Muriel's Wedding – 20th Anniversary Edition is a 1994 Australian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by P. J. Hogan. The film stars actors Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee and Bill Hunter

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.

Awards
Won: Best Film Lynda House, Jocelyn Moorhouse – Australian Film Institute 1994
Won: Best Actress in a Lead Role – Toni Collette – Australian Film Institute 1994
Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Rachel Griffiths – Australian Film Institute 1994
Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical
Toni Collette – Golden Globes

Muriel's Wedding Movie 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.” Los Angeles Times

“…And the casting of minor characters (including Muriel's sister with the naughty-naughty smirk) is flawless.” Chicago Sun-Times

“Thankfully there are no weight-loss montage sequences; what you see with Muriel is what you get, like it or not. This refusal to change or convert the main characters makes the film so appealing.” Austin Chronicle

“A gleeful, gaudy tribute to one ungainly misfit and her determination.” New York Times