Rolling Stone
"...MURIEL is a crowd pleaser....[An] exuberantly funny Cinderella story..." 03/23/1995 p.128USA Today
"...Brassy energy and performances..." 03/10/1995 p.2D Variety
"...[Griffiths] generates real feeling and shows impressive range..." 05/23/1994 New York Times
"...The film's sunny effervescence will linger....[Mr. Hogan] combines humor and pathos in all his characters, keeping his film nicely off-balance in the process..." 03/10/1995 p.C15 Sight and Sound
"...An intentionally hilarious dayglo soap opera....Cogent....Affecting..." 04/01/1995 p.49 Los Angeles Times
"...Marvelous....Made with energy, raucous good humor and noticeable wit, its ability to recognize the poignancy in its situations makes it special..." 03/10/1995 p.F1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...MURIEL'S WEDDING has a lot of big and little laughs, but also a melancholy undercurrent, which reveals itself toward the end of the film in a series of surprises and unexpected developments..." 03/17/1995 p.34 Washington Post 6 of 10
...Clearly, [director P.J. Hogan] wants us to see the tragedy in Muriel's circumstances, but he also encourages us to view her as a buffoon. As a result, the movie exists somewhere between comedy and tragedy. It's a bright, buoyant comedy about a very sad young woman... - Hal Hinson
San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
Australia seems to be cornering the market for odd but delightful comedies laced with substance and romance. Muriel's Wedding is another bright example. ...There's poignant drama in this brash, sometimes overstated film, and Muriel's transformation is truly touching. - Peter Stack
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