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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – Review
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – Budget Unknown – 1 hour and 32 minutes
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Toula and Ian lost their fathers over the years. Toula’s mother, Maria, has good memory days and bad. Toula tells Maria she and Ian are going to Greece to give her father’s journal to his three best friends. Toula doesn’t know if they are still alive but wants to try. The village of Toula’s father, Gus, is having a reunion, and Toula hopes Gus’s friends will be there. Toula and Ian arrive at the airport to find their daughter, Paris, waiting for them. They are proud of her perfect grades but can’t keep her boyfriends straight. Toula calls her brother, Nick, and ensures he is on his way with their aunts, Voula and Theia. As they board the plane, Paris tries to distance herself from her nosey family, but they invite her ex-boyfriend, Aristotle, to join them. Paris ghosted Aristotle after a great date but never explained why. He wants her back, but Paris is too preoccupied with school.
The family lands and instantly becomes awestruck with Greece. Mayor Victory meets them with coffee and brings them to Gus’s hometown. Toula loves Gus’s village, but only six people live their now. Everyone left after the fountain, providing drinking water for the town, dried up after the rock slide. Mayor Victory sent an invitation to every family, but only the Portokaloses came. The reunion will be in a few days, but Victory believes everyone will come. The empty town discourages Toula, but Ian and her family give her faith to keep going. Toula vows to find Gus’s friends and deliver the journal before returning to the States.
In case you were wondering, Yes. This movie has a Greek wedding in Greece. Like most adults, Toula enters the next phase of her marriage to Ian. They must care for their parents and pass the traditions to the younger generation. But Toula must balance between Gus’s wishes and Ian’s vacation. This trip is the first in years that Ian and Toula got out of town. He must refocus her energy to have fun and not worry about Paris, the family, or the secrets. Yes, there are explosive secrets for the Portokaloses and the Millers. However, viewers will melt and laugh at how they handle the situation. The family packs joy with their open, loving, and caring nature. They love each other no matter if they are shaving at the dinner table, swimming nude, or drinking. This film doesn’t try to one-up the previous movies. It gels with them perfectly. For fans of the Greeks, see this movie in theaters (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer).
I give it 4 out of 5 stars
Told ya I’m fun – Ian
I’m in charge. You report to me – Aunt Voula
Why can’t this family respect my boundaries – Paris
Secrets are a waste of time – Victory
How about we share – Nick
So no one will find our bodies – Aristotle
I thought my husband was back from the dead – Aunt Theia
Our family is held together by our sweat – Toula
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Bottoms – Review
Bottoms – Budget of $11.3 million – 1 hour and 28 minutes
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PJ wants this year to be different. So, she will approach her crush, Brittany, and ask her out. PJ suggests that her best friend, Josie, do the same with her love interest, Isabel. Josie doesn’t want to because Isabel is dating the quarterback, Jeff. Josie and PJ are at the bottom of the school’s popularity totem pole. Classmates accept their sexuality but consider Josie and PJ talentless and unattractive. But PJ won’t give up and convinces Josie to attend the school fair. Hazel runs into Josie and PJ at the fair and inquires about Josie’s arm in a sling. PJ jokingly lies about being in juvie with Josie. They ignore Hazel when they see Isabel and Brittany. Josie stumbles over her words and invites Josie to interject. Josie can’t put a coherent sentence together and runs away. They get into Josie’s car and argue. During their quarrel, PJ spots Isabel and Jeff fighting while Isabel walks away from Jeff. They offer Isabel a safe ride home, and Isabel gets in the car. Jeff jumps in front of the vehicle to stop them. When he doesn’t move, Josie barely taps Jeff with her bumper. He falls to the ground, screaming in pain.
Jeff comes to school on crutches the next day, and the entire school believes Josie hit Jeff. And Hazel spread the rumor about them being in juvie. They are the talk of the classroom. Principal Meyers calls them into his office to expel them. Josie falsely states that they are part of a self-defense club for female empowerment, and Jeff was just a practice run. Meyers accepts their lie, and the teens leave his office. Josie ponders the idea and thinks it’s the best way to meet cute girls in the school, especially Brittany and Isabel.
The number of attendees for their first meeting underwhelmed Josie and PJ. But they keep up the lie and train. After the first punch, Hazel tells them they need an advisor. Or someone could shut them down. Josie and PJ elect their history teacher, Mr. G., because they assume he won’t come. He makes it to the second meeting, along with Isabel and Brittany. Much to Josie and PJ’s surprise. With the secret fight club in full swing, Josie and PJ plot to lure in their crushes. A football player, Tim, worries the club is taking the cheerleaders’ attention away from the football team. So, he tells Josie and PJ to shut it down before he exposes their lies and motives. Josie and PJ choose to ignore Tim. And their choice will have bloody, explosive, and deadly consequences.
This dark satire is a mix of Booksmart and Not Another Teen Movie but not as funny or raunchy (FTC Affiliate Disclaimer). Viewers will spend more time being shocked than laughing out loud. Josie and PJ use female empowerment to sow their wild oats before going to college. In films, males normally perpetrate these tactics. The script exposes misguided views of feminism, the misunderstood differences of sexuality, and the vast subsets of feminity. It starts as a raunchy statement piece but becomes increasingly weird and disjointed. The final fight scene feels like a desperate attempt to save the film and create a believable ending for the leads. While critics raved, it’s best to view this film at home.
I give it 2.5 out of 5 stars
Yeah, Hazel. Let’s do terrorism – PJ
I’m playing the long game with Isabel – Josie
The Holocaust. It happened. Yes, it did – Mr. G
Oh, so, now you want a bomb – Hazel
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