3 Movies Starring Nia Vardalos

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-08-02

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (91697 Reviews)

Director:

Joel Zwick

Fullplot:

Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself.

Connie and Carla

Connie and Carla

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-04-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (6489 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Lembeck

Fullplot:

After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with.

My Life in Ruins

My Life in Ruins

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-06-05

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

USA, Spain

Runtime:

95 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (13624 Reviews)

Director:

Donald Petrie

Fullplot:

Georgia is an American academic who's lost her teaching job in Athens. She's taken a job as a tour guide, but she hates it and it shows: the tourists, mostly American, are bored with history and facts; they want to shop. Every group has a goofy couple, a frat boy, a sullen teen, a feuding couple, divorcèes looking for a mate, and a funny guy. This group is no exception, plus there's no air conditioning and a bearded silent driver. Thanks to an unlikely friendship, plus daisies, an ice-cream cone, the history of syrup, and the Oracle at Delphi, Georgia may have a shot at finding her kefi during this four-day tour.

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