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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 65TheWrapTim CogshellTheWrapTim CogshellIt’s sweet, just like the original movie. It was faint praise then, and it still is.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThat it all works to the extent that it does is due to its undeniably sweet depiction of a close-knit extended family whose members truly care for and help each other. It's cinematic wish fulfillment in this era of broken families and far-off relatives who keep in touch via social media.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a veritable feast of low-hanging fruit. The laughs are obvious, we see them coming a mile away.
- The winking ethnic jokes weren’t all that revolutionary in the first film, and this time around, they feel even more stale.
- 40VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireEvery bit as sitcom-ish and saccharine as its predecessor, but considerably less distinctive.
- 40Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganEven given that lazy stereotyping is the point of her schtick, Vardalos’ broad routine hasn’t aged well, her heavily-(and widely-) accented ‘oily’ Greek family an uncomfortable, almost retro fit for today’s global sensitivities. Apart from that, the gags just aren’t that funny.
- 40Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThere's little drama here, but there is a touching sense of reflection.
- 40Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisAdmittedly, the original had its unruly moments, but there’s little to no discipline here. The storyline goes in six different directions, and the actors are unleashed in an apparent free-for-all as they vie for center stage at the Parthenon.
- 38Slant MagazineEric HendersonSlant MagazineEric HendersonAs far as shameless excuses to rehash crowd-pleasing gags from the first film go, it doesn't particularly go about its duties cynically.
- 25Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallIn 2002, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" was at least a unique cultural take on movie cliches typically reserved for Italian and Jewish squabbles and makeups. Now it's all stale baklava, made with love but past its prime. Opa? Nope-a.