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"My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," in theaters Friday, is an unceremonious follow-up to the biggest indie movie of all time with no stakes or punchlines.

Nia Vardalos’s third installment in the ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ series proves that the third time is … whatever is the opposite of a charm.

Film critic Peter Travers reviews "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3," in theaters now.

“We’re getting married!” This rather inevitable line crops up early in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3,” and if you’re like me, it will inspire mixed reactions.

Nia Vardalos and John Corbett head to the homeland to reassemble their bustling onscreen family in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’ 

Courtesy of Yannis Drakoulidis / Focus Features 2 stars (out of 4) Even delightful confections are sometimes best left at single servings. Like, say, Baklava. And My Big Fat Greek Wedding. After a lackluster 2016 sequel, talented writer-director-star Nia Vardalos has reassembled her bustling onscreen family for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. But if the second flick felt like a frustrating retread that failed to capture the charm of the 2002 original runaway hit, this outing just fails. Agreed that

Nia Vardalos and her screen family will again charm fans willing to overlook clunky pacing and dialogue.

Nia Vardalos embarks on an island getaway, with everybody in tow, in a quest to right the franchise

Michael Constantine passed away in 2021, but Nia Vardalos made sure that My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 manages to pay tribute to the late star.

Nia Vardalos is back in a noisy sequel that cedes the punchlines, and the plotlines, to the more cacophonous members of the Portokalos clan.