Muriel's Wedding vs The Castle

Muriel Heslop (Toni Collete) is jobless, has a low self-esteem and is obsessed with getting married to become successful. She lives in Porpoise Spit, a coastal resort, has no genuine friends and a dysfunctional family.

Muriel’s father, Bill Heslop, is a corrupt small-town politician who can not understand why the rest of the family have trouble keeping up with him. Bill divides his life between his mistress Deidre, a cosmetics seller, and time spent tyrannizing and putting down Muriel and the rest of the Heslop household.

Betty, Muriel’s mother, never seems to understand Bill or the rest of her family and is slowly disappearing without her family knowing. Dim Betty is drowning under an oce

And so the story unfolds and the plot thickens. Muriel meets Rhonda (Rachael Griffiths) at Hibiscus Island where she is spending all her parents’ money. Rhonda helps Muriel build her confidence in many ways and she begins a new life in Sydney. Trouble is, Muriel has a lot of lies to deal with if she is ever going to really take charge of her life.

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