Customer Reviews

My Big Fat Greek Life - The Entire Series

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I thought this series was great! It tool a few episodes not to long for John Corbett's pretty face, but once you get over it, you realize how great this show is! Not sure why it was pulled becasue there are so many sitcoms that are so horrible that have been on for awhile. Nia and the rest of the cast are great. That's why I am buying this DVD! Nia, PLEASE make a sequel to MBFGW! I swear, it's my life too-even the crazy yaya! Enjoy!

Why this short-lived sitcom is on DVD is beyond me. Don't get me wrong: the first episode is pretty good, with the stars doing a great job. But the reamaining six episodes only get worse and worse; with star Nina Vardalos the only reason that make them worth watching; while the other stars talents are wasted on the barely mediocre writing.

The storylines of episodes 2-7 sound very promising, yet all seems to be lost in the scripts. The jokes are far-fetched; not funny; and everything that makes the movie stand out from all low-brow basic sitcom humor (ie everything that makes it "smart") is absent from the television series.

Don't waste your money on this DVD. Instead, purchase good sitcoms such as The King of Queens, Spin City, Will & Grace, Cheers, Frasier, Married ... With Children, etc.

My Big Fat Greek Life: great talents wasted on a terrible show.

It's amazing to see the negative revues of this show from people who seem negative. If you watch the show to be entertained, which was the purpose of this show, you will not be disappointed! It is funny, light-hearted, and is not meant to be a competition to the movie, but rather a chance for us to continue with the characters we loved from the film. My only disappointment was having only 7 episodes. For those who criticize the show for being cancelled so quickly, this is not the only good show to meet an untimely demise. (look at Firefly, another excellent entertaining show which was cancelled after 11 or 12 episodes).

The first episode, "The House Gift" is a great reintroduction to the characters. Yes, Toula is now Nia, and Ian is now Thomas. I was able to get over that fact with little pain, so I don't see the big deal for some who cannot seem to live with the new names, or the fact that Thomas is played by a different actor. It's a TV show, not real life, and these are actors. Things change. Get over it and enjoy the show.

#2 - The Empire Strikes Back - Nick is hilarious in this episode, and Voula is great. (In fact, she is the best and most funny character in this series.) Gus and Maria are preparing a will to see who will inherit the "empire" (restaurant and house). Nia inherits the restaurant, and she is none to happy about the aspect of being just like her father. Watch this one just to see the scene with Voula, Nia and Nick as the women try to approach the subject of who will get the restaurant to Nick.

#3 - The Free Lunch - man does this one seem to get the criticism! This one is funny too, not a classic, but it is funny, which is what this show is about. Nia messes up an "arrangement" the parents have with the police, and it is up to her, Voula (again the best character, she is hilarious!) and Nicky to save the day.

#4 - Arianna - this one seems liked by most who have watched this series and it is funny, but the funniest part is Voula giving Arianna a mock interview!

#5 - Big Night - Seeing the three woman scream "Yanni!!!!" and run toward him like mad school girls is reason enough to watch this episode again and again! Hilarious!

#6 - Nick Moves Out - Maria and Nick are the main reasons to watch this episode. Even at only 6 episodes so far, character development is great for these two. Too bad the show couldn't continue as I'm sure we would have seen character development of the others.

#7 - Greek Easter - "Best Easter ever!" Funny episode, sad to know it was the last.

So ends the show, which was such a shame. No sex scenes, no murders, no missing children, no medical emergencies, no infidelity, no profanity. What a shame. With those it might have lasted longer. But for those of us who don't need all of that crap in our shows, My Big Fat Greek Life is a reminder that you don't have to be crude to be funny, you don't have to be obscene to be entertaining.

Lets start with I LOVED MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING! The movie transended the idea of Greekness and was so common to everyone. I thought the family looked so familier, than I realized it was MINE!

When CBS said they were going to do a weekly TV series based on WEDDING, I was thrilled and delighted!

That was the GOOD news, now the BAD news..This short lived seven episode series died a quick network death (THANK GOD). The series had so much potenial as a series. It could have been another M*A*S*H (A TV show that also started as a film) if the writing was good and kept slightly to the movie story line...IT DIDN'T and the show failed quickly!

I would have liked Nia to talk less and use more facial expressions as she did in the film. She kept running her mouth, a motor mouth..as she was very shy in the film.

This sitcom could have had more bite as a family comedy, it copied everyone else's sitcom styles and not its uniqueness which it had. Most of the supporting characters were very under used, acting as if they were part of the furniture.

On DVD, they could have given the DVD patrons a treat such as an audio commentary, promos, features, etc..alas no extras on can be found on this dvd disk..at least they couldn't give us something.

Ah, if wishes for a good show was something that could happen
Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD

This show deserved more of a chance than it got. Seven Episodes is not enough to establish every show. Some shows get off to great starts, while others take a little while to catch on. If the network would have let the first season finish who knows what might have become of it? Episodes six and seven are the strongest out of the seven total... very telling. Many Greek-Americans were excited to FINALLY have their own show (so to speak). What a Big Fat Let Down....

I think it's a real shame they ended this so quickly. It wasn't given enough of a chance to reach its potential! I thought that it would have been a great series.

Nia Vardalos delighted audiences with her personally scripted blockbuster MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. The movie inspired this short-lived sitcom. This sitcom starring the Canadian-Greek comedienne premiered on CBS on February 24,2003. She is Nia Portakolos married to Ian,an all-American man(Steven Eckholdt). John Corbett,who played Ian in the film already had a show of his own,HBO's recently cancelled "Sex In The City",so he contractually could not do MBFGL. Also part of the TV cast who also appeared in the film are Gia Carides as Nia's sister,Michael Constantine as the father and Lainie Kazan as the mother. In every episode there are several flashbacks to Nia's childhood with her much younger mom and dad. Rita Wilson served as executive producer as she did for the movie. In addition to Wilson,other memorable guest appearances were made by Joey Fatone of the singing group NSync,who also appeared in the film as Angelo,and Frank Stallone,who's Sylvester's brother. After 6 or 7 episodes,CBS pulled the plug on this sitcom. See tvtome.com for details. Hopefully Vardalos' next movie,"Connie and Carla" will be a hit like MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING.

I don't purchase a lot of TV series, but this was one that I am glad I did. While quite different from the movie(part of the husband is a totally different actor than the movie)I found it to be fantastic and I was very surprised that it didn't have another season or at least more episodes. I would recommend this disc as a great companion to the movie.

The TV series didn't live up to the movie that preceded it. It was fun to see the characters continue to adjust to the culture changes but it didn't quite carry it off.

Enjoyed the follow up series to the movie. Would have liked more episodes but the season was canceled after 8 or so.