Directed by:
P.J. HoganScreenplay:
P.J. HoganCinematography:
Martin McGrathComposer:
Peter BestCast:
Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, Gabby Millgate, Matt Day, Daniel Lapaine, Darrin Klimek, Vincent Ball, Chris Haywood, Geneviève Picot (more)VOD (1)
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Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation. Follow frumpy, misguided Muriel Heslop on her lifelong quest for a glitzy fairy-tale wedding. With visions of nuptials dancing in her head, this ABBA-obsessed misfit ditches her pathetic life and plastic friends in a small Australian suburb for big-city dreams in Sydney. But the road to the altar takes surprising twists and turns - and Muriel is about to learn the lesson of a lifetime. (Roadshow Entertainment)
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A very pleasant Australian romantic comedy with some real thorns. It's like you want to laugh the whole time, but the film gives you plenty of reasons to cry instead. A beautifully balanced drama with comedy that actually isn't romantic at all, at least not in the American sense of the word. This is what makes the film beautifully unique. Thanks to Toni Collette, of course. And ABBA!
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Comedically tuned drama about the adolescence and maturation of a rural girl who was seeking happiness in the city. A very positive-sounding film that reminds me of Mamma Mia! and one that I still enjoy returning to. Although ABBA's music appears in a number of films, in this case, the combination of this easygoing music and the film's story is probably the most successful. Overall impression: 90%. It was in this film that I discovered the excellent actress Toni Collette, who soon broke into Hollywood thanks to it.
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