Muriel wanted to get married so badly because it represented being rescued from her horrible life, and she was *obsessed* with the idea of a wedding because she’d finally feel seen. That’s why this is so heartbreaking, because she thinks she’s no longer invisible, but everyone is looking at her with judgment, and she doesn’t even realize she’s ignored her mother and best friend.
And she also ignored the man who truly loved her. This wedding scene was briliiantly filmed. On the surface it was hysterical, but underneath was heart wrenching pain on so many levels.
Hubby and I walked out of the Registry office to that same song - I loved that scene and thought it was genius so promised myself I would do the same. Got a lot of laughs!!
Every actor was perfectly cast, all of them absolutely believable. The best comedies have a touch of pathos, and what is sadder that Muriel's mum being ignored?
Actually she did get what she wanted the most in life. All she wanted was to be noticed and envied by the people who had dismissed her as a nobody. Marrying a famous athlete gave her both. She never really cared for him or the fact that he despised her. That was all secondary to being considered a somebody.
@Africa-ky1bg it looks cheesy now, but at the time, it was a fairly tasteful gown. This is doubly so when you contrast it to Tania's wedding at the beginning.
@@siennamelake4776 it's about her desperation to be accepted, find love and get married. Her sadness is so strong that even a fake marriage makes her so happy as she lived out her dreams. I was in a similar position so I understand how she felt. But then two years ago my life changed 💜
I had the absolute pleasure to meet him once, probably 16 years ago in Melbourne, during the run of Priscilla. An absolute gentleman and such a talent.
Since I'm an ABBA fan, I busted out laughing in the theater the minute the saxophones started playing "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do". Got some strange looks because I got the joke before most of the audience did! XD
@@johnrobert7430 That and how disrespectful she was to her mom.. that broke me on the first watch. No wonder she was so damn miserable before she did what she did.
Toni Colette is magnificent in this ! The accomplished, slightly manic, unnerving grin. The barely supressed giggles. The borderline psychotic squeaks of glee. I LOVE this movie. And ABBA, obviously.
@@catalinasimmons6314 I thought it was more so a look of disgust because they all know it's a sham marriage. Hence the irony, she's smiling to ear to ear fooling only herself while everyone else looks on knowing it's a scam.
When this movie played in my home town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia (pop. 3500), I laughed so hard at this scene, I slipped out of my chair at the theatre onto the floor! One of the best comedic scenes ever!
David Young HOW is it comedic? All she does is walk down the aisle grinning madly - like any bride would. Plus, the moment she exits the church is heartbreaking - her mother almost bursting into tears because she ignored her.. PLUS: “slipped out of my chair onto the floor”... no one ever does that. BORE OFF!
@@MrRickster83 Jeanie Drynan explained that she really had nothing to do in the scene, so she asked Toni not to look at her. So when the camera came past her face that's when she gave the totally devastated look. She basically "scripted" and directed that piece on her own. Just one look pivoted the entire scene....
Literally the best movie of all time, I absolutely love it, I must of watched hundreds of times!!! I love Toni Colette! ❤ (Ah the mother at the end, it breaks my heart!)
Everyone stunning. Toni's Muriel can't contain her delight - her wish fulfillment realised at last. The bridesmaids led by Sophie Lee with their comic-awkward march up the aisle. The underrated subtle comedy of Daniel Lapaine's David and his dumbstruck reactions gets me every time. And as throughout the movie, all undercut by the tragic story of Muriel's mother. It's all genius.
Oh my gosh, l really felt for that woman, heart wrenching. I had a stone in my chest for an hour after that scene, all her scenes actually..brilliant actress.
Every girl should watch this movie. So many young women marry the wrong person just to have the big wedding or because of peer pressure. I feel like Mexican culture gets it right…have the quinceneara party so you can have all the fluff and the pretty gown, then take your time to get married.
I always felt they missed out the most interesting part of the film. I would have loved to have seen the developing relationship between the south african and Muriel. He didn't need to turn up when her mother dies and he certainly didn't need to sleep with her. I always wondered how much was left on the cutting room floor.
She needed to realize nothing was there between them. She was only fixated on the idea of getting married (mostly the wedding itself), because it represented getting rescued from her horrible home life, and adoration from both a husband and from the guests (which was obviously absent here) represented her desire to be seen. The second they got to his home is when it dawned on her that her life was not going to be happy, and that she was going to repeat the same cycle her parents had.
@@heyidaroo and the thing is, was she a terrible person to want to escape that horrible family environment? She was completely fucked up through no fault of her own and that's really the point. She could not see what she was doing. The whole film revolves around tragedy and who really is to blame? Who won and who lost?
@@suave-rider she wasn't a terrible person for wanting to escape from her Dad, but she realised she was lying so much that she was turning into him. She needed to be authentic to escape the cycle of abuse. Part of this was ending her fake marriage.
Choosing a life of perfect falsehood to escape a life where the present ego is not recognized, her laughter is closer to tears because she knows better than anyone else that it is actually just a sandcastle. That's why this movie is such a great movie, and it allows me to see what is really important to my life.
Muriel didn’t ask them to be their bridesmaids they came crawling back like it was a show then Tania always had to be the Queen bee dispute getting stung by her own actions
I hate how most of the guests are giving her dirty looks! Most of those people were probably her dad's friends. Only Rhonda and Muriel's mother were happy to see her. And why aren't Muriel's siblings there?
I think it's more so because the guests know that it's a scam marriage. They know it's a fake and that's the intended look of disgust on their faces. Hence the ironic and almost bittersweet comedy of the scene. She's only fooling herself. Even her own friends know this is bullshit.
Gosh she really wanted that wedding 🥰😂 and she got it plus got famous because of it what more could you want loooool I’m glad she got her life back together tho and went back home with her best mate 🥰🥰🥰🌸🌸🌸
The irony of the priest saying “what god has joined men must not divide” and the camera looks at the woman her dad is having the affair with and she has the audacity to even shed a tear!!
When they start down the aisle everyone just seems to be smiling to see a young woman so clearly and obviously happy to be there. Then as they get further down everyone seems to be looking at her in distaste.
it is a brilliant yet darkly funny tale about getting what you want. and it not turning they way you expect. all the actors in it play selfish people. it has a great cast. the late great actor BIll Hunter was outstanding as loathsome, repulsive Head of the Family as was the actress who played Muriels Mom. everytime you saw her your heartbroke for her, stuck in doors married to her Horrible poltician husband.
I get it that its her wedding and she’s overwhelmed but how could she just walk past her mom without even noticing her not even havin picture with her sooooo sad
I think David says “god no” and his coach is saying something like “think of the games” or “think of the gold”, since David was only marrying Muriel so he could participate in the Olympics on the Australian team
David's coach says, "Oh go on love, think of the Games." David, a South African, was only marrying Muriel so that he could get his residency card and swim in the Olympics for Australia.
The Mom showing up late and missing the wedding is maybe one of the most gut-wrenching things I have ever seen in a film
AND THEN HER GETTING IGNORED
Yes, my heart ached for her too
With her suitcase and a gift.
I appreciate how even though Rhonda hates this whole thing, she can’t help but smile a little when the music starts playing.
That is the look of knowing your best friend inside & out. “Ha, of course she’d do this”
I love how she's the only one who does. Everyone else doesn't really like Muriel. Rhonda is the one who actually appreciates her.
I love that moment too. Rachel Griffiths is a treasure.
Muriel wanted to get married so badly because it represented being rescued from her horrible life, and she was *obsessed* with the idea of a wedding because she’d finally feel seen.
That’s why this is so heartbreaking, because she thinks she’s no longer invisible, but everyone is looking at her with judgment, and she doesn’t even realize she’s ignored her mother and best friend.
And she also ignored the man who truly loved her. This wedding scene was briliiantly filmed. On the surface it was hysterical, but underneath was heart wrenching pain on so many levels.
BEEN THERE. DONE THAT. OWN THE SOUNDTRACK.
NO, REALLY I DO.
Why are people judging her?
Anyone else's hearts break for the mother? 😭😭
🖐 yes me, poor Betty... she was so disappointed!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
her poor mum was let down by everyone. imagine having four kids and none of them noticed that she was lost and always hurting
Yes, her husband was the worst man possible. Family was not functional to say the least.
Every time
YES 😭😭😭
Hubby and I walked out of the Registry office to that same song - I loved that scene and thought it was genius so promised myself I would do the same. Got a lot of laughs!!
"She's all yours, mate" lol
His face is a classic
y o u c a n t s t o p p r o g r e s s
he's awful
So Aussie lol
Every actor was perfectly cast, all of them absolutely believable.
The best comedies have a touch of pathos, and what is sadder that Muriel's mum being ignored?
When she dies? This us up there though. OMG her whole character breaks my heart. 😢
I first watched this as a teen, and I found it very heavy on the pathos.
Muriel, as the blushing bride, is so heartbreakingly beautiful.
The sad part is when she’s alone in the hotel after. She’s got what she thinks she wants, and she’s no happier.
Actually she did get what she wanted the most in life. All she wanted was to be noticed and envied by the people who had dismissed her as a nobody. Marrying a famous athlete gave her both. She never really cared for him or the fact that he despised her. That was all secondary to being considered a somebody.
That's the best thing that ever happened to her.
@@ellencarter2668 true but in the end she got to start over again with her life. Also, the swimmer actually started to like her towards the end
She's got what society TELLS HER SHE SHOULD WANT ...& she's no happier.
I lose it every time the bridesmaids start walking with the music lol gotta love Muriel’s obsession with ABBA - what an entrance!
Muriel's bridal gown is breathtaking😍, but the bridesmaids' dresses are hideous!😖
@@danacarter9147 I just now noticed that her tiara has hearts on it and her gown across the bustline. The ultimate in over the top cheesy. Love It.
@Africa-ky1bg it looks cheesy now, but at the time, it was a fairly tasteful gown. This is doubly so when you contrast it to Tania's wedding at the beginning.
She looks perfect. Realise how sad this scene actually is now that im older.
Explain it To me please
@@siennamelake4776 it's about her desperation to be accepted, find love and get married. Her sadness is so strong that even a fake marriage makes her so happy as she lived out her dreams. I was in a similar position so I understand how she felt. But then two years ago my life changed 💜
Wow so you’re like the real Muriel cool thank for explaining and congrats on the change
At least she KNOWS it's fake!
How many find that out later?!
Every Abba's fan dream wedding!
Lois G funnily enough this was played at my parents wedding in 98😂. They got the idea from this movie😂
Bill Hunter RIP. Great Australian actor. Total legend
I had the absolute pleasure to meet him once, probably 16 years ago in Melbourne, during the run of Priscilla. An absolute gentleman and such a talent.
It broke my heart when David called Deirdre Mrs Heslop and the camera cuts to Muriels mom and her facial expression went to sadness 🥺😭
Since I'm an ABBA fan, I busted out laughing in the theater the minute the saxophones started playing "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do". Got some strange looks because I got the joke before most of the audience did! XD
Please explain me.
That poor parking checker. He really liked her. 😢
it s the saddest part of the film
Indeed.. he was SO into her. If she hadn't been so silly she woulda realized that. I think maybe she did after the movie ended.. hard to say.
@@johnrobert7430 That and how disrespectful she was to her mom.. that broke me on the first watch. No wonder she was so damn miserable before she did what she did.
right she should have married him instead. at least they would have been happy together
I always felt sorry for him whenever I watch this scene.
Toni Colette is magnificent in this !
The accomplished, slightly manic, unnerving grin.
The barely supressed giggles.
The borderline psychotic squeaks of glee.
I LOVE this movie.
And ABBA, obviously.
I love how actually none of the guests is smiling but Muriel :D
That is what i was about to say. Her smiling is contagious to me you can tell she is on cloud 9. Hilarous.
53die9storno because they were already married and know how bad it sucks
I think everyone looked confused because they had never heard an Abba song as a wedding professional..lol
@@catalinasimmons6314 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! SO TRUE.
@@catalinasimmons6314 I thought it was more so a look of disgust because they all know it's a sham marriage. Hence the irony, she's smiling to ear to ear fooling only herself while everyone else looks on knowing it's a scam.
1:34 is my favourite part, I absolutely love how she drops her grin in a split second. Toni Collette's talent is just incredible
Absolutely beautiful! She is beaming! She deserves every second of happiness!
Damn straight! She's had enough negative ?#*$ already!
The only problem is that her hapiness at this wedding is the same as a drug induced happiness
When this movie played in my home town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia (pop. 3500), I laughed so hard at this scene, I slipped out of my chair at the theatre onto the floor!
One of the best comedic scenes ever!
David Young HOW is it comedic? All she does is walk down the aisle grinning madly - like any bride would. Plus, the moment she exits the church is heartbreaking - her mother almost bursting into tears because she ignored her.. PLUS: “slipped out of my chair onto the floor”... no one ever does that. BORE OFF!
@@MrRickster83 DAMN......HATER IN DA HOUSE! If you don't get it then you're the one that needs to "bore off!" Although I would say to piss off, mate.
Ronney Rendon who the hell do you even think you are, talking to me like that?! Arsehole 😂
@@MrRickster83 Jeanie Drynan explained that she really had nothing to do in the scene, so she asked Toni not to look at her. So when the camera came past her face that's when she gave the totally devastated look. She basically "scripted" and directed that piece on her own. Just one look pivoted the entire scene....
This scene is hysterical, especially everyone's faces.
This is pure gold from start to end.
I love the looks on the congregation's faces. And the groom's face! He's in total shock.
Muriel's walk down the aisle cracks me up every time. 😂
I'm glad they cut out the rest of the parts with the mom. I have to close my eyes every time or I feel sick with sadness
Same it's too sad. How could she remember to hug her dad but not even care enough to check around and see if her mum had turned up?
Kitty Katt I fast forward that bit, she is an absolute soul ide be absolutely heartbroken
Kitty Katt Hate it. The look on her face.. 😩
Overwhelmingly heartbreaking when they cut to the mom.
I agree :(
i swear if i ever walk down the aisle again this is the way im doing it
again ?.........
Literally the best movie of all time, I absolutely love it, I must of watched hundreds of times!!! I love Toni Colette! ❤ (Ah the mother at the end, it breaks my heart!)
The grooms face when Muriel is about to reach the alter!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Everyone stunning. Toni's Muriel can't contain her delight - her wish fulfillment realised at last. The bridesmaids led by Sophie Lee with their comic-awkward march up the aisle. The underrated subtle comedy of Daniel Lapaine's David and his dumbstruck reactions gets me every time. And as throughout the movie, all undercut by the tragic story of Muriel's mother. It's all genius.
This is way better than the typical wedding march! 😂
A PERFECT way to use ABBA's classic love song "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
It is one of the few ABBA songs that I don't like but it is much more bearable in this scene. It fits this wedding and the film perfectly.
Just how excited she gets to say Holy Spirit 😂 Toni Collette is just so marvelous
10 seconds in: I love Rhonda so much. She's got good reason to be grumpy but can't help breaking into a grin !
One of my favorite movies. I love how everyone has no smile on their face except her.
I love Rhonda's smirk at 0:08. Also, Muriel's dress is beautiful.
Oh my gosh, l really felt for that woman, heart wrenching. I had a stone in my chest for an hour after that scene, all her scenes actually..brilliant actress.
Every girl should watch this movie. So many young women marry the wrong person just to have the big wedding or because of peer pressure. I feel like Mexican culture gets it right…have the quinceneara party so you can have all the fluff and the pretty gown, then take your time to get married.
Funny and tacky scene, but heartbreaking in context.
My heart breaks all over again every time I see muriel walk past her mother in the church
I always felt they missed out the most interesting part of the film. I would have loved to have seen the developing relationship between the south african and Muriel. He didn't need to turn up when her mother dies and he certainly didn't need to sleep with her. I always wondered how much was left on the cutting room floor.
I think it's more effective this way.
I always wondered what could have developed between them given time and more maturity...but I do like how Muriel ended it with a clear head.
She needed to realize nothing was there between them. She was only fixated on the idea of getting married (mostly the wedding itself), because it represented getting rescued from her horrible home life, and adoration from both a husband and from the guests (which was obviously absent here) represented her desire to be seen.
The second they got to his home is when it dawned on her that her life was not going to be happy, and that she was going to repeat the same cycle her parents had.
@@heyidaroo and the thing is, was she a terrible person to want to escape that horrible family environment? She was completely fucked up through no fault of her own and that's really the point. She could not see what she was doing. The whole film revolves around tragedy and who really is to blame? Who won and who lost?
@@suave-rider she wasn't a terrible person for wanting to escape from her Dad, but she realised she was lying so much that she was turning into him. She needed to be authentic to escape the cycle of abuse. Part of this was ending her fake marriage.
Choosing a life of perfect falsehood to escape a life where the present ego is not recognized, her laughter is closer to tears because she knows better than anyone else that it is actually just a sandcastle. That's why this movie is such a great movie, and it allows me to see what is really important to my life.
Rachel Griffiths looks somewhat like Juliette Lewis.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wonderful movie 😍😘🙏 Muriel is so beautiful soul 💝✌
j'ai vu ce film y'a plus de 15 ans et je l'ai revu aujourd'hui je kiffffff toujours autant
The grooms 😳 face and Muriel’s big fat smile makes the scene for me LMFAOOOOO
he is soo fucking cute and absolutely horrified!! the looks on everyone's face is so fucking funny!!!
Daniel Lapaine sieht super aus !
No idea why she would ask the toxic people who called her 'nothing' and threw a drink in her face to be her bridesmaids.
To gloat
She didn't ask them they called her. She said it later that she is as good as they are. But at the end she is better than them.
It s to feel superior to them ,to show that she can marry too and feel beautiful
Muriel didn’t ask them to be their bridesmaids they came crawling back like it was a show then Tania always had to be the Queen bee dispute getting stung by her own actions
I mean her
I think the only reason I'd walk down the aisle again would be to play this song!
Amo esse filme"casamento de Muriel" hilário, músicas do ABBA maravilhoso.
I love this film. Both actresses are amazing
I love the stunned looks on the guests faces 😂😂😂
"She's all yours, mate!" LMAO!!!!
Bill Hunter.....legend!!!
From the look on his face walking down the aisle to "she's all yours mate" just brilliant
Absolutely FABULOUS film by PJCD. I loved every minute of it cuz. it just had everything. (Godddd I'm laughing away here again) :)
Omg her mum :(:(:(
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I hate how most of the guests are giving her dirty looks! Most of those people were probably her dad's friends. Only Rhonda and Muriel's mother were happy to see her. And why aren't Muriel's siblings there?
I think it's more so because the guests know that it's a scam marriage. They know it's a fake and that's the intended look of disgust on their faces. Hence the ironic and almost bittersweet comedy of the scene. She's only fooling herself. Even her own friends know this is bullshit.
When I get married this is the song I am walking down to!! 😂
If this is not a perfect scene in a movie, then there are no perfect scenes.
I do love this movie... it is just brilliant!
Gosh she really wanted that wedding 🥰😂 and she got it plus got famous because of it what more could you want loooool I’m glad she got her life back together tho and went back home with her best mate 🥰🥰🥰🌸🌸🌸
For me, everyone’s faces when the music started makes me laugh almost 30 years on
Loved this movie and still do. :D
What a movie ❤
Greetings from Hungary!
Absolutely FABULOUS film. :)
The irony of the priest saying “what god has joined men must not divide” and the camera looks at the woman her dad is having the affair with and she has the audacity to even shed a tear!!
Perfect happy wedding song.
Excellent scene it makes me laugh a lot. Muriel got her fantasy wedding come true.
@Maya DePaz Of course , later she realized the stupid mistakes she made and tried to fix them growing in the process. Take care
It s sad for her mother,though
Emphasis on the "fantasy."
LOVE this film😘
I NEED this dress!!!!
That guys face at 0.34 always cracks me up.
Bill Hunter was a brilliant actor.
just how long was she smiling for lol
Ugh this is my fav movie
Not as good as my aisle walk, which was 'ever fallen in love' by the buzzcocks and the prodigy 'one love'!!!
When they start down the aisle everyone just seems to be smiling to see a young woman so clearly and obviously happy to be there. Then as they get further down everyone seems to be looking at her in distaste.
What a great film 🎥
it is a brilliant yet darkly funny tale about getting what you want. and it not turning they way you expect. all the actors in it play selfish people. it has a great cast. the late great actor BIll Hunter was outstanding as loathsome, repulsive Head of the Family as was the actress who played Muriels Mom. everytime you saw her your heartbroke for her, stuck in doors married to her Horrible poltician husband.
Smile, guests. This is not a funeral. :)
Toni Collette: she's ✨ABSOLUTELY✨
✨ FABULOUS ✨!
Toni’s face must have been pretty sore after shooting the wedding scene 35 times with that beaming smile :)
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do!! ABBA! Best Wedding Song!
I felt so deeply fornher mother
Song is perfect lol
Love the church since with the song I do lol
Love this 😁
Actorazos todos
AMO esse filme.
Where can I watch this movie?
Don’t one of the patrons at beginning look like Tony Danza? 0:34
Does anyone know which streaming service this movie is available on in Canada?
Wonderful!
filmaço...linda musica.
His face is so darn funny!
Le seul film de ma vie j'ai 66 ans
The poor mother, she is just broken. So so sad.
Yeah, okay, alright, why not 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
I get it that its her wedding and she’s overwhelmed but how could she just walk past her mom without even noticing her not even havin picture with her sooooo sad
Muriel was on cloud 10. This moment was all she lived for. She didn't see a soul at that wedding.
1:13 what does he say to the groom?
I think David says “god no” and his coach is saying something like “think of the games” or “think of the gold”, since David was only marrying Muriel so he could participate in the Olympics on the Australian team
David's coach says, "Oh go on love, think of the Games." David, a South African, was only marrying Muriel so that he could get his residency card and swim in the Olympics for Australia.
that dude at 0:33 😂😂😂😂😂
1:06 😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣