LITKOG (Life In The Key Of G)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a surprise hit full of charm, wit, and heart. This sequel, which very few people even asked for, tries to recycle all of those positive qualities without coming up with anything new or meaningful to say. While the timing of the film works, given the story being told, it arrived in theaters over a decade after the original. By this time, enthusiasm for the original film had tapered off (an attempted sitcom spin-off was a dud), and fans could relive the fun on DVD or catching pieces of it on TV movie reruns. Nia Vardalos is back as Toula Portokalos-Miller, the sweet and sanest member of a very animated Greek-American family in Chicago. This time around, Toula finds herself to be the overbearing one, as she micromanages her daughter’s college selection process. In other family matters, her parents discover that the priest who officiated their wedding never signed the marriage certificate, so they need to get married again to make it official. Toula’s father i...