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Summary: Becoming one of my favorite romantic comedies
Review: I missed seeing this movie in the theaters. I was always choosing something else to see even though I really like Renee Zellweger since she co-starred with Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire. I finally rented it last week. I haven't laugh so much in a long time. Renee Zellweger was so adorable and charming despite the extra pounds she put on in this role. I realize now why she received an Oscar nomination. Her performance is flawless and you find yourself rooting for her throughout the movie. Bridget Jones is a slightly overweight thirty- something women who drinks too much, smokes too much and makes the dreadful mistake of "shagging" her slimy boss, Daniel Cleaver, played by Hugh Grant. Before entering into this liason with Mr. Cleaver, she is summarily dissed by a would-be suitor, a seemingly uptight and droll attorney, Mark Darcy, a victim of an ill-fated matchmaking attempt by Bridget's mom. Throughout the movie, Mr. Darcy and Ms Jones end up running into each other exchanging snide remarks and cool glances, until we realize that despite appearances, Mr. Darcy fancies Ms. Jones "just as she is". Colin Firth is oh-so-sexy as the proper Mr. Darcy who in the end turns out to be a very sweet man after all. I was beginning to think that Colin Firth was going to yet again be typecast as the jilted husband/lover or cold fish of a cad. It was nice to see him get the girl for a change. The movie is really entertaining, however they could have left out the numerous utterances of the "F" word. Other than that, I would highly recommend this movie for the romantics at heart.
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Summary: Bestill my beating heart
Review: Bridget Jones is indeed one on the luckiest women in the world for having Hugh Grant and Colin Firth after her. I love the story line. I love, the sarcasm. I love the men! Definitely a great movie for the lonely hearts club.
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Summary: Such a Surprise.
Review: I took the trouble of reading the novel when I first saw the trailer for the movie. After reading the book, I was quite disappointed and had no intention of seeing the movie. Several months later I have finally watched the film and I must admit I was really surprised. Very seldom does a film work better than the literary counterpart than it is based upon. Usually a film either matches the spirit of the original work or falls way short and does a discredit to the text it was based upon. BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY is a film that surpasses the book it is based upon. The movie flows much better than the novel and the characters are much more vivid and lifelike (well, Bridget's friends are toned down to a two-dimensionality, but most of them are worse scoundrels than Bridget). Renee Zellweger pulls off a wonderful performance as the title character. It's hard to believe that the actress portraying this British singleton is actually an American, and not only that but a Texan to boot. Zellweger gives an emotional attachment to the character of Bridget Jones that is lacking in the novel. The character from the book is someone that is just as cruel and careless as most of the people she meets and encounters. However, the character in the film is someone that forms an attachment with the audience, someone that is likeable, someone that we cares what happens to. Hugh Grant is perfect as the slimy boss, Daniel Cleever, and Colin Firth is perfect as Marc Darcy. The language in the film isn't as vulgar as would be expected and the sexuality isn't as bad as it could have been either. I found myself laughing more than I expected and was surprised to find that after the final credits had roled that I actually enjoyed the picture quite a bit. A delightful film that makes a great "date movie".
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Summary: Renee is a charmer
Review: OK, it's a chick flick, but I defy you not to laugh,cheer the heroine and enjoy the fine acting. Good job
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Summary: This movie is a torture to sit through
Review: My god is this movie awful!
The plot is pure formula, conventional and unbelievable. Each scene is contrived to make the audience say, "gee look how cute Renee Zellweger is playing Bridget Jones!"
Then, it is supposed to be so funny. Zellweger sliding down a firepost with her skirt riding up to expose a big black pantyhosed covered butt shot in full view (ha ha!) was meant to elicit great laughter from the audience. It made me want to throw up.
The movie makes a great case for alcoholism since Zellweger plays Jones to be drunk through much of the picture -- and of course again it's supposed to be cute. Terrible. It is amazing the book was a bestseller and so many people went to see this piece of garbage. So much for moviegoer intelligence.
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Summary: Corny but cute
Review: What really makes this movie stand out from a venerable list of other working girl fantasies is the familiar but one-of-a-kind personality of the irrepressible Bridget Jones. Created by novelist Helen Fielding, who also wrote the script, and brought to life by the talented and zany Renée Zellweger, Bridget Jones is a 32-year-old pleasingly plump London working girl, a "...verbally incontinent spinster who...dresses like her mother" (to quote Colin Firth's character, Mark Darcy). She is also clumsy, the kind of girl who might spill sauce on her blouse, a little overweight, smokes, drinks too much and sometimes says what she thinks without consulting her brain. She is also very good at improvising on the spot, a talent that charms not only the two leading men, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth, who vie for her affection, but also the five o'clock news audience who like her bum and knickers just fine. Director Sharon Maguire, in her first outing, combines Brit witticisms, slapstick pratfalls, raunchy, sharp and realistic dialogue, and a blatant but inoffensive sentimentality into a romantic comedy that surely has Nora Ephron and Julia Roberts paying close attention. She keeps us guessing about who will get the girl (and who really deserves the girl) with the usual misdirections and misunderstandings characteristic of the genre. There's a little dead time about half way in, and the uncertainty about whether Bridget wants Hugh Grant or Colin Firth is milked a bit overmuch, otherwise this is nicely paced entertainment sure to chase away a blue afternoon. Hugh Grant and Colin Firth are both very good, and Gemma Jones as Bridget's mother is a charming, dotty sight to see. Bridget's friends are funny as a kind of foil to the tired glamor of Yank TV's "Friends." And there's a darling "home movie" sequence during the closing credits purporting to recall Bridget at four and Mark Darcy at eight, that retrospectively and adorably frames the movie. Should a CHICK FLICK ALERT be declared here? No doubt, but thanks to a warm, bubbly, funny and decidedly unprudish and unaffected (and I must say, somewhat daring) performance by Zellweger, we'll ignore it because we "like her just the way she is."
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Summary: A sweet comedy.
Review: Anyone who fell in love with the book will want to check out the film version. It stays pretty faithful to the book and allows you to relive all those funny moments with Bridget. The funniest being the tarts costume party. I love this film because it's so easy to relate to Bridget's actions. And who doesn't like Renee Zellwegger?
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Summary: Dashing, romantic, goofy!
Review: While battling between her feminist urges to develop inner poise and her desire for a really good shag, Bridget Jones steals your heart and runs amok with it. You laugh, you scream, and you get really turned on whenever Colin Firth enters the scene. What is there about Colin Firth? The man can enter a room and hold you in the palm of his hand. Something about his eyes, his voice and the lake scene in Pride and Prejudice. By the way, if you liked the movie, you MUST read the books. Fielding's "Edge of Reason" aka "Bridget Jones 2" will have you rolling. Hint: Bridge lands an interview with Colin Firth. Fielding's Wit shines and Zellwegger's acting will keep you rolling. This is a film you may want to see several times, especially on a girls' night out.
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Summary: A must-see for all womankind...
Review: In Bridget Jones's Diary, we are introduced to Bridget Jones, a thirty-something British woman desperately looking for love. Her co-worker and eventual love interest, played by Hugh Grant, is devilishly handsome and charmingly played by the suave Grant. Colin Firth, another Brit actor, adeptly plays a successful lawyer(?). Firth has a natural type of aloofness and pride that makes him suitable to play both this character and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Both Firth and Grant contend for her affections. Renee Zellweger, ever lovable and emphatic, connects with the audience; as Jones, she portrays a size-12 smoking and drinking woman. She admirably attempts to ignore her matchmaking mother, quit her smoking and drinking, lose weight, and start a meaningful relationship. She records her social ups and downs and personal gains and losses in a diary which proves to play a key role in the movie.
The movie is filled with twists and turns and a few hilarious scenes punctuated by those more moody and dramatic. It is a light, romantic comedy which I highly recommend, especially to those of the female population. I really sympathized with Bridget and her earnest attempts to be a more contented, healty women. She showed real weakness in her diet relapses and emotional strife in the relationship with Grant. The almost cynical comedy was highly entertaining as was the fabulous performances given by the actors and actresses. The book would probably be better than the movie, but I have yet to read it. This movie is almost as good as chocolate, and that's saying something.
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Summary: She is EVERY WOMAN
Review: I knew in the first few minutes that I would LOVE this film! Seeing Bridget Singing to 'All By Myself' with her entire body, well, I saw myself. Once I got over the initial shock of hearing a British accent coming out of Ms. Zellweger ( it only took a couple of minutes), I was completely sucked in to this woman's life. I think men will equally enjoy this movie because it gives them some insight into the working mind of REAL WOMEN. If the inner workings of Bridget's mind weren't enough to keep you interested, the romance is. OHMiGOD! Could Colin Firth BE anymore sexy?? I ablsolutely LOVED IT!!!
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