My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
Universal Pictures | Release Date: March 25, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
18
Negative:
11
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 24, 2016
A sequel that’s never subtle, rarely surprising — and as rich, syrupy, sweet and satisfying as a tray of homemade baklava. Read full review
65
TheWrapTim CogshellMar 21, 2016
It’s sweet, just like the original movie. It was faint praise then, and it still is. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 24, 2016
If you appreciated the first movie’s sweetness, then you’ll likely be charmed enough. Otherwise, you’ll find the oof-to-opa! ratio hasn’t changed. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganMar 24, 2016
The sequel is a little like a bear hug from a beloved old relative — the embrace is too tight, the perfume is too strong, but ultimately it still leaves you feeling good inside. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczMar 23, 2016
Among the lessons learned: marriages need tending and distance can make people closer. Not earth-shaking, but harmless. Like this sequel. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMar 21, 2016
That 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. Read full review
58
IndieWireEric KohnMar 24, 2016
Despite some clumsy moments, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 handily revives the first movie's appeal. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorMar 24, 2016
There are many plot lines here, but little tension. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMar 24, 2016
Some things, like ouzo and flaming cheese, are best left at single servings. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldMar 24, 2016
None of this has any real reason for being; even the tiniest bit of drama that Vardalos’ screenplay scares up...gets wrapped up by the hour mark. But Vardalos has created a community of characters and players so likable, it seems almost mean to criticize. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreMar 22, 2016
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a veritable feast of low-hanging fruit. The laughs are obvious, we see them coming a mile away. Read full review
42
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMar 24, 2016
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is about as unmemorable a movie as you’ll find in 2016. Everything about it, from Vardalos’ screenplay to the limp retreads of the first Greek Wedding’s better moments, stinks of an extended HBO special that somehow made its way to theaters. Read full review
42
The Film StageDaniel SchindelMar 24, 2016
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 commits the perennial sequel mistake of indulging the breakout characters, letting them run rampant over everything in the process. Giving everyone the spotlight only diffuses the heart. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerMar 23, 2016
Maybe Vardalos should revisit this material when she’s ready to write "My Big Fat Greek Funeral." Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyDevan CogganMar 22, 2016
The winking ethnic jokes weren’t all that revolutionary in the first film, and this time around, they feel even more stale. Read full review
40
TimeStephanie ZacharekMar 28, 2016
Those jokes are mostly just toothless and silly. The plot is barely serviceable, but it will do, and most of the first movie’s cast has been reassembled under its flimsy umbrella. Read full review
40
Time OutKate LloydMar 25, 2016
If you loved the first one, you’ll happily sit through this one. It’s just not quite as good. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisMar 23, 2016
Admittedly, 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. Read full review
40
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganMar 22, 2016
Even 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. Read full review
40
Village VoiceBilge EbiriMar 22, 2016
There's little drama here, but there is a touching sense of reflection. Read full review
40
VarietyGeoff BerkshireMar 21, 2016
Every bit as sitcom-ish and saccharine as its predecessor, but considerably less distinctive. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniMar 26, 2016
Predictable, tired, formulaic, it makes up for its lack of originality with a bigger budget, louder jokes, louder costumes, and louder music. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEric HendersonMar 22, 2016
As far as shameless excuses to rehash crowd-pleasing gags from the first film go, it doesn't particularly go about its duties cynically. Read full review
37
Washington PostStephanie MerryMar 24, 2016
With so many warmed-over jokes, you’d think that the delivery would at least be on point. But everything, including the timing, feels off. Read full review
30
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaMar 24, 2016
The script, written by the actress, is downright wretched at times. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 26, 2016
This is a sit com. An ‘80s-style sit-com. A bad ‘80s-style sit-com. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 25, 2016
What once bubbled up from a sincere love of Greek family has now congealed into the all-too-familiar Hollywood tale of milking a cash cow until cries for mercy. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMar 24, 2016
Over and over again, this is the level of humor in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 — this is the shrill note it hits. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 24, 2016
Nia Vardalos has such a warm, alert energy that’s impossible to hate My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, even as it’s impossible to like it, even a little. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 22, 2016
In 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. Read full review
20
SlateDavid EhrlichMar 24, 2016
Here is a movie that encourages you to give it the benefit of the doubt at every possible turn but has no interest in offering anything in return. If you liked the original, you’ll like this one less. If you loathed the original, may God be with you. Opa! Read full review
20
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisMar 24, 2016
The comedy is forced, the drama nonexistent and the actors melt into a yapping clan that seems to go everywhere en masse — a gesticulating blob of upraised shoulders and upturned palms. Read full review
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