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Muriel's Wedding is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Paul John Hogan released in USA on 31 march 1995 with Toni Collette
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
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Add to a movie listMuriel's Wedding is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film, which stars actors Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve her personal life by moving from her dead-end home town, the fictional Porpoise Spit, to Sydney.
The film received multiple award nominations, including a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy (Collette).
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A socially awkward, overweight, naïve "ugly duckling", who is obsessed with the music of ABBA, Muriel Heslop (Toni Collette) is the target of ridicule by the more fashion-conscious girls she considers her friends. She also is a perpetual daydreamer who yearns for a glamorous wedding and marriage to a man who will help improve her personal life and free her from a tedious life dominated by her demanding and often psychologically abusive father Bill (Bill Hunter), a corrupt politician who verbally lashes out at his subservient wife Betty and their unambitious children at every opportunity.Actors
Toni Collette
(Muriel Heslop)
Rachel Griffiths
(Rhonda Epinstalk)
Bill Hunter
(Bill Heslop)
Sophie Lee
(Tania Degano)
Jeanie Drynan
(Betty Heslop)
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