It’s sweet, just like the original movie. It was faint praise then, and it still is.

That it all works to the extent that it does is due to its undeniably sweet depiction of a close-knit extended family whose members truly care for and help each other. It's cinematic wish fulfillment in this era of broken families and far-off relatives who keep in touch via social media.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is a veritable feast of low-hanging fruit. The laughs are obvious, we see them coming a mile away.

The winking ethnic jokes weren’t all that revolutionary in the first film, and this time around, they feel even more stale.

Every bit as sitcom-ish and saccharine as its predecessor, but considerably less distinctive.