![]() ![]() ![]() And since my family is from the Midwest, one of them HAD to have Ranch Dressing in it. There you go, two great apps to have around. Serve with Frito's Scoops or a stronger chip Just before serving, add the ranch packet and mix again.Ĥ. Pour all ingredients in a giant bowl, except for the ranch packet, and mix.ģ. Cans of Summer Crisp Corn, well drainedġ red pepper (or orange, or yellow), dicedġ cup of ranch dressing (Tera makes her own, with hidden valley buttermilk spices, 1 cup of mayo, 1 cup of sour cream)ġ pkg of Buttermilk Ranch Mix (in addition to what you might have used in the homemade ranch)ġ. Could the groom be Aristotle (Elias Kacavas), the date she "ghosted," according to busybody Aunt Voula? Returning as Voula, Andrea Martin remains the best friend a comic line ever had, even one that's aged way past its sell-by date.5 11oz. That makes "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3" the most personal film yet for Vardalos, who commendably allows grief to play a major part, even in the comic doings of her immigrant characters that recycle every joke in the crazy family playbook.įor romance, the focus shifts to Tula and Ian's daughter Paris (a terrific Elena Kamporis), who may or may not have a wedding in her near future. In a sad coincidence, Michael Constantine, who played Gus, died in 2021 a year after the passing of Vardalos's own father on whom she had based the character. ![]() It's the passing of daddy Gus, whose final wish was that everyone visit his Greek birthplace, reconnect with his old friends by showing them his journals and discover their family roots. Now, seven years later, we get "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," in which the whole Portokalos clan gathers in Athens to memorialize a death in the family. What once bubbled up from a sincere love of Greek family ties had congealed into the all-too-familiar Hollywood tale ofmilking a cash cow until it cries for mercy. It took 14 years to cobble together a 2016 sequel that couldn't match the charm that snuck up on us back then. Cue the happy ending and an Oscar nomination for Vardalos for best original screenplay. ![]() Nice story, huh, with Vardalos starring as drab Toula Portokalos, stuck working at Dancing Zorba's, the Chicago restaurant owned by her parents Gus (Michael Constantine) and Maria (Lainie Kazan).Īfter a makeover, Toula falls for and marries waspy school teacher Ian Miller (John Corbett, Aidan on"Sex and the City" and "And Just Like That."). Rita Wilson, also Greek, saw the show and with her husband, Tom Hanks, produced the film version with Vardalos in the lead. Not bad for a movie that Vardalos based on her little-seen one-woman show about defying her parents and marrying a non-Greek Adonis. The first movie in 2002 was a big fat Greek hit, taking in $368 million against a $5 million budget to become the highest-grossing romcom of all time. Now in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," only in theaters, Vardalos is still laughing, crying and fussing about her boisterous Greek relatives.īefore digging into the problems plaguing this third family celebration from Vardalos, now the director as well as writer and star of her franchise, let's play a little catchup. Haven't we seen all this before? Of course we have, in the first two movie love letters that Nia Vardalos created in honor of her family. ![]()
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