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My Big Fat Greek Wedding Two is a follow on film of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. If you haven't seen the first film- you'll still understand this one, but it won't be as enjoyable. Spoiler alert: the first film is about a Greek girl from a very traditional Greek family, who falls in love with someone who isn't Greek, and as you can imagine this causes a lot of problems- and laughs.

Fourteen years later, My Big Fat Greek Wedding Two has been made, and it's a continuation/repeat of the first. Toula and Ian's (the aformentioned forbidden couple from the first film) daughter begins to feel overwhelmed by the pressure put on her to get married to "a nice Greek boy" and to go to a college close to home. Familiar faces arrive to offer "guidance", Toula's parents find out their marriage certificate wasn't officially signed by the priest, and Toula and Ian have marriage problems of their own. The result is chaos.

There are some funny moments, humorous because of personal experience and nods to the first film. In places however, the film falls flat, there are periods where nothing much happens, and the plot 

line is pretty predictable for the most part. However, there's a lot of heart in this film, and sometimes it's nice to watch something lighthearted. Without giving too much away, one of the final scenes is really beautiful, and quite emotional, really tying the whole film together in a sweet way.

I would recommend this film if you're looking for something light hearted and heart warming to watch. In terms of originality of concept and complexity of storyline, it misses the mark a bit, but it's good fun.

Three Quills out of Five.