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  • @HelloXrancidkitteh
    @HelloXrancidkitteh Před měsícem +45

    I love the fact that Tula has her glow-up and bettering her life BEFORE she official meets the guy and falls inlove. she worked on being happy with herself and a job she felt more comfortable in and even took college classes to better herself. then once she had her groove going and practically glowing, the guy sees that and thats when they fall inlove. that's definitely a positive message for women out there. you can't just wait for a relationship to be happy. work on bettering your life and being happy with yourself first and usually the rest will fall into place.

  • @SherriLyle80s
    @SherriLyle80s Před měsícem +360

    My late father was Lebanese and I swear this father in the movie was just like mine. Except his cure-all was Vicks Vapor Rub instead of Windex 😂

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Před měsícem +11

      I use isopropyl alcohol that way 😅

    • @Carpathianpixie
      @Carpathianpixie Před měsícem +15

      ​@@LordVolkovI mean... It *does* disinfect, so you're not totally off the mark 😅.

    • @rosanajaquez3274
      @rosanajaquez3274 Před měsícem +14

      I’m half Dominican and it’s our cure all as well!

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Před měsícem +9

      @@Carpathianpixie I think Windex has some disinfectant too 🤔 The old ways remain strong...

    • @charlenedebraux3882
      @charlenedebraux3882 Před měsícem +13

      In our house it was Robitussin

  • @EvHervey
    @EvHervey Před měsícem +331

    $368.7 million on a $5 million budget. Solid cast, and it looks great! I gotta give respect.

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Před měsícem +13

      I haven't seen them, but there are multiple sequels. Really cool that it started on such a tiny budget and did gangbusters.

    • @deanreevesii
      @deanreevesii Před měsícem +25

      @@LordVolkov The first sequel (the only one I've watched) is absolutely worth watching, but keep your expectations low. It's a solid movie, but the shoes of the first movie are impossible to fill. It's such a singular creation.

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Před měsícem +7

      @@deanreevesii 👍I'll bump it up my list. I really enjoyed Nia in My Life In Ruins, so I'm sure I'll enjoy the sequel also if it's even half as good as the first.

    • @cometgirl217
      @cometgirl217 Před měsícem +10

      What the whaaaa?? $5M is a crazy-low budget for such a fantastic (and well-made) film!

    • @hectorsmommy1717
      @hectorsmommy1717 Před měsícem +9

      @@cometgirl217 Rita Wilson, Tom Hank's wife, was the person who really pushed for this to be made and both she and Tom did some of the original funding. Wilson is also Greek and saw something in this that would resonate with people.

  • @BigPete44
    @BigPete44 Před měsícem +134

    “WHATCHU MEAN YOU DONT EAT NO MEAT? ITS OK I COOK LAMB” LMAO 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @rebeccawhite2155
    @rebeccawhite2155 Před měsícem +34

    One of my favorite moments in this whole movie is while Ian is getting baptized and Toula tells Nick whatever it is about her not being worth that. The way her brother looks at her and tells her she is worth it melts me every time.

  • @kaysharogers32
    @kaysharogers32 Před měsícem +135

    I love that Ian and Tula have zero drama. They're just a solid, kind, loving couple.

    • @xzonia1
      @xzonia1 Před měsícem +18

      I wish they made more romantic comedies like this for that very reason. Let the chaos be on the outside with the couple watching it all together.

    • @MermaidMusings7
      @MermaidMusings7 Před měsícem +6

      This is what a healthy relationship looks like.

    • @Battle5star
      @Battle5star Před měsícem +7

      I think it's because they are both mature adults and not 20 year old drama queens. Not that there aren't mature 20 year olds but they are not usually portrayed that way on film.

    • @LadyIarConnacht
      @LadyIarConnacht Před měsícem +1

      Ian is kind of a vanilla character. He doesn't have much personality but that doesn't matter, because the "minor" characters have so much.

  • @bg7606
    @bg7606 Před měsícem +195

    I'm Greek American. I'm 60. My grandparents came over here from an island that was still owned by the Turks in 1900. When my grandmother was mad at me, she would call me a Turk.

  • @trishferris7355
    @trishferris7355 Před měsícem +159

    Favorite line, " the man is the head of the family and the woman is the neck and the body neck can move the head anywhere it wants"

    • @LanaTheGemini
      @LanaTheGemini Před měsícem +9

      I was taught this from an early age as well but I come from Russian and Ukrainian heritage

    • @MermaidMusings7
      @MermaidMusings7 Před měsícem +1

      No lies detected. lol

    • @tracyleesmith781
      @tracyleesmith781 Před měsícem +1

      I told my mom that & it is the truth. May my dad rest in Peace. And I told the female customers that too. That comment made me feel corrected! Stand by ur man & show him the way!❤

  • @Zuxiasunicorn
    @Zuxiasunicorn Před měsícem +149

    Tula in real life wrote this story of her family. Then she wound up playing herself in this film. Underrated movie. Still laughing all these years later.

    • @1sTEfFaniE1
      @1sTEfFaniE1 Před měsícem +12

      Plus the actor who plays the best friend of the male lead was her actual husband!

    • @IslesYankeeLady
      @IslesYankeeLady Před měsícem +2

      @@1sTEfFaniE1Scrolling through the comments to see who knows the fun facts.

  • @janleonard3101
    @janleonard3101 Před měsícem +189

    "I don't remember frump girl, but I remember you." 🥺😍🥰

  • @jtoland2333
    @jtoland2333 Před měsícem +42

    I love that the main charactor's makeover was a life makeover and not a whole beauty and wardrobe change. She made small changes to her appearence but big changes to her life and got what she wanted.

  • @TheAlmaward
    @TheAlmaward Před měsícem +173

    "Ian" is played by John Corbett, who was previously in the TV show Northern Exposure. The stepbrother in Clueless was played by Paul Rudd, who also played AntMan in the Marvel.movies. Two very different people.

    • @lauraneely6270
      @lauraneely6270 Před měsícem +28

      John Corbett also played Carrie Bradshaw's boyfriend in Sex and the City.

    • @LiveINtheGood53
      @LiveINtheGood53 Před měsícem +8

      And the boyfriend of Sarah Jessica Parkers character in Sex in the City TV show also.

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před měsícem +3

      And now ghostbusters

    • @book_Emmy
      @book_Emmy Před měsícem +8

      John Corbett also played Lara Jean's dad in the To All The Boys trilogy

    • @Alex-xz4im
      @Alex-xz4im Před 19 dny

      cant forget Joey Fatone from N'Sync

  • @TheIronDuke9
    @TheIronDuke9 Před měsícem +134

    In 2003 I worked in the entertainment dept onboard a cruise ship owned and operated by Greeks. This movie played in the cinema for my entire 12 month contract lol

  • @user-hq2nm5qp5g
    @user-hq2nm5qp5g Před měsícem +145

    If no one's mentioned it yet: Ian's bald pessimist friend was actually Nia Vardalos' real life husband. That actor's real first name: IAN! Coincidence???

    • @rocknroller77
      @rocknroller77 Před měsícem +11

      I always remember him from The Drew Carey Show

    • @melindamercier6811
      @melindamercier6811 Před měsícem +18

      No it wasn’t coincidence, lol. Nia wrote this story bc she was writing about the two of them and their love story. 😂 And he was* her husband. I believe they’re divorced now. 😢

    • @wolfe6220
      @wolfe6220 Před měsícem +3

      ​@@melindamercier6811Yes. They are divorced.

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před měsícem +1

      And now divorced

    • @micheletrainor1601
      @micheletrainor1601 Před měsícem +6

      Yeah, she was writing about THEIR story as he isn't Greek.

  • @dragonreader3817
    @dragonreader3817 Před měsícem +28

    I was fed so well at my Greek friend’s houses. I was skinny and always had food shoved in my face with the classic line “Eat something, you’re too skinny”. I was in heaven. I still find Greek festivals in the area and attend them whenever I can. Sooo yummy.

  • @jumpingmanatee
    @jumpingmanatee Před měsícem +42

    The line "It's lucky for me I have you to tie my shoes." Still makes me laugh after all these years.

    • @barbarastrayhorn4667
      @barbarastrayhorn4667 Před 23 dny

      That was dad. You know, women don't have enough brains to come out of the rain. BS like that.

  • @LordVolkov
    @LordVolkov Před měsícem +115

    "Hey Ian! We're gonna kill ya!" 😁
    Joey Fatone is actually pretty funny in this, which I wasn't expecting.
    It really is a cute movie, and who doesn't love Aunt Voula? She's hilarious and steals the movie every time she shows up. "He don't eat no meat?!"

    • @julienielsen4462
      @julienielsen4462 Před měsícem +11

      Aunt Voula was excellent!

    • @meganlutz7150
      @meganlutz7150 Před měsícem +5

      I love Aunt Voula

    • @TheSeiyoung
      @TheSeiyoung Před měsícem +4

      I was very surprised by how funny Fatone was when this movie first came out 😂

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt Před měsícem +6

      The actress playing Aunt V is actually a stand up comedian!

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov Před měsícem +2

      @@SC-gp7kt I discovered that after seeing her here, as well as many of her other movies (including the original Black Christmas and the 2009 remake 🤯). What a delightful woman.

  • @kaydantonio3719
    @kaydantonio3719 Před měsícem +60

    I’m only a little jealous of you getting to see this for the first time. This is one of my favorite comedies ever. It’s such fun. Thank you for sharing.

  • @euphoriaggaminghd
    @euphoriaggaminghd Před měsícem +46

    Balkan culture in general is like this, its just a great life. Greetings from Kosova 🇽🇰

  • @Victorian9322
    @Victorian9322 Před měsícem +77

    Girl Ian is not the stepbrother in Clueless. That's Paul Rudd!

    • @PMack5
      @PMack5 Před měsícem +14

      I think Ian was in Sex and the City?

    • @HuntingViolets
      @HuntingViolets Před měsícem +14

      He's the DJ on _Northern Exposure_ and Aidan on _Sex and the City._

  • @gigi-ij1hk
    @gigi-ij1hk Před měsícem +12

    I'm not usually attracted to John Corbett, the actor who plays Ian, but he is SO DREAMY in this movie

  • @cassiegeorge141
    @cassiegeorge141 Před měsícem +27

    Ian- May I please date your daughter?
    Gus- No!!
    My favorite scene 😂

  • @williambryan3346
    @williambryan3346 Před měsícem +27

    @8:07 That’s Nia Vardalos’ real-life husband at the time, Ian Gomez. Nia wrote the screenplay for this movie based on her own experience marrying a non-Greek man.

  • @fallingawayfromthenorm
    @fallingawayfromthenorm Před měsícem +9

    It wasn’t until I watched this movie for the first time in the last year that i thought anything about how my half-Greek cousin is named Nick lmao. Now every time I watch the introduction scene during the family party, I can’t help but think of it. 🤣

    • @mysam4504
      @mysam4504 Před měsícem

      I love your name! 😅❤

  • @susurada
    @susurada Před měsícem +19

    Loved your reaction, as always.💖 The spitting is a traditional thing, but it's portrayed in an exaggerated manner. No one actually expels saliva, we just say the word 'ftou' which represents the sound of spitting. It's supposedly an act to ward off any lingering bad energy, and is used mostly by older generations.

    • @SC-gp7kt
      @SC-gp7kt Před měsícem +4

      Italians do that too

  • @VengefulPurity
    @VengefulPurity Před měsícem +21

    The year this came out, my cousin had a Quinceañera, and as she passed in the church, my dad took a page from this film and leaned over and lightly spat on the back of her dress! I nearly passed out trying not to laugh out loud. 🤣

  • @marthaz
    @marthaz Před měsícem +31

    My grandparents eloped from a small Greek Island because they did not want to marry who was planned for them. 💕 My grandmother told me when I was 4 years old never to forget that "Turks are the meanest people." 😳🤔🤣 so glad you guys got to see this.

    • @alx_gr1
      @alx_gr1 Před měsícem +6

      There have been two greek genocides in recent history (let alone being enslaved during ottoman empire), it's normal for this feeling to exist against Turkey. Maybe not people as a whole, but for the country.

  • @mheiligm0113
    @mheiligm0113 Před měsícem +73

    BJ guessed right, lifting the bride and groom in chairs and smashing a glass wrapped in a napkin are both parts of Jewish weddings! We also just do the chair lift for any big celebration! I was in fear for my life at my Bat Mitzvah when all my 13 year old girlfriends lifted me up 😂

    • @NinjaBee81
      @NinjaBee81 Před měsícem +12

      But smashing plates is a greek tradition.

    • @mheiligm0113
      @mheiligm0113 Před měsícem +5

      @@NinjaBee81 cool! We do a glass

    • @wolfe6220
      @wolfe6220 Před měsícem +8

      ​@@mheiligm0113 My father's side of the family are Greeks; my mother's side of the family are Jewish (so I am too). Together, to say my families go through a LOT of tableware is putting it mildly.

    • @jumpingmanatee
      @jumpingmanatee Před měsícem +2

      😂😂😂​@@wolfe6220

    • @mheiligm0113
      @mheiligm0113 Před měsícem

      @@wolfe6220 sounds chaotic 😂

  • @chynne33
    @chynne33 Před měsícem +26

    I've always thought this was just the cutest movie. The end when her parents give their gift always gets me.

  • @dspcurlly
    @dspcurlly Před měsícem +19

    I was vegan when I moved to Dallas, TX. People would invite me to dinner and I would let them know about my diet, they would legit say, “Not a problem - I’ll make chicken!”

    • @mysam4504
      @mysam4504 Před měsícem +1

      Central Texas here, sorry about that! 😅❤

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 Před 24 dny +1

      Don't chicken eggs grow on trees?

  • @ChefDuJour78
    @ChefDuJour78 Před měsícem +38

    The actress that played Tula wrote the movie. It’s based on her real life family. The second one is cute too.

    • @LiveINtheGood53
      @LiveINtheGood53 Před měsícem +13

      Rita Wilson saw Tula's one woman show and love it so much, she met her backstage and got with hubby Tom Hanks to make this movie with their production company. (Playtone)

  • @ChefDuJour78
    @ChefDuJour78 Před měsícem +43

    This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it at least once a year.

    • @Bayougirl78
      @Bayougirl78 Před měsícem +8

      Same. I think anyone who grew up with a big, close, nosey family can relate to this, lol!

  • @tessasnow
    @tessasnow Před měsícem +18

    Tom Hanks wife saw the star of this in a standup comedy show and thought she was so funny she brought her husband. He loved it and a movie was born. 🇨🇦🖖🏻

    • @TheDivayenta
      @TheDivayenta Před měsícem +1

      And Rita wanted you to play Tula. Nia said she wanted to play herself and a star was born.

  • @Heroesfullyalive
    @Heroesfullyalive Před měsícem +9

    This movie became a favorite of my mother's because of how accurate it was when she married by step-dad. Only difference was both families were MASSIVE. So much fun, but so much chaos. 😂

  • @melindamercier6811
    @melindamercier6811 Před měsícem +27

    So many of us with strong ties to our culture (no latter what it is) related so strongly to this movie lol. I can tell you as a Hispanic, my family thoroughly enjoyed the parallels. So hilarious. The sequels are mediocre, but this movie is **chef’s kiss**.

  • @JennyTroutstanding
    @JennyTroutstanding Před měsícem +35

    Asia you do NOT look old enough to remember America's Funniest Home Videos. 😂

    • @RedRoseSeptember22
      @RedRoseSeptember22 Před měsícem +5

      She really doesn't lol but that was one of the shows I grew up watching :P

    • @artemis2520
      @artemis2520 Před měsícem +3

      I was born in the very early 2000s and I remember that show...

  • @SuburbanSavage
    @SuburbanSavage Před měsícem +60

    My husband comes from a gigantic family and while he's not Greek, I definitely felt like Ian when I met his family. Just on his mom's side, he has over 100 first cousins and he can rattle off their names without blinking.
    When we were planning our wedding, we had to curb his urge to invite every single relative. My mother said, "any aunt/uncle who is single can bring 1 cousin as their Plus 1."
    And his relatives have tried to feed me weird foods full of mayonnaise. I have convinced them that I'm allergic to eggs, just to avoid that nightmare.

    • @Carpathianpixie
      @Carpathianpixie Před měsícem +3

      Not the mayonnaise force feed! 😂😂

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 Před měsícem +3

      I'm allergic to nuts and just about every dessert they make has them. It's hard being an Indian with a Greek fiancee family

    • @SuburbanSavage
      @SuburbanSavage Před měsícem +3

      @@andreadeamon6419 that's a gastronomical minefield! You have my sympathy!

    • @Carpathianpixie
      @Carpathianpixie Před měsícem +1

      @@andreadeamon6419 Dang! So you can't even have baklava?! (That's Greek right? Or is that from some other mediterranean country?)

  • @andrewsawyer1375
    @andrewsawyer1375 Před měsícem +14

    A fun movie that, at the time when it came out it was an under the radar success. The aunt is the best.

  • @Bayougirl78
    @Bayougirl78 Před měsícem +21

    One of my favorite happy, comfort movies.

  • @marlasinger1808
    @marlasinger1808 Před měsícem +23

    Asias face during the dating montage 🤣 I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣

  • @tarinpaskalis3832
    @tarinpaskalis3832 Před měsícem +7

    This movie always has me laughing because it's so relatable! For me it's watching a parody of my family! Yes, a big chunk of my family is Greek, living in Greece and my summers were often filled with loud big parties with a whole lamb roasting over a firepit. Or my uncle grilling fresh fish he had caught in the morning and then chasing me and my siblings with the eyeballs to get us to eat them! Aaaaahhh, the memories🤣

  • @MithrilMagic
    @MithrilMagic Před měsícem +5

    I’m first Gen Italian. This movie is very close to how my family is. But I wouldn’t trade them. My father passed away last year. This movie always makes me think of him.

  • @TheKittyGirl
    @TheKittyGirl Před měsícem +16

    Lol yes ur talking about a jewish wedding. We dance the hora when the married couple get raised in a chair. It also happens to the bar/batmitzvah boys and girls. And then yea at the wedding ceremony the step on a glass! But i do know cultures have overlapping customs so we may not be the only ones who do all this!

  • @Neotron2001
    @Neotron2001 Před měsícem +5

    One of the biggest financial hits in Hollywood history. And yes, a really good movie.

  • @Tinker_LV426
    @Tinker_LV426 Před měsícem +21

    I'm so glad you guys love this film. I saw this in a small theater and it was the greatest movie experience of my life. I have never heard so many Roars and waves of laughter. I still can't use Windex without laughing😂😂😂

  • @findingpeace4life290
    @findingpeace4life290 Před měsícem +26

    Eon is not from Clueless He played Aidan in Sex in the City.

  • @spydude38
    @spydude38 Před měsícem +12

    I remember when this movie first came out was a hit. To this day, I still joke around a family gatherings when someone gets a scrape or bump and tell them, "Put some Windex on it".

  • @wolfe6220
    @wolfe6220 Před měsícem +6

    My roommate and I will say, " Why you want to leeaaavve me?", any time the other leaves for work.
    I'm half Greek (father's side) and I can say this is 100% factual. Luckily, I love being considered Greek (the family will take any excuse to make sure "you" are Greek too.)
    When I was 10, I was playing with my best friend (Gus. also 10). His mother, who was a distant relative-and Greek, of course, asked my parents if they were willing to agree for Gus and I to be engaged NOW, and we would get married when we turned 18!
    My dad seriously considered
    it, but my mom put her foot down.The thing about the women becoming a baby machine was very true, and she knew I wouldnt be
    happy in that role.
    40+ years later, I'm single and happy. Gus is married to another Greek woman and has like 3 daughter and 1 son, and he is very
    happy as well

  • @musicdaydreams2506
    @musicdaydreams2506 Před měsícem +17

    My nephew was baptized is a Greek Orthodox Church (my SIL is Romanian and the Greek Orthodox church was the closest thing to Romanian Orthodox church in our U.S. town). At one point, the priest and the godmother went towards the back of the church, read some Bible verses & spit on the floor. She explained the spitting is spitting on the devil, I guess to keep the bad luck or evil away.

    • @wolfe6220
      @wolfe6220 Před měsícem +3

      A lot of cultures share similar customs: like the 'evil eye,'

    • @alx_gr1
      @alx_gr1 Před měsícem +5

      That's what it is. And we don't actually spit, it's more like pretending to spit while letting air out lol.

    • @OlympicLeprechaun
      @OlympicLeprechaun Před měsícem +3

      And rubbing the baby--or in this case Ian--with oil, is to keep the Devil from getting a hold of him.

    • @agresticumbra
      @agresticumbra Před měsícem

      @@OlympicLeprechaun I assume it originates from being anointed with oil.

    • @OlympicLeprechaun
      @OlympicLeprechaun Před měsícem

      @@agresticumbra it does.

  • @raramonty5217
    @raramonty5217 Před měsícem +15

    Nia Vardalos the actress playing Tula is the writer of this movie

  • @ericc8705
    @ericc8705 Před měsícem +2

    This is a very sweet romantic comedy ... even as a non-Greek single guy, I loved and appreciated it the first time I saw it.

  • @yrankin1
    @yrankin1 Před měsícem +1

    This was a “sleeper” hit. First in a limited release. Then it was absolutely exploded in the theaters and was everywhere and spawned sequels.

  • @josearroyo8008
    @josearroyo8008 Před měsícem +8

    This movie is just totally good feels

  • @rosanajaquez3274
    @rosanajaquez3274 Před měsícem +16

    ‘That’s OK…. I make lamb.” I friggin love Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula. You guys should definitely check her out in the little seen Robin Williams movie Club Paradise. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a reaction to it and Andrea Martin kills it in that one too!
    You two are just charming. You’re great reactors, but the wonderful curiosity you bring to your reactions is a breath of fresh air. Keep up the adventures! Opa! ❤❤❤

  • @heathercontois4501
    @heathercontois4501 Před 26 dny

    I love the whole part of the story after his baptism. It's all so great from her aunt and uncle not letting go of him to her brother and cousin messing with his head. favorite line-"that's okay, that's okay. I make lamb." I love her family.

  • @MajaZaguan
    @MajaZaguan Před měsícem +4

    Yup, that's a whole lamb. When you have a big family, roasted lamb is a way to go. Roasted pig is also great!

  • @Carpathianpixie
    @Carpathianpixie Před měsícem +5

    The way I still have the same reaction to this movie like I'm watching it for the first time. Watching y'all make the same faces was hilarious 😂. Great reaction guys!

  • @HuntingViolets
    @HuntingViolets Před měsícem +9

    Nia Vardalos, who played the lead, also wrote the movie, which is loosely based on her marrying her non-Greek husband.
    Michael Constantine (the dad) has been in a lot of things. He used to be on a lot of sitcoms and briefly had one where he was a judge.

  • @MrMountainchris
    @MrMountainchris Před měsícem +4

    Shoutout to BJ for the Shenaynay quote. 🤣

  • @mgabbard
    @mgabbard Před měsícem +4

    This is such a cute movie! And a perfect ensemble cast. Fun fact - Nia Vardalos (who played Toula) also wrote the screenplay. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman were producers on this film. For some other cute films in the Hanks / Goetzman / Playtone universe check out Larry Crowne (also written by Nia Vardalos, directed by Hanks, produced by Goetzman) and That Thing You Do (written and directed by Hanks and produced by Goetzman). Plus the looks on your faces when Nikki shows them the blue bridesmaid dress - LOL!

  • @markbrittelli2048
    @markbrittelli2048 Před měsícem +3

    Another small budget movie (that is definitely worth watching) is a movie shot entirely in black and white from the 80's is called "The Elephant Man", with a very young Anthony Hopkins. One of my favorite small budget movies. Heads-up, be ready to cry a lot. I watched a galley full of sailors on the submarine I was stationed on tear up when we watched it.

    • @melindamercier6811
      @melindamercier6811 Před měsícem

      Wow, I don’t think I’ve EVER seen anyone recommend that movie. But that is a fantastic recommendation! Classic movie!!!

  • @California8-ms2wk
    @California8-ms2wk Před měsícem +3

    Great reaction to a funny and heartfelt story & movie. FYI, the very old Greek tradition that requires wedding guests to “spit” on the Bride and Groom, of course is pretend and they are not literally spitting. But by pretending that they are spitting on the happy couple, by doing this the guest is protecting them from evil spirits!

  • @lamikahawkins9442
    @lamikahawkins9442 Před měsícem +13

    This was such a a sweet movie. The fact that Nia Vardolos wrote it, and based it on her family made it even better. Now you need to watch the 2nd and 3rd one.

    • @melindamercier6811
      @melindamercier6811 Před měsícem

      They really don’t. They’re not that good lol. 😂

    • @jennifer_m.8613
      @jennifer_m.8613 Před měsícem +1

      Second one wasn't bad, I forgot to see the third on in the theater

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 Před 24 dny

      ​@@jennifer_m.8613wasn't it straight to video?

  • @stupidsminkle
    @stupidsminkle Před měsícem +12

    Oh hell yes!! this movie is so hilarious, my best friend and I would quote it often 😂

  • @cinemacodey
    @cinemacodey Před měsícem +6

    “He don’t eat no meat?!” 😂

  • @fcannistraro2878
    @fcannistraro2878 Před měsícem +3

    Classic movie! I still need to have my husband watch. The whole family coming for dinner to meet Ian and his parents is something my family would do 😂

  • @demonkazi
    @demonkazi Před měsícem +7

    One of my favorite movies.

  • @vly9257
    @vly9257 Před měsícem +4

    The jewish wedding you are describing may be from Fiddler On The Roof, a very good musical I definitely recommend 😊

  • @Mystic_Kal
    @Mystic_Kal Před měsícem +1

    As an Italian from NJ I related to this movie so well! The only difference is the colors on the flag and the accent of the grandparents😂😂😂. You have to watch the second one too!

  • @aguilarjr
    @aguilarjr Před měsícem +7

    This movie is one of my favorite comfort movies. When I’m sick or feeling down, this movie, along with Dan In Real Life, South Park the Movie, Moneyball, and She’s Out Of My League are on the list.
    I watch other movies over and over again, but when in a funk, sad, or sick, one of these movies brings me up for some reason.

    • @terri2494
      @terri2494 Před měsícem

      I love “Dan in Real Life”!

  • @hazi5961
    @hazi5961 Před měsícem +12

    This movie is 100% accurate. My Dad looked and talked just like the Dad in this movie, lol.

    • @alx_gr1
      @alx_gr1 Před měsícem +2

      It was accurate for first generation Greek immigrants, because that's how things were in Greece when they left (50's-60's). Nothing to do with today's Greece though.

    • @sprinkles06
      @sprinkles06 Před měsícem

      ​​@@alx_gr1WDYM? I was born in America, and so was my mom but both her older siblings were born in Greece so I'm not sure if that makes me 1st or 2nd gen, but I'm only 18 and watched the movie when I was like 14, I always thought it was extremely accurate, even to this day

    • @alx_gr1
      @alx_gr1 Před měsícem

      @@sprinkles06 I mean what I said. It's the culture first generation Greeks brought with them and the next generations also kept to connect with homeland. It has nothing to do with Greece today.

    • @sprinkles06
      @sprinkles06 Před měsícem

      @@alx_gr1 okay? So what is Greece today?

  • @lilyth682
    @lilyth682 Před měsícem +1

    The lamb scene will always be iconic

  • @brandonmartin08
    @brandonmartin08 Před měsícem +8

    “It’s not gonna change unless you want it to change” is Sage advice

  • @chris...9497
    @chris...9497 Před měsícem +1

    Greek weddings sometimes include the custom of breaking plates or glasses, which is known as plate smashing. The tradition may have originated from an ancient practice of ritually "killing" plates to celebrate happy occasions. It may also symbolize new beginnings, as the couple is leaving behind their old life and starting a new one.
    The tradition of lifting the bride and groom on chairs during the horah, a celebratory dance, is a Jewish wedding tradition. The chairs are placed in the middle of a circle, and guests lift the couple above their heads. The tradition is part of entertaining the bride on her wedding day.
    The actress who played Tula costarred with Toni Collette (the mom in "Sixth Sense") in 2004's "Connie and Carla".
    For Pride Month, you should react to it.
    It's a wonderful fun film, as good as this film was.

  • @IslaSkye123
    @IslaSkye123 Před měsícem +12

    When cultures collide! 😂 I love this film. ❤

  • @blackprix
    @blackprix Před měsícem +2

    I am Greek through and through. My father was born in Greece. My mother was born in the US when this movie came out, and I saw it the connection that was made based upon my heritage and how we are within the heritage was unbelievable. The Greek family dynamic, even though we might be from different parts of the country is spot on! Lots of laughs lots of smiles lots of get to your heart.❤. All beautiful all real such wonderful memories.❤️❤️❤️‼️

  • @dennishendrikx3228
    @dennishendrikx3228 Před měsícem +1

    I love my Greek family-in-law. I am in contact with them even more than with my own family. I feel right at home in Pireaus, but also high in the mountains in yjayia's village. "Fakes, agori mou?". 87yr old, tiny, cuts a huge pumpkin with a butcherknife and a hammer. While smiling and telling stories. We married on Salamina Island, Tsipourou and Zeibekiko all night. I became Nonos of a beautiful girl.
    I actually learned Greek for my family-in-law, trough TV shows and many questions. If you're in, you're really "In". Friends included.

  • @nessaarandur7740
    @nessaarandur7740 Před měsícem +3

    Asia, you confused the actor who plays Ian in this, John Corbett, with the actor who plays the stepbrother in Clueless, Paul Rudd. This is based on the true story of Nia Vardalos who plays Tula, and her real-life husband, who appears in this movie as Ian's friend. This is a great feel-good movie, glad you enjoyed it!

  • @karenc1564
    @karenc1564 Před měsícem +13

    this is one of the best movies. Alot of it was filmed in Toronto, in the Greek community. The house is around the corner from me and when they were filming everyone was gathered to see what they were filming. the house has been renovated and its no longer white and looks completely different,

    • @beandean23
      @beandean23 Před měsícem +1

      Hello fellow Queenie!

    • @karenc1564
      @karenc1564 Před měsícem

      @@beandean23 woo hoo. long live Queen!!

  • @SO-rj3pe
    @SO-rj3pe Před měsícem +5

    I’m a subscriber and I love the video reactions but I really wanted to let you know that I love how you edit your videos. You keep in the important moments for us to see. Thank you for sharing your talent.

  • @laurakali6522
    @laurakali6522 Před měsícem +8

    I think you guys would love The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It’s about a group of British seniors who can no longer afford to live in England and move to India to what they think is a fancy hotel. Really funny and heartwarming.

    • @torontomame
      @torontomame Před měsícem +2

      That's a WONDERFUL movie! ❤

  • @Hamartias_hound
    @Hamartias_hound Před měsícem +1

    "I make lamb" is a go-to comment in my family.

  • @kandicejanusz1829
    @kandicejanusz1829 Před měsícem +3

    One of my favorite movies. Granted I'm more of a horror/true crime documentaries person, so rom coms are a guilty pleasure of mine.

  • @PaladinesAngel
    @PaladinesAngel Před měsícem +8

    Such a fabulous movie. So full of heart but also …. HILARIOUS!
    We still say “it’s a BUNTTT!” 😂😂😂😂

  • @richruksenas5992
    @richruksenas5992 Před měsícem +4

    Now watch "Moonstruck." A great bookend.

  • @reneerocha1796
    @reneerocha1796 Před měsícem +7

    Have at it 2:15 😂😅😂 Jewish-The Joyful Hora Dance! 😊😊❤

  • @davidhuggan6315
    @davidhuggan6315 Před měsícem +21

    "What do you mean, he don't eat no meat....??"

    • @Zseventyone
      @Zseventyone Před měsícem +2

      Best line.

    • @ChefDuJour78
      @ChefDuJour78 Před měsícem +2

      He would have gotten the same response in a family full of Texans. 😂

  • @mysam4504
    @mysam4504 Před měsícem +2

    I love this movie so much! Based on your reaction to this movie, if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend "Crazy Rich Asians."

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 Před měsícem +6

    Thanks, Asia and BJ! 🫒 This is a cute one... the sequels are good, too.

  • @reneerocha1796
    @reneerocha1796 Před měsícem +5

    Well hey yall!! Here yall are all the way over here on CZcams! I just saw yall on Patreon!😅 Excited to watch this with yall. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😊

  • @mwooldridge9155
    @mwooldridge9155 Před měsícem +4

    I love this movie. My boss got me to look at it, glad he did. It's so funny.

  • @nightowl9161
    @nightowl9161 Před měsícem

    The end when they realise dad bought them a house shatters me every time.
    That symbolic acceptance.... gosh it reminds me every time of my grandfather. He was our patriarch, things were done his way, and then there's the small things he did that showed that he didnt agree with what i did or wanted to do, but he would be there to support me, whatever makes me happy. First we'll fight, and then he'll help me through it, and have me when it ends as he said it would, without ever telling me i told you so.
    Legendary man. Fantastic wholesome movie.
    Your reactions were priceless btw!

  • @lia53233
    @lia53233 Před měsícem +2

    Paul Rudd was the stepbrother in Clueless. He was not in this movie. John Corbett, the guy who plays Ian, was from Northern Exposure and Sex in the City

  • @pilotjoseph
    @pilotjoseph Před měsícem +1

    My wife and I constantly quote this movie to each other!

  • @melissahardman1153
    @melissahardman1153 Před měsícem

    Y’all need to watch the second and third. They are just as good! Definitely worth watching. And yes, this is really how it is for the Greek culture.

  • @TheDungeonSLO
    @TheDungeonSLO Před měsícem

    this movie always makes me cry. it's so touching. so beautiful. and i think the lead girl wrote it. and it nails the greeks perfectly. lol

  • @ThatsRedonculouS
    @ThatsRedonculouS Před měsícem +2

    Yay so glad you guys get to enjoy this :) This is one of those movies ive watched so many times Ive memorized the script Still watch it regularly its such a comfort

  • @TheOriginalRick
    @TheOriginalRick Před měsícem

    Mrs. Rick is Filipina. She laughed and laughed through this entire movie. It reminded her so much of her family and culture in so many ways.

  • @kimzwolinski9919
    @kimzwolinski9919 Před měsícem

    Her dad putting windex on everyone is too funny 😂
    Such a sweet movie ❤️

  • @Q-154
    @Q-154 Před měsícem +4

    Random: but I just realized y’all are from Texas as well! Hello from a fellow Texan! 😊