[fightinJAG]

My Big Fat Greet Wedding is THE movie of the summer. Ya wanna laugh? Go. Then go again.

This film has the best ever rendition of the girl-sees-boy-and-gets-stars-in-her-eyes scene. And much more.

I also like the backstory: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson went to see this when it was a one-woman play. They liked it so much, they bought it. When nobody in Hollywood would produce it (um, but see the article we are discussing here), they produced it themselves. (Rita is of Greek heritage and she said her own big fat Greek wedding was a total hoot). Cost about $10M to make and has earned over $110M. And still earning.

It's a nice story all around.

[Heyworth]

Actually, Hollywood came sniffing around for the rights before Hanks and Wilson did. But they wanted to put Marisa Tomei in the lead, and Nia Vardalos refused, saying that it was HER character.

[Mr. Thorne]

The scene at the travel agency is a hoot, too.

And the mother's line, "the man may be the head of the family, but the woman is the neck; she can turn the head anywhere she wants to."

= )