SummaryNo one ever paid much attention to Muriel (Collette) and her humdrum small-town life, so she and her best friend, Rhonda (Griffiths), decide to leave it behind and head for the big city ... where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives! (Miramax)
Directed By:P.J. Hogan
Written By:P.J. Hogan
Muriel's Wedding
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Wickedly mocking but empathetic, able to laugh at its characters while paying attention to their sorrows, this subversive comedy about self-esteem resists the notion that films have to timidly remain within tidy genre rules.
75
High-energy comedy.
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Sep 2, 2024
8
Tragischkomische verträumte Heldin in ebensolcher Komödie.
Kleiner Lieblingsfilm mit damals noch unbekannter Toni Collette.
Trotz ABBA + Heiratsambitionen kein Mainstream.
Nov 30, 2014
7
You'll notice romantic-comedies are still using Muriel's Wedding as inspiration. Certainly not the finest work to come out of Australia but with Toni Collette and Abba alone, you're sure to enjoy it.
75
A crowd pleaser that spices a tired formula with genuine feeling.
67
Thankfully there are no weight-loss montage sequences; what you see with Muriel is what you get, like it or not. This refusal to change or convert the main characters makes the film so appealing.
50
Watching this is a feature-length exercise in frustration - comedy that promises to be amusingly black stays uniformly grey; sentiment that looks to be credibly bittersweet winds up badly soured. We're constantly tantalized and perpetually disappointed, but don't despair - there's one terrific bonus...Toni Collette.
42
The trouble with the movie is that there's nothing to Muriel but her false dreams: We never quite glimpse the woman they're hiding.
40
Oscillating back and forth between insulting its two central characters (Muriel and her dad) and showing they have hidden depths, this movie only shows true tact and understanding when it comes to flattering the audience; everyone on screen is strictly up for grabs.
Apr 12, 2019
5
Is very funny at times but some elements of the story right render this film totally unbelievable.
Production Company:
- CiBy 2000
- Film Victoria
- House & Moorhouse Films
Release Date:Mar 10, 1995
Duration:1 h 46 m
Rating:R
Tagline:A comedy about a small-town girl who didn't fit in, but is about to learn how to stand out.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Australian Film Institute
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
