This movie once again sends the message that women can't be happy by themselves. Yes the "poor" tour guide is rescued by a Mills and Boonesque "hero" with matching long hair and muscles, but then he is made to change into a clean shaven suit wearing professional (i.e. the Hollywood "ideal" marrying man). As others have mentioned the stereotypes are over the top and do not stop existing despite the emotional change in the tour guide (despite what different people have said)- for example, the Foster's drinking Australians never stop using the rhyming slang and give a Foster's to the sick guy in hospital near the end (as if he would want it when real Australians find it disgusting). I think the producers of this film just watched other films containing such stereotypes and thought that was how these people really are. I was surprised not to see a police officer eating donuts and a token Japanese person taking pictures of everything. Lazy formulaic film made by people just wanting to make a quick buck off the back of Big Fat Greek Wedding. Good to see it didn't work.

The only reason I wanted to watch this movie was because of lovely Nia Vardalos. I was crazy about 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding', so I was hoping that this romantic comedy would be of the same caliber but sadly it wasn't.The story was very sweet and catchy but most of the scenes seemed very cheesy. I couldn't help wondering why many of the tourists were portrayed as complete nincompoops. I know there are a lot of idiot tourists out there but this was a bit too much.Anyway, the story is about this Greek/American tour guide who leads a bunch of tourists on a Greek sightseeing. The tourists are bored with the sightseeing & history and will rather buy t-shirts and eat ice cream.This movie had the potential to be a whole lot better.

This Big Fat Greek Tragedy is the most embarrassing thing to come out of the Eastern Mediterrranean since Prince Philip. Turgid and sappy, it's bad enough to make you smash plates over your own head. It's like "Mamma Mia!" without the songs, wit and charm, or "Shirley Valentine" after a full frontal lobotomy. Nia Vardalos, playing a professorial tour guide, is repeatedly informed, "You're not funny!" Those watching this movie will echo the sentiment as they slog their way through the clichés, predictable scenarios and failed attempts at humour. It's a bit like ouzo: seems like fun at the time but you'll no doubt regret it in the morning.

Overall this is pleasant to watch and more often funny than not. There are laugh out loud moments every few minutes or so. Some of the jokes in between are a little strained and fall flat but generally it is consistent from beginning to end. A little dialog could have been tightened and some scenes were a bit contrived like the way the leads started to become attracted to each other.The lead actress Nia is pleasant - she isn't corny as could be the case given some silly lines. Her romantic lead Alexis is just a bit on the plain side for a romantic comedy.Scenery is great.The supporting cast eg Dreyfus is good but a bit under utilised they don't have too many good lines after a while.