My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 romantic comedy film written by Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. It was the fifth highest grossing movie of 2002, behind Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with $241,438,208.
It tells the love story between a Greek woman (Nia Vardalos, who also wrote the script) and a non-Greek (played by John Corbett). It also examines the protagonist's troubled love/hate relationship with her cultural heritage and value system.
