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07/12/02
Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)
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Reviews Counted:150
Fresh:120
Rotten:30
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Though there was controversy over the choice of casting, Zellweger's Bridget Jones is a sympathetic, likable, funny character, giving this romantic comedy a lot of charm.
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire... [More]
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent
Director: Sharon Maguire
Reviews for Bridget Jones' Diary
Zellweger, a walking ray of sunshine, makes Bridget eminently likable, yet it's more than a little frustrating to watch an intelligent, attractive woman continually tear herself down...
06/09/02
Funny, heartwarming, and possessing the unique ability to make you cringe with empathetic horror.
05/30/02
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04/06/02
Yes, the movie adaptation is just fine, thank you.
03/19/02
It did a good job balancing comedy and message.
02/28/02
And I thought romantic comedies had become stale.
02/26/02
Firth exudes a Ralph Fiennes-like smoldering charisma, taking a role that Fiennes himself would probably never stoop to accept.
02/01/02
Zellwegger uses a limitless reserve of humility and vulnerability to capture hearts. She's stunningly sympathetic.
11/27/01
Bridget Jones’s Diary belongs to Bridget. It belongs to Renée Zellweger.
11/16/01
...never fully comes to comedic life, seldom reaches out emotionally, and provides few new insights into the perils of love and dating.
11/02/01
It's pretty funny to watch as every family member she runs into asks when she's going to settle down, but there is really little difference between them and the host of older characters in Austen's novel who constantly scheme and plot marriage connections
10/31/01
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10/26/01
A hugely enjoyable film which will appeal to broken-hearted cynics and hopeless romantics alike.
07/26/01
Una de las propuestas más frescas, ingeniosas y encantadoras en mucho, mucho tiempo
07/16/01
...a thoroughly enjoyable piece of work that everyone (yes, everyone) will admire.
06/01/01
...the best date flick to come down the pike in an awfully long time...
05/29/01
Thanks to terrific performances and a willingness to mix romantic moments with ones of mortifying hilarity, this film rises far above its competition to become the year's first truly romantic comedy hit.
05/23/01
I'm a fan of the book so I eagerly anticipated the film regardless of hesitations about the star - I am delighted with the result.
05/21/01
The film tries to position itself as a comic anthem for unshackled single-womanhood, but it's aimed at the bland middle.
05/21/01
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