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.