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intereact!Actors: Joseph Alessi, Joan Blackman, Jim Broadbent, Paul Brooke, and David Cann
Rated: R (Restricted)
Retail Price (not our price): $19.99
Release Date: 2001-10-09
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Studio: Miramax
Run Time: 98 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Discs: 1
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Featuring a blowzy, winningly inept size-12 heroine, Bridget Jones's Diary is a fetching adaptation of Helen Fielding's runaway bestseller, grittier than Ally McBeal but sweeter than Sex and the City. The normally sylphlike Renée Zellweger (Nurse Betty, Me, Myself and Irene) wolfed pasta to gain poundage to play "singleton" Bridget, a London-based publicist who divides her free time between binge eating in front of the TV, downing Chardonnay with her friends, and updating the diary in which she records her negligible weight fluctuations and romantic misadventures of the year. Things start off badly at Christmas when her mother tries to set her up with seemingly standoffish lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), whom Bridget accidentally overhears dissing her. Instead she embarks on a disastrous liaison with her raffish boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant, infinitely more likeable when he's playing a baddie instead of his patented tongue-tied fops). Eventually, Bridget comes to wonder if she's let her pride prejudice her against the surprisingly attractive Mr. Darcy. If the plot sounds familiar, that's because Fielding's novel was itself a retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, whose romantic male lead is also named Mr. Darcy. An extra ironic poke in the ribs is added by the casting of Firth, who played Austen's haughty hero in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Austen's novel. First-time director Sharon Maguire directs with confident comic zest, while Zellweger twinkles charmingly, fearlessly baring her cellulite and pulling off a spot-on English accent. Like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill (both of which were written by this film's coscreenwriter, Richard Curtis), Bridget Jones's stock-in-trade is a very English self-deprecating sense of humor, a mild suspicion of Americans (especially if they're thin and successful), and a subtly expressed analysis of thirtysomething fears about growing up and becoming a "smug married." The whole is, as Bridget would say, v. good. --Leslie Felperin
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5
1) Very different from the book!!!! [Rating: 3 out of 5]
I was so excited to see this movie after reading the book. To me, it was a big let down. The book was so much better!!!! The movie itself, was kind of funny and had some good parts to it but don't expect it to follow along with the book. The left a lot of parts out that, in my opinion, should have been in there. The ending was was way different. The outcome was still the same it just happened different. I think I would have enjoyed it much better had I not read the book first.2) Briget Jones - lots of laughs [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I purchased this DVD for my daughter who loved this movie. This is not just a chick-flick, it is a great comedy about relationships.3) There is hope for the chick flick genre after all [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Many were irked when Rene Zellwiger was chosen to play Bridget Jones, her being an American (let alone a native Texan) when Bridget is an English heroine. Still, she puts forth a good performance, as so many things are universal.Bridget Jones is a thirtysomething single woman living in London, struggling with the trials and tribulations a la Woody Allen crossed with Cathy from the comics. She has to loose that weight, stop drinking so much, quit smoking, and find that intangible Mr. Right. As opposed to all the shallow, self serving female characters in most chick flicks, we related to Bridget best. She is sweet, trying her hardest and making efforts, and her bumbling antics make us laugh as much as they make us cry, knowing we have all been there at one point or another.In a classic Jane Austinesque situation (and one of the male leads just happens to be named Darcy on top of that), Bridget finds herself torn between two men. On Christmas Day at her mother's annual party, she meets a vain, arrogant, rude man named Mark Darcy who her mother is pushing her into being friendly with. When she overhears one of his insults, she is bent into thinking what a terrible man she is and is naturally, as Miss Austin would be proud of (no pun intended), prejudiced against him. At work, she is hot for her boss, a slick, charming skirt played very well by Hugh Grant (when he is usually the lovable good guy in all his roles). In a moment of weakness, Bridget gets played. (Who hasn't been there?) She soon finds out that Hugh Grant is not just a player, but contrary to what she had been lead to believe, he was caught mid coitus with Mark's wife and not vice versa. In a great scene that we women can only dream about, the two get into a fist fight on the streets over her. And Mr. Darcy ... He's the perfect man after all. Even when he finds her diary with all its stabs and slams against him, he goes out and buys her a new one. He knows he's not perfect and loves Bridget just the way she is. Isn't that what we all want? And he even likes those nasty granny panties she wore.4) I love this [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this movie! First of all I adore Hugh Grant, and his wit hits a homerun in this movie. But, I am a huger Zellweger and Firth fan as well. Who does not love the way Bridget seems to always mock, and humiliate herself, yet win people over in an instant. She's a true underdog, but a loveable character looking for love...and bullocks....trouble, and moritifying moments always seem to find her. I can watch this movie any day of the week and laugh. Plus, it has a great soundtrack.5) This movie is a classic [Rating: 5 out of 5]
You don't have to be into chick flicks to appreciate this movie. I personally am not into the serious romance movies. This one made me laugh, tugged at my heart strings, and made me sigh. I believe this is one of Renee Zellweger's best performances. I never had a crush on Colin Firth until I saw this movie. His performance was outstanding along side with Hugh Grant's whose wit had me in stiches. The sequel was also a fabulous movie that I have yet to purchase. I also like the deleted scenes and take outs at the main menu. A DVD you must add to your collection. You will never tire of seeing it.