Cert 12A
94 mins
BBFC advice: Contains moderate sex references
Here's a quick pose. We watched the original My Big Fat Greek Wedding in a cinema in New York while filling time before going to the airport.
Sheffield Vue doesn't have quite the same glamour but was pretty busy as I continued my assault on 2016's major movies which I have yet to tick off.
And I found that very little has changed in the 14 years since the Portokalos family first hit the screens.
Yes, the patriarch, Gus (Michael Constantine) still believes the Greeks invented everything and that window cleaning spray can solve all problems and wants his grand-daughter (Elena Kampouris) to be married off to 'a nice Greek boy'.
Meanwhile, Toula (Nia Vardalos) and Ian (John Corbett) are still dominated by their extended family who live next-door to each other.
And for a while I was left wondering what the point was.
The same gags about food, gossip and lack of personal privacy run through the sequel as they did the original.
It is all easygoing, knockabout stuff but lacks a spark until the key moment when it transpires that Gus is not officially married to his 'wife' (Lainie Kazan) of 50 years.
Then the laughs start to flow. In fact, there is one scene which was so hilarious I was giggling like a teenager at the back of a biology class.
Directed by Kirk Jones, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is not going to test the brain cells but it does exactly what its audience would expect - making them feel at home and giving them a good giggle.
Oh, and it was produced by Tom Hanks. Who knew?
Reasons to watch: Has some genuine laugh-out loud moments
Reasons to avoid: very similar to the original
Laughs: five
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6.5/10
Star tweet
Tom Hanks Great Box Office proves: It’s fun to hang with Greeks! Opa! Hanx #MyBigFatGreekWedding2
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