My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Disjointed thoughts from my first time watching Muriel’s Wedding : Why have I never heard of this masterpiece before now?!!! I mean, it’s one of Ridley Scott’s favorite movies , for crying out loud! Honestly, I only decided to watch this because I saw “ABBA” in the description. I have the same taste in music as Muriel—that is to say, great taste in music. I did NOT expect to be a sobbing mess by the end of this weird Aussie fever dream!!!!! I think the scenes of Muriel’s mum at the wedding and standing in the kitchen are going to haunt me until the day I die!!!!!!! 💔 ༻❁༺ 𝓟.𝓢. This review was crossposted from Letterboxd because it contains actual thoughts rather than a typically facetious single-sentence remark. View all my film ratings and pointless takes on Letterboxd .

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tbh, I’m grossed out by the gratuitous nudity in the opening scene. Even if the actresses aren’t underage, they’re supposed to be playing high school girls. And I’m not saying there shouldn’t be nudity or that it doesn’t tie in well with the Biblical themes of the narrative. All I’m saying is that only the male gaze would depict a girls’ locker room to be as explicit as that. In my own experience, even the chicks with Hawtest Bods™ just wanted to get the whole ordeal over with as soon as possible and get to the next class. High school locker rooms just aren’t Girls Gone Wild, okay? Locker room scene aside, I do love Carrie . It holds a special, nostalgic place in my heart. My mom is a fan and enjoys randomly chanting “Plug it up! Plug it up! Plug it up!” She graduated from high school in 1976, and a weird part of me likes to pretend this was her senior prom, and she somehow made it out alive. ༻❁༺ 𝓟.𝓢. This review was crossposted from Letterboxd because...