My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

Here a hilarious portrayal of an in-your-face traditional-family setting (which the Greeks invented, no doubt)! Though John Corbett is quiet and sane (not boring) compared to the rest, everyone in this ensemble cast is phenomenal (tiptop and sometimes over the top). Nia Vardalos can book my airfare anyday and her parents are to die for! If I were a woman, I would have given this movie 5 stars, but Nia clearly bears the full brunt of her family's, um, communal bent so while it's a serious adjustment for her non-Greek (say it's not so!) husband it is not as bad as facing them alone. This movie did for Greeks what Moonstruck did for Italians and Bend It Like Beckham did for Indians. (Do we need similar movies for Catholics and Jews?) 4.5 stars.