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The Master of Disguise is a poor excuse for a movie, having almost no plot and like 3 funny scenes. I generally enjoy Dana Carvey but this time I reluctantly must criticize. I enjoy critiquing movies but I don't even remember the plot. It seemed like a television skit that was lengthened to make a film. There were a total of 3 scenes that I thought were funny, but the rest left me groaning. Sorry to say this but thumbs down to Master of Disguise.

It's no wonder this movie is in the top five, a clever script and cast add to the already amusing plot. Nia Vardalous portrays Toula, a thirty-year-old Greek woman who lives with her parents and works at their family-owned Greek restaurant, called The Dancing Zorbas. Her whole being is based upon the fact that she will live Greek, marry a Greek man, and breed more Greeks. Her father, brilliantly played by Michael Constantine, believes that Greeks are the root of all life.

The story sort of begin's when she is going through her 30-year frump stage. She then meets a young, handsome professor and seeing him pushes her to do something with her life. She starts going to college, working at a travel agency, and gives herself a new look. She then meets up with the professor again and they beging a very charming courtship. It isn't long before they get engaged and thus comes the Big Fat Greek Wedding. Toula's loud, nosy, big, but loving family must come to terms with this new non-Greek addition to the clan while she struggles to be accepted by her fiancee's reserved, traditional parents.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It keeps the audience laughing throughout and is a good family movie with little language and slight sensuality. ****

While You Were Sleeping is almost flawless. The storyline is funny but at the same time dramatic. Sandra Bullock plays Lucy, a lonely el worker with no family at all. She sees this guy get mugged and pushed on the train tracks and she jumps on and saves his life. She follows him to the hospital, where it is mistaken that she is the man's fiance. She gets thrust into the family who accepts her with open arms. However, problems arise when she starts to fall in love with the brother of her "fiance". This movie is perfectly cast with Brilliant performances by Bullock and Bill Pullman who plays the brother. The have great chemistry and just subtly looks and gestures towards each other during the whole movie add towards the sexual tension between them. I have not met anyone who doesnt like this movie and it has become one of my favorites. You can watch it a million times and never get tired of it. ****