My Big Fat Greek Life

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Feb 24, 2003
Metascore
40

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 6 out of 13

Critic Reviews

  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Alessandra Stanley
    May 30, 2014
    60
    So far, My Big Fat Greek Life has all the predictable jokes and canned laughter of an ordinary sitcom without enough of the dark insights or droll wit that made its predecessor the most successful independent film ever made.
  2. Salon
    Reviewed by: Heather Havrilesky
    May 30, 2014
    60
    If the characters and conflict of My Big Fat Greek Life continue to feel true to life, while regaining some of their edge, things might just turn out OK. Nia, at least, has learned to trust that they will.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Tim Goodman
    May 30, 2014
    50
    Despite the well-drawn characters, there's a forced hokiness to the entire affair, and the laugh track is an unkind addition.
  5. Dallas Morning News
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    May 30, 2014
    50
    The honeymoon's over. My Big Fat Greek Wedding ended its charmed existence as a word-of-mouth movie and became a noisy, standard-issue CBS sitcom Monday night. [25 Feb 2003, p.21A]
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  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    May 30, 2014
    40
    Strictly as a sitcom, My Big Fat Greek Life, despite its unusual origins, comes across as blatantly ordinary. It's shamelessly similar to "Everybody Loves Raymond" but so far not nearly as good. [26 Feb 2003, p.C01]
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  7. Orlando Sentinel
    Reviewed by: Hal Boedeker
    May 30, 2014
    40
    The series suffers from several major problems. Vardalos and Eckholdt do not have chemistry. He is a bland replacement for John Corbett, the film's charismatic heartthrob who is making another series.