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Post #1662752

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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Date created
19-Sep-2025, 12:34 PM

Muriel’s Wedding - 1994 - 7/10

Muriel is a loser, perceived by the cool clique as overweight and dumb.
Not only that, her own philandering father bullies her.
What to do? How about steal a packet of family savings and head to the beach?
Biting Australian comedy skews middle-class wannabees, shines the underdogs.
Feel-good story provides a lot of big laughs.
Despite those, there is a quiet stream of unhappiness.
Muriel may be reliant and plucky enough to find her way, other are less able.
And Fate, as ever, can be capricious and cruel.