The creators of this film managed to shoot a simple, romantic comedy that turned out to be interesting not only to its target audience but to people who weren’t even Greek. The story itself isn’t very original: all the events revolve around a young Greek girl that falls in love with an American man which comes as a bit of a shock to her big family. So, her new boyfriend is then expected to adapt to the new culture.

The characters in the film are quite cartoonish and the huge wedding at the end wasn’t very detailed. However, all the clichés were compensated with great humor that both viewers and critics loved. Also, no matter where you’re from, a huge wedding with all the accompanying drama is something that everyone has seen at least once in their lives which is what made the movie extremely relatable. This is the secret of the so-called “movie magic” which made the creators of My Big Fat Greek Wedding rich even though the initial budget was pretty small and the plot didn’t have any huge twists.