Wonderful character development!

the audience applauded

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

*I ask myself 38 questions to determine the rating I give to a film, while I do not believe that the quality of a film can be numerically determined, I don't always want to fully write out a review and ultimately if I disagree with the resulting rating, I can always "veto" it and decide something else. Generally, the ratings I get through this method are accurate, so I will use it for the next few reviews, until I have time again to properly review films.(1) How much do I like it? 4/5. (2) Direction: 3/5. (3) Is the personal style of the director noticeable? Yes, 1/1. (4) Editing: 2/3. (5) Plot/Story: 4/5. (6) Quality of dialogue: 2/3. (7) Originality: 3/3. (8) Level of sophistication: 1/2. (9) Is it good writing? Yes, 1/1. (10) Cleverness: 2/3. (11) Memorability/Uniqueness: 2/3. (12) Quality of the ending: 1/2. (13) Quality of characters: 2/2. (14) Is there character development? Yes, 1/1. (15) Do you root for the lead character? Yes, 2/2. (16) Do you care for the lead character? Yes 1/2. (17) Act structure, conflict/denouement/etc.: 3/4. (18) Acting: 3/5. (19) Chemistry of leads, quality of romance: 1/1. (20) Cinematography: 2/4. (21) Style/Art Direction/Wardrobe/Make-up & Hair: 2/3. (22) Emotion/Experience of watching it/Catharsis: 3/5. (23) Atmosphere, i.e. were you sucked into the film? Yes, 1/1. (24) How well made is it?, i.e. effort clause: 3/4. (25) Entertainment value: 3/4. (26) Coolness: 1/2. (27) Would I be OK with dying while watching this? Sure, 1/1. (28) Would I be ashamed to admit I like this? No, 1/1. (29) Would I re- watch this? No, 0/1. (30) Soundtrack: 1/2. (31) Sound: 1/1. (32) Do I like it of my own free will? Yes, 1/1. (33) Is it one of my favourites? No, 0/1. (34) Did something I like happen? 1/3. (35) Would I recommend this to someone? Yes, 1/1. (36) Truth to the genre, or first of its kind (trailblazer): 1/2. (37) Is it believable? Or Reasonable? 1/1. (38) Overall quality 4/5.Overall score: 65/85, which is 76% and so an 8/10.

Muriel's WeddingThe best thing about wedding season in Australian is that it's winter so your summers aren't completely ruined.Desperate to escape her overbearing parents (Bill Hunter, Jeanie Drynan), hopeless romantic and ABBA super-fan Muriel (Toni Collette) steals money from them and goes on a tropical vacation.She returns home a new woman and gets a flat and roommate (Rachel Griffiths). But these lifestyle changes don't keep her life from falling apart. And as her parents split, her friend gets ill and she drowns in debt, Muriel must grow up in order to stay afloat.More depressing drama than laugh-out-loud comedy, this 1994 sleeper hit from Down Under deals with the harsh realities of becoming an adult, but manages to soften their edges with dark-humor and an up-tempo soundtrack dominated by the aforementioned Swedish pop group.Incidentally, always seat your Australian wedding guests as far from the gift table as possible.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

If you are looking for a fantasy movie then this is it, base mostly in Australia this movie will take you on an adventure. A young lady loving ABBA tries to find her dream wedding, problem is she has never had a date or really good friends.she deals with love, dreams, family, heart break and friends problems a long the way,she moves to the city with her best friend to change her life, when she is in the city she has a job, a home and she finds a guy she likes but that isn't the end of it at all, she will do anything to have a dream wedding. Throughout this movie there will be lots of laughs and some tears. Personally it is one of the best 1994 movie I have seen in a while, grab your best friends this movie some food for a night of laughter.

One of the better chick flicks out there… I first saw part of this movie when I was little and was so intrigued… it wasn't until later when I looked it up that I realized that it was Toni, also known as Tara of United States of Tara… I love her as an actress and this film just brings out her naively dopey side. Though, most might find her character annoying she's just so lovely.This movie follows Muriel a lower than average girl who believes that getting married will complete her life. She takes her family's saving to start her life in Sydney while living with her friend. There's a lot of mishaps among a variety of things that happens when her dreams come true. But Muriel is smarter than we give her credit from in the beginning.For the outcast in all of us who do not have a hidden talent, who are just the way we are… I believe that this takes a semi-realistic look at how life goes, even when you get hit with the strike of lightening. One of the better chick flicks out there for certain.