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Muriel's Wedding

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Muriel's Wedding

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Summary

Comedy drama starring Toni Collette. Deciding to escape her dysfunctional family and her small-town life, Muriel takes advantage of a blank cheque and heads off in search of adventure.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

The Ugly Duckling is given a delightful Down Under spin in this congenial comedy. Here, the figure of fun is flabby Muriel Heslop, who lives in a frothy fantasy world of Abba songs, husband-shopping and wedding-dress dreams. It's when she leaves her small-minded home town of Porpoise Spit under a cloud to flat-share with Rhonda, an old acquaintance from school (snappily played by Rachel Griffiths), that the initially hilarious humour begins to turn a shade more poignant. Breezily directed by the clearly nuptially fixated PJ Hogan - he went on to make My Best Friend's Wedding in the States - the film features a tremendously affecting Toni Collette as mousey no-mark Muriel, who spends her life flicking through bridal catalogues. It took Hogan a year to raise the finance for his movie, and he was rewarded not only at the box office but also by the critics: the movie deservedly scooped four Australian film awards, including best film and best actress for Collette.

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7.3/10

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Cast

rolenameMuriel HeslopToni ColletteBill HeslopBill HunterRhondaRachel GriffithsBetty HeslopJeanie DrynanDeidreGennie NevinsonBriceMatt DayDavid Van ArkleDaniel LapaineTaniaSophie LeeJanineBelinda JarrettCherylRosalind Hammond

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rolenameDirectorP J Hogan

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Theatrical distributor

Buena Vista International UK

Released on

1995-04-14

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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