the only business still open is the restaurant that Gus (Michael Constantine), her father, owns. Her husband Ian (John Corbett), is now the principal at the school their daughter Paris (Elena Kampouris) attends, and Paris is preparing to leave for college. Paris feels smothered by her close-knit clan's obsessive love and lack of regard for her privacy, and Gus's constantly trying to find a Greek boyfriend for her. Desperate for independence and eager to escape her relatives who are always there, she applies to distant schools across the country. Ian and Toula find their marriage strained because Toula has the same obsessive drive to "fix" whatever goes wrong in her family, due to her daughter treating her like she no longer needs her and her family constantly asking Toula to do it, causing her and Ian to find little time for each other.
Meanwhile, Gus has ridiculously convinced himself that he is a direct descendant of Alexander the Great and wants an online ancestry site to confirm this. While sorting through his paper records, he discovers that his wedding certificate was never signed by the priest who married him and Maria (Lainie Kazan) fifty years before. He is frustrated when his current priest refuses to just sign the paper, but is willing to renew their vows so their marriage can be "legal." Maria scoffs at Gus' insistence that they must marry again after fifty years together, but agrees to do it if Gus proposes to her properly. Gus refuses. Meanwhile, Toula tries to go on a date with Ian to try to rekindle their romance, but are unsuccessfully caught kissing in their car in the street by their family. Later on, Gus slips in the bath tub due to his bad hip he goes to physical therapy for. When he needs to go to the hospital Maria refuses to go with him because she isn't his wife, and he makes a public plea for her to marry him again. This time she agrees.
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