Muriel's Wedding
Miramax Films | Release Date: March 10, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
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 full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
And the casting of minor characters (including Muriel's sister with the naughty-naughty smirk) is flawless. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
While Muriel's Wedding has its moments of exhilarating humor, it is, as often as not, downbeat and even mean-spirited. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
A crowd pleaser that spices a tired formula with genuine feeling. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
There's poignant drama in this brash, sometimes overstated film, and Muriel's transformation is truly touching. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
High-energy comedy. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
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 full review
67
Austin ChronicleAlison Macor
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. Read full review
60
VarietyTodd McCarthy
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 full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMichael Forstrom
Ultimately, the comedy here is grounded in self-hatred, hostility, and despair. Nearly everyone who wanders through this brash and deliberately tasteless film is stupid, ungainly, or grotesquely tragic. But this only heightens the pleasure during moments of delirious merriment. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Watching this is a feature-length exercise in frustration - comedy that promises to be amusingly black stays uniformly grey; sentiment that looks to be credibly bittersweet winds up badly soured. We're constantly tantalized and perpetually disappointed, but don't despair - there's one terrific bonus...Toni Collette. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
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 full review
40
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Oscillating back and forth between insulting its two central characters (Muriel and her dad) and showing they have hidden depths, this movie only shows true tact and understanding when it comes to flattering the audience; everyone on screen is strictly up for grabs. Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
Hogan seems skittish about going all the way with the darker side of his material...It's a bright, buoyant comedy about a very sad young woman -- and, regrettably, the mix just doesn't work. Read full review
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