My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016)

IMDb plot summary: A Portokalos family secret brings the beloved characters back together for an even bigger and Greeker wedding.
Directed by Kirk Jones. Starring Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, and Lainie Kazan.

I barely remember the first movie, except I remember finding it fairly likable. I did not find this one quite as likable, and I'm trying to parse out why. Maybe it's because I'm not sure they had *new* jokes in this movie so much as just the same jokes, again. (I kept remembering the original jokes when they repeated them here.) It also suffers from the frequent problem with comedy sequels, in that the background cast of characters that drove a lot of the comedy takes over and becomes responsible for the emotional tone of the story as well. There are zero stakes in this movie because it's too busy just letting the characters be wacky. At least the first time around there WAS a clear conflict and things at stake. They toy around with it here but never actually land on a center to the movie. It's unfortunately one of those sequels that I was so unimpressed by that it makes it me wonder if I overvalued the original and if it wasn't that good either.

Oh, and also it gives me quite a bit of introvert anxiety. This family would go from annoying to nightmarish for me. No wonder that child wants to get away.

How it entered my Flickchart:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < Hitchcock
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < Passion (1996)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 > To Kill a King
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 > The Number 23
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < In Cold Blood
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < Tiramisu
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < The Dark Side of the Moon
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 > The Stepford Wives (2004)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 > Antz
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 < Annie (1982)

Final spot: #2293 out of 2843.