The main characters in the movie are Toula, her parents Gus and Maria, and her new love interest Ian. Toula is the youngest daughter in a large Greek family; this story follows her upbringing in the Greek culture.

Gus and Maria believe strongly in the Greek Culture and raise their children and grandchildren on those beliefs. The Greek culture is a masculine culture, where men are viewed as assertive, strong, and orientated to material success, while woman are viewed as modest, and tender. Ian is a teacher at a local high school, his ethnic background is not clear.

Throughout the movie Gus is always reminding us that all words originate from the Greek language. He uses this form of communication, as a way of demonstrating to others that the Greek culture should be respected for its contributions to al

Toula and Ian decide the two families should meet and have dinner, so they can get to know each other. When Ian’s family arrives at Toula’s home, they are overwhelmed with all the excitement and total chaos. Ian’s parents who are quiet and reserve feel very out of place and like they don’t belong, this is a form of culture shock. Toula's family is everything Ian's is not: large, loud, nurturing, and expressive. In terms developed by Koerner and Fitzpatrick, the Portokalos family is high in both conversation orientation and conformity orientation (http://www.oup-usa.org/sc/nowplaying/greek.html). After the dinner, Gus tells Maria, that it’s not going to work, because of all the differences in the two cultures. Toula overhears her father and tells Ian. Ian decides that he should learn the Greek ways and maybe this help will persuade Gus. He is baptized in Greek Orthodox Church and becomes a member of the Greek Church, and Gus is happy.

While this movie was enjoyable, this story does not seem realistic; it is not necessarily that easy to overcome cultu

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