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Muriel's Wedding is about a girl in her early twenties whose father pays everyone off so his family will succeed. Muriel steals some money from her father and sets out on her own to prove she isn't worthless after all. She meets a wonderful friend Rhonda and they decide to stay away from Porpoise Spit forever. Rhonda suddenly gets spinal cancer and Muriel decides to cope by going into bridal shops, trying on dresses and getting her picture taken. She applies to marry a man so he can live in Australia and compete in the Games. Even though the marriage is a sham, she thinks she is getting back at all of those back home who thought she would never amount to anything. She realizes this isn't who she wants to be, makes amends and decides to quit lying all the time.
There are a lot of concepts in this movie that we discussed in class: That marriage equals success for a woman, working class Joe's watch cricket, the women are supposed to listen to their husbands, and they drink a lot of tea.
The movie itself is very enjoyable and out of all the movies I've watched it was the only comedy, it was very nice change in pace.