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Summary: Charming heroine in an unremarkable story
Review: Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single professional woman struggling for fulfillment in both her personal and professional lives. Sound familiar? Therefs nothing here that anyone who watches gAlly McBealh on even a casual basis hasnft seen before, despite the fact that this film unfolds on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. What this film does have going for it is a fantastic cast. Zellweger is absolutely charming in the title role. Itfs just unfortunate that the story wasnft better. It was obvious right from the beginning how all of the angst about whether she should choose Hugh Grant or Colin Firth and who is really the nice guy and who the cad and what really happened between those two and the Japanese girlfriend would turn out. Add in other stock romantic moments like gthe kiss in the falling snowh and gchasing the lover down the street at the last moment because you suddenly realize that hefs really the one for youh and the whole thing becomes a bit tiresome by the time the final credits roll.
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Summary: My thoughts on Bridget Jones's Diary!
Review: Once again, I had decided to watch a movie that featured the lovely if not charming Renee Zellweger. It is a fun movie about about the life of Bridget Jones. A 30's single woman who is secretly terrified as to why she has not found the right man. The tough call is trying to decide which man she is destined to be with: the-all-too-good-to-be-true Hugh Grant, or the very handsome but only slightly boring Colin Firth. Tough call indeed! Renee is totally believable in the role, and she does truly stand out in this movie. The problem's I slightly had the most with were the content of coarse, but the most was the scene where Bridget finds an unexpected visitor in Daniel's (Hugh Grant) apartment. That scene made me very upset. The character of Bridget is indeed a lady you can fall in love with because I do have an ex-girlfriend who is like her in some ways. Personally, I would not mind dating her myself. Renee indeed had put almost a lot of herself into this character, and she should have the Academy Award for this performance. Bottom line: A good movie, but it could have been slightly better.
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Summary: Read the book!
Review: Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones? With all of the fine British actresses who could have played this part they chose Renee Zellweger? She is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an acceptable Bridget Jones. It is a travesty- a scandal really. Love Hugh Grant, love Colin Firth, but this movie stinks...If you really want to experience the charm and the hilarity of Bridget Jones please read the book. This movie is a waste of time.
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Summary: entertainment units 100, pleasure units 100, brilliant!
Review: Face it, the best thing about the DVD version of Bridget Jones and Pride & Prejudice for that matter is that you can bookmark Colin Firth! I've seen him hundreds of times before in other movies, but he usually plays such despicable, cold, villains, I never found him particularly attractive. His "posh" voice always grated on me but boy, now I know I was so wrong. There's a scene in which Colin-Mark is trying to kiss Bridget-Renee who slips away to put on tiny knickers. Firth conveys such longing in a his body language, Mark Darcy's pain is palpable: just the thing that women find so irresistible. Helen Fielding and Sharon Maguire are both geniuses! Colin Firth must, do you hear me, must recreate the role of Mark Darcy in the proposed "Edge of REason." While I am at it, Rene Zellwegger and Hugh Grant are just as v.v. good too!
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Summary: I WANT MORE!!!
Review: I first saw Bridget Jones in the theater, only because Pearl Harbor was sold out for the next 5 hours, and I don't regret it at all. This movie had me laughing more than most other films I've seen, and I am hoping that a sequal will be made. Renee Zelweggar, a TEXAN gave a superb performance with her faux-british accent. I watch this movie more frequently than any other, and can't get enough of it. Of course, it helps having Colin Firth...
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Summary: A wonderful pleasant surprise!
Review: Bridget Jones is what every woman was at some point in her life: unsatisfied with her love life, frustrated with men, a drinker/smoker, and the "butt" of jokes with friends and associates (watch the firehouse scene and you'll understand the "butt" reference). This film is a funny, warm, and realistic take on singledom.
Renee Zellweger not only pulled off a near-flawless British accent to where I almost forgot she was from Texas, but she brought a lot of charm and wit to Bridget. She wasn't perfect and she often embarassed herself. I think movies too often try to portray these perfect women and the guys as the idiots who humiliate themselves to get near them. But women do silly things to sometimes. And these things can be just as funny as Freddie Prinze, Jr. falling down or something.
The men are good in this movie too. Colin Firth is the smug British male, unwilling to admit his feelings, insecure. You spend half the movie trying to figure out whether to love or hate him, but the end fills in the gaps for you. Hugh Grant, always great, is cocky and slimy. But how many mistakes have women dated? All of us girls have seen this character in our dating life.
My only criticism: Bridget is not fat, at least Renee wasn't fat in the film. I get tired of the Hollywood standards of what is beautiful and skinny. Renee looked like a normal healthy woman to me, a kind of girl who has become unappreciated in this society as of late. Guys, please, reconsider your obsession with plastic and opt for the natural woman. She won't let you down, I promise.
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Summary: Sigh, as a man, I wanted to hate this movie, but...
Review: ...I LOVED IT. LOL! This movie rocks. It is perfect, in all aspects. Great comedy, sweet ... story, great acting. I didn't think Rene Z could pull off the English accent, but she does it very well. Her friends, and the men in her life are (like many British movies) fantastically played by the cast.
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Summary: Renee Zellweger is hilarious!
Review: Never before has Renee Zellweger been able to showcase her exceptional comedic ability like in Bridget Jone's Diary. This movie is about a "singleton" who goes from a dating drout to an over pour with two handsome men. On one hand she has her dream man Daniel,played by Hugh Grant, who exudes sexy and then she has the dull and sarcasticly dry humored Mark, played by Colin Firth. In the end everything works out for the best and makes for a wonderful diary to look back on. This movie is hilarious and a must see.
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Summary: Humorous look at single life
Review: This was such a great movie to watch for the sheer humor to be found in the world of dating. It gives you a realistic view on how women tend to look at themselves, and it gives a great look at how one woman can have so many things go wrong all at once, and still manage to make them right.
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Summary: Dear Diary...
Review: ...what do you think about making a 21st century version of "Pride and Prejudice"?Well, that's what gives here. Not a novel idea really; Jane Austen's "Emma" was already served up pretty well some years back in Alicia Silverstone's "Clueless". What was funnier for me back then was that I hadn't known that before I was in the theatre with "Clueless", and it only dawned on me during the scenes with Elton, named for the maritally overreaching minister in the original novel. Here in "Bridget Jones' Diary", we've got a Mr. Darcy, just like in Austen's novel, too (even played by Colin Firth, the latest PandP Mr. Darcy). But this time I already was clued into its being an updating, so the fun of the shock wasn't there. However, a movie needn't have to produce an epiphany to be amusing. This is a very amusing film, about a somewhat ribald, smoking, drinking, overeating young woman and her New Year's resolution to cut down on all the bad habits and get herself a man. She wears the most appalling mini skirts to work, and so eventually receives an email come-on from her cad of a boss, Hugh Grant. She launches her affair with him, all the while bumping into the staid Colin Firth, whom she met at a Christmas party and took a dislike to when she heard him talking about her behind her back. And just like Jane Austen novels, it really looks like our heroine will lose all and be one lonely lady, until everything miraculously works out in her favor. So, if you're up to seeing a new spin on a classic romance, sneak a peek at "Bridget Jones' Diary" sometime in the near future.
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