35
Metascore
26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91ColliderArezou AminColliderArezou AminIt is full of so much joy, and so much heart, celebrating family, culture, and love, while also emphasizing that even the most ancient of civilizations aren't completely trapped in the past, especially if the new generation has anything to say about it.
- Leaning into her experience as a screenwriter, Vardalos balances comedy and emotion, and her familiarity with the cultural setting, as well as her affinity for the sprawling cast, reap dividends onscreen. The result is a level of authenticity and depth that wasn’t as evident in the first two outings.
- Its brief, brushed-off moments of anti-levity stand out, maybe because as a director, Vardalos does not have the comic touch required to provide the escapist distraction the movie is going for.
- 38The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldThe Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldToula and Ian are sweet and bland; their relatives are predictably wisecracky, and the whole thing just feels like watching someone’s extremely well-produced vacation video.
- 38Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe players vary in their commitments, from barely worth the effort to trying too hard. The third act delivers a couple of warm moments that lift it. But this picture’s a corpse still being shock-paddled and CPR-pounded on the operating table.
- 33IndieWireSamantha BergesonIndieWireSamantha BergesonMy Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 goes for the cheap laughs and the tacky attempts at pulling heartstrings.
- 30The New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe New York TimesAmy NicholsonThe ancient Greeks wrote tragedy after tragedy warning against hubris. Yet, Vardalos’s flailing crowd-pleaser needs a shot of self-confidence and logic.
- 30New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyNew York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyThe scenery in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, largely shot in Corfu and Athens, is gorgeous but everything else about the film’s construction is an absolute mess.
- 30VarietyCourtney HowardVarietyCourtney HowardThis threequel is surprisingly lifeless and almost laugh-less.
- 30ABC NewsPeter TraversABC NewsPeter TraversAudience goodwill is really the only thing this third chapter of Greek family bonding has going for it as writer-director star-Nia Vardalos keeps pushing the same brand of ethnic humor. And I mean, really pushing, another reason this followup falls so painfully flat.