DRIVING APHRODITE (2009)

DONALD PETRIE

Comedy Romantic Comedy Ade Tastics Feel Good

Cast

NIA VARDALOS RICHARD DREYFUSS ALEXIS GEORGOULIS ALISTAIR MCGOWAN HARLAND WILLIAMS RACHEL DRATCH CAROLINE GOODALL IAN OGILVY SOPHIE STUCKEY MARÍA BOTTO MARÍA ADÁNEZ BRIAN PALERMO JAREB DAUPLAISE

Plot

Seven years after hitting the jackpot with 2002's 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding,' and five years since her last feature film, Nia Vardalos returns from her career hiatus with a film that draws on the same gentle humour that made her 2002 film such a massive hit. With 'Driving Aphrodite' there is a subtle change of emphasis in that the love story takes a back-seat to the tale of a lost and inhibited woman learning to shed her caution and enjoy life. Despite the story being a very familiar one, and the humour tending to rely upon national stereotypes, the film is surprisingly funny and like 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' it has a huge 'feel-good' factor.