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Muriel's Wedding: most memorable quotes

Muriel's Wedding: most memorable quotes

    Sit back and enjoy our compilation of all your favourite film quotes from Muriel's Wedding (1994).

    After 25 years, 'You're terrible, Muriel!' holds a rightful place alongside Mick Dundee's 'That's not a knife' (Crocodile Dundee, 1985) and Daryl Kerrigan's 'Tell him he's dreaming' (The Castle, 1997) as catchphrases that have entered the Australian vernacular.

    But PJ Hogan's memorable script produced more than just a single catchphrase, which is made obvious in the above clip.

    This delightful montage, taken from the movie, contains many of the best lines and memorable quotes that elevated the film to the iconic status it holds today.

    Interestingly, 'You're terrible, Muriel!', was almost cut from the film during editing when writer-director Hogan felt he'd heard it so many times it was no longer funny.

    Fortunately editor Jill Bilcock convinced him to include it and it's become so entrenched in our lexicon that Toni Collette has said she has it quoted to her nearly every day.

    Sit back and enjoy our compilation of all your favourite film quotes from Muriel's Wedding (1994).

    After 25 years, 'You're terrible, Muriel!' holds a rightful place alongside Mick Dundee's 'That's not a knife' (Crocodile Dundee, 1985) and Daryl Kerrigan's 'Tell him he's dreaming' (The Castle, 1997) as catchphrases that have entered the Australian vernacular.

    But PJ Hogan's memorable script produced more than just a single catchphrase, which is made obvious in the above clip.

    This delightful montage, taken from the movie, contains many of the best lines and memorable quotes that elevated the film to the iconic status it holds today.

    Interestingly, 'You're terrible, Muriel!', was almost cut from the film during editing when writer-director Hogan felt he'd heard it so many times it was no longer funny.

    Fortunately editor Jill Bilcock convinced him to include it and it's become so entrenched in our lexicon that Toni Collette has said she has it quoted to her nearly every day.

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