Muriel's Wedding Critic Reviews

Wickedly mocking but empathetic, able to laugh at its characters while paying attention to their sorrows, this subversive comedy about self-esteem resists the notion that films have to timidly remain within tidy genre rules. Read the full review

And the casting of minor characters (including Muriel's sister with the naughty-naughty smirk) is flawless.Read the full review

There's poignant drama in this brash, sometimes overstated film, and Muriel's transformation is truly touching.Read the full review

A crowd pleaser that spices a tired formula with genuine feeling. Read the full review

While Muriel's Wedding has its moments of exhilarating humor, it is, as often as not, downbeat and even mean-spirited.Read the full review

Muriel's Wedding runs into trouble when it looks for poignancy too openly, working better at giddy moments than in its occasional sad ones. Most of the time, Mr. Hogan keeps his story light and surprising.Read the full review

Most of the action is played for broad laughs, and Hogan demonstrates the ability to generate them, even if the humor is very base and often cruel, making fun of people's looks and ineptitude.Read the full review

The trouble with the movie is that there's nothing to Muriel but her false dreams: We never quite glimpse the woman they're hiding.Read the full review