How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus-sized thief and liar’

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/14/plus-sized-thief-liar-muriels-wedding-toni-collette

One of the greatest films we've ever made!

#News #FIlm #Cinema #MurielsWedding #ToniCollette #RachelGriffiths #Australia #Movies

How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus-sized thief and liar’

‘I wanted to do an Australian Mike Leigh film. I was convinced it was terrible – but we showed it at Cannes and they went crazy. Audiences had never seen a character like that treated sympathetically’

The Guardian
How we made Muriel’s Wedding: ‘No one wanted a film about a plus-sized thief and liar’

‘I wanted to do an Australian Mike Leigh film. I was convinced it was terrible – but we showed it at Cannes and they went crazy. Audiences had never seen a character like that treated sympathetically’

The Guardian
Just saw #MurielsWedding in the cinema for the first time. What a great great film.

Toffe film uit de nineties om nog eens te herbekijken: Muriel’s wedding.

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Muriel's Wedding turns thirty this year! I saw this at the cinema when it opened, several times. One of the greatest films we've ever made. What a cast.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/sep/27/muriels-wedding-at-30-classic-australian-movie-film

#Movies #Film #cinema #Australia #MurielsWedding #RachelGriffiths #ToniCollette #YoureTerribleMuriel

Muriel’s Wedding at 30: why we still love this classic Australian film and its ‘terrible’ heroine

As fun as the movie is, with its kitsch aesthetic and garish costumes, it offers potent mix of comedy and serious drama

The Guardian
Muriel's Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message - Old Ain't Dead

Muriel's Wedding, a 1994 classic starring Toni Collette, still tells a powerful story of family and self-esteem.

Old Ain't Dead
Muriel's Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message - Old Ain't Dead

Muriel's Wedding, a 1994 classic starring Toni Collette, still tells a powerful story of family and self-esteem.

Old Ain't Dead
Muriel's Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message - Old Ain't Dead

Muriel's Wedding, a 1994 classic starring Toni Collette, still tells a powerful story of family and self-esteem.

Old Ain't Dead
Muriel's Wedding, this 30 year old gem still packs a message - Old Ain't Dead

Muriel's Wedding, a 1994 classic starring Toni Collette, still tells a powerful story of family and self-esteem.

Old Ain't Dead