Kude kube namhla, Umtshato wam omkhulu wamaGrike , ojika i-17 namhlanje, uhlala engoyena mlinganiso uthandwayo ophakamileyo wexesha lonke, kwaye ngesizathu esivakalayo-yidrama elungileyo. Igcina kakuhle kakuhle nasemva kokuba kudlule phantse amashumi amabini eminyaka, ikakhulu ngenxa yokuba ifilimu ayisiyombhiyozo wothando losapho kuphela, kodwa kukuzifumanela. UToula (Nia Vardalos) akatshintshi kwindoda. Utshintsha yena.
Ifilimu ivula nge-classic romcom trope yentombazana enamahloni engabuthandiyo ubomi bayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uyabona kwaye uyathandwa nguIan (John Corbett) xa engena kwindawo yokutyela yosapho, kodwa uyahamba, kwaye ucinga ukuba akasokuze aphinde ambone. Xa ethatha isigqibo sokuya esikolweni-ancedwa ngumama wakhe kunye no-anti wakhe-kukwenza ukukhula kwakhe kunye nomsebenzi.
UToula akazange nangelinye ixesha azame ukuzitshintsha ukuba abe yindoda, nokuba lilungu losapho eliyindoda okanye umntu aza kutshata naye. Usebenza ngokwakhe ngeenjongo zakhe, kuba ufuna ukuba yeyona nguqulelo ibalaseleyo kuye. Kumnandi ukubona ibali elifumene i-romcom tropes zemveli ezingezizo zonke ezamadoda ebalini. UToula ligorha lakhe, kwaye zange nangelinye ixesha azichaze ngamadoda amngqongileyo.
Ngapha koko, u-Ian utshintshe ngakumbi kuye. Uguqukela kwicawa yamaGrike obu-Orthodox kuye, kwaye angene ngolangazelelo kusapho lwakhe. Akazange nakanye athi akamfuni njengoko esokola nosapho. Uhlala ebonisa inkxaso kunye nothando, hayi kuye kuphela, kodwa nosapho lonke, olu lutshintsho oluhle kwidrama eyenziweyo apho uthando lwendoda lufuna utshintsho.
Ifilimu ikwabhiyozela ukubaluleka kosapho, hayi ngoToula ngokuhambelana neminqweno katata wakhe olondolozayo, kodwa ngokwamkelwa nguye. UToula noyise bayangqubana kuyo yonke ifilimu. Akafuni ukuba aye esikolweni, emva koko akafuni ukuba athandane no-Ian, kwaye emva koko akafuni ukuba atshate naye. Nangona kunjalo, ekupheleni kwefilimu, utata wakhe eze kuye ukuba ngubani uToula kunye nendlela afuna ukuphila ngayo ngokwenza into enamandla emtshatweni wakhe.
Kumnandi ukubona umdlalo ohlekisayo apho iingxaki zingasuki kunxibelelwano olugwenxa, kodwa endaweni yobubi bendalo bobomi kunye nosapho. Usapho lwasePortokalos luyalwa kwaye luyasokola, kodwa bayathandana. Akunakuze kubekho ukuthandabuza ukuba uToula uyathandwa, nokuba usapho lwakhe lunokuluveza ngeendlela ezimbi. UToula ufumana isiphelo sakhe esimnandi ngokuba yena nangokuthandwa, kwaye ukuba ayingomyalezo othandekayo lowo, andiqinisekanga ukuba yintoni.
Ukuba awubonanga ifilimu, ngoku kulungile ngeveki njenganoma yimuphi ukuyijonga. Yibhayisikobho enomtsalane, eyonwabisayo enezibonda eziphantsi kunye nomyalezo oqinileyo, kwaye ngokwenene, yintoni enye esinokuyicela kwii-comedies zethu? UToula ungomnye wamaqhawe aphambili e-romcom phaya, kwaye kuhlala kumnandi ukubukela iVardalos idlala umfazi othe tye kwizimo zentsapho ezihlekisayo.
Ngamafutshane, yiya uyibukele kwaye ubhiyozele ifilimu eyamkela umlinganiswa ophambili ezenzela izinto, njengoko ilizwe litshintsha kuye.
(umfanekiso: Iifilimu ze-IFC)
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