Muriel's Wedding

Pros: Funny, Good Acting
Cons: An attempt to be dramatic

I Watched This Because It was shown in a composition class I am taking. We were discussing gender roles, and it sort of tied in. Plus my professor loves this movie. Characters Muriel is an Australian girl who wants nothing else ...

Pros: Toni Collette. Rachel Griffiths. Bill Hunter.
Cons: Uneven pacing. Unresolved plot threads.

I must apologize to all my fans out there in the dark for the silence of the last few days. This living off the land is much harder than I had forseen and I've found that I have to spend hours combing the beach for whelks and stray coconuts in order to...

Pros: witty script, Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan
Cons: cardboard males; requires Abba tolerance

I watched the (1991) "guy film" with a rap score "Hangin' with the homeboys," because I like John Leguizamo. I watched the (1994) "chick flick" "Muriel's Wedding" with its heavy dose of Abba songs from the late-1970s because I like Rachel Griffiths in...

Pros: strong characterizations; well-written and directed
Cons: uneven in tone

I had never heard of Muriel's Wedding until one day when a friend of mine recommended it. "It's a four-star film," this friend stated. I trust this person—he's usually right on the money with his suggestions—so I didn't even ...

Pros: Delightfully funny at times.
Cons: Depressingly dark and tragic at times.

Do you know who Toni Collette is? She played the mother in "The Sixth Sense". I feel I have to tell you this because you just wouldn't recognize her in this movie! She had to gain at least 40 pounds to make this movie and the difference in...

Pros: Plot has potential
Cons: Lousy marketing campaign, cardboard stereotyped characters

MURIEL'S WEDDING is about as confusing a movie as a viewer can get.

It was originally marketed as a comedy, with Toni Colette (of THE SIXTH SENSE fame) in the role of Muriel, a dowdy frump that apparently can't even get arrested. She is...

Pros: simple tale
Cons: not for children

Muriel's Wedding is my favorite movie of all time. It's a comedy in many ways; a tear jerker in others- so much so that I am embarrassed or feel guilty saying that it made me laugh..but it did. Yet it is so, so sad.

Dear Muriel ,and she does...

Pros: Great performance by Collette and really interesting story
Cons: None

Muriel (Toni Collette) is a poor, overweight, ABBA obsessed girl from Porpoise Spit in Australia. Her only real dream is to be "Somebody", to be popular, pretty, and successful. Unfortunately, that does not seem to be in the cards for poor Muriel....

Pros: Terrific acting, involving story and plot.
Cons: None

Note: This review is based on the DVD version from Miramax.

This is my first movie review. I’m not too good at reviewing movies - unless I feel strongly about my topic - I have weak stuff to say. I also had to delete and then repost...

Pros: Outstanding cast, believable characters, multi-dimensional situations, ABBA soundtrack
Cons: Undeniable sadness underlies many comic moments - not for those who like their comedies to be lighthearted

Long before Toni Collette's Oscar-nominated turn in The Sixth Sense, she was Muriel Heslop, an insecure, chubby twenty-something who lived with her family in the town of Porpoise Spit.

Collette embodies the quirky Muriel from the very...

Pros: Funny, Sad, Clever, ABBA
Cons: none

Do not expect a shallow, feel good comedy if you rent Muriel's Wedding. The film expertly captures the essence of experiencing life as an outsider. Its use of ABBA music to lend feeling to the character of Muriel is surprisingly effective. Toni...

Pros: originality, characters
Cons: script, story

"Muriel's Wedding" is a comedy with dramatic elements. The film is often interesting, but many scenes aren't credible, and the humor doesn't always work.

Muriel (Toni Collette) is an Australian young woman with problems. She hasn't had a job...

Pros: Truth in the midst of its satire
Cons: A good deal of foul language

Muriel's Wedding was hailed as one of Australia's greatest comedy successes. In fact, it's much closer to a mediaeval morality play. There are moments of comedy, and the tone remains light even in the face of tragedy, but the underlying themes of this...

Pros: funny movie
Cons: some sexual sitautions.

Okay Okay, this is one of my all time favorite movies.Everyone who I have ever seen this movie with have thought this is a stupid movie. But I love it and I am going to tell you why.
I first saw this movie in 1995 in the theaters. I saw it with...

Pros: Muriel in Porpoise Spit
Cons: Toni Colette is a really good actor

I was flicking through the channels on TV, and there was a movie that had just begun. I looked in the TV-guide and saw that it was “Muriel’s Wedding”, so I watched the whole movie.
The movie started out great, and it lasted through the movie! This...