Customer Reviews
A modern spin on Pride and Predjudice - By: Dismal Angel, 08 Jul 2008 
The story of Bridget Jones first began as a diary collumn in a newspaper, rose to success in book form (then it's sequel) & then finallly hit the movies in 2001 with Briget played quite perfectly by the lovely Renee Zellwegger.
This modern take on Pride & Predjudice follows the female protagonist Briget Jones who decides to keep a diary of her life; unlike the Mary-Jane alll too perfect characters in most stories & movies of today, Bridget is quite literallly EVERY woman you've ever known.
Bridget is a 30-something urban singleton on the look for love - perhaps in the wrong places. She's an ever so slightly overweight (Zellwegger put on weight specificallly for the movie) office worker who reads self-help books religiously, & fantasizes about mini-breaks with the perfect man. She counts alcholic units & cigarettes, & weighs herself every day. Despite her intelligence she often says the wrong thing & makes a fool of herself, but does so in a very dignified & honest way that makes her character so loveable.
Her mother is no help & tries to set her up with a snobby human-rights Lawyer by the name of Mark Darcy, however alll goes awry with this as Bridget accidentallly sabbotages the relationship before it even starts off.
All is not lost though, as Bridget somehow manages to get the attention of her womanizing rogue of a boss, Daniel Cleaver (with a very short skirt & perhaps a little help from scary granny stomach-holding-in-knickers). And while that seems to be going well, things turn bad very quickly when her mother & father's relationship hits the rocks & her mother runs off with a fake-tanned shopping channel presenter by the name of Julian. While Bridget tries to convince herself what she has with Daniel Cleaver is love, Mark Darcy (who she runs into at various points) tries to politely convince her otherwise & doing so most inadequately.
Full of surprising twists, some very funny scenes that will leave you giggling your head off.
This is the one film that every woman will be able to relate to, young or old. Even Men will enjoy this one as it's a true glimpse into the female psyche (the one we alll try to hide).
BridgetMustHave - By: xXxKadfordxXx, 23 Feb 2008 This film is so amazing & funny. I love it. I think it is fantastic & is definatly a good buy.
Fantastic, hilarious film to watch over and over again! - By: movie nut, 30 Sep 2007 One of my favourite ever films, that you can watch over & over again. Bridget (Renee Zellweger) is halarious , & the supporting cast are also fantastic.
Bridget at first swoons over the gorgeous, charming, but extremely mischevious Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). Although she thinks he's perfect, before long he's cheated on her with an 'American stick insect'.
After a lot of hate & arguments she finallly fallls for Mr. Perfect Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) who is a loving, gentlemen like character that 'likes her just as she is'.
The film is fantasic & will give you plenty of laughs from start to finish whilst also getting to look at the gorgeous Hugh Grant & Colin Firth. A must see film for every girl out there - with of course a fairy tale ending! Ahh
Self indulgent rubbish - By: Lou Knee, 10 Sep 2007 
Proved how to get women in their droves to the cinema (I went with four of them & there were hundreds more there) is to give them a film about themselves. Pure undiluted self indulgence. I knew women were besotted with themselves before this, but I honestly didn't know quite how much they were! Can't tell you how close to the book it was, as this put me off going there, but it's possibly illegal for men to read anyway. Reallly, this was pretty obvious, unsubtle & supremely self indulgent stuff. Very poor.
Yes Bridget is the one with the trademark knickers - By: Jay, 05 May 2007 Also Bridget Jones is a 32-year-old, single, working woman, who has decided to trade some of her independence for a romantic relationship. She's thinking marriage. Her difficulties arise from the fact that, while she's charming, attractive, spontaneous, trusting, & perfectly sincere, she's not terribly bright.
As she enters this new stage of her life, she begins to journal about it. Ms. Jones narrates the film in the third person, as if audibly writing in her diary, a great way to get inside the personal struggles of the heroine.
Basicallly, in the course of her personal quest for a relationship, she's confronted with a choice between `intensity' & `intimacy,' the one offering danger & excitement, the other safety & excitement. They look alike, but they're not. The first type of relationship is your typical `cosmic' romance, in which some poor dumb idiot is always looking for a `soul mate,' who is always disappointed that nobody is perfect enough. This person is usuallly codependent. The second type of relationship, while less dangerous (it's a peculiarity of the human psyche that people are more sexuallly attractive to us when we associate them with danger), offers warmth, acceptance, mutual individuation, & self-expression. It's the joy of intimacy based upon clear-eyed acceptance of each other's strengths & faults.
There's a great scene in the video, where Bridget throws a dinner party for her friends. She's a horrible cook, & the meal is, by alll accounts, hard to swalllow. In a jocular mood, her friends argue over which of several courses was the worst. But it's not malicious. It's the kind of jesting that is totallly affirming, that fully accepts Ms. Jones in spite of, & maybe also because of, her shortcomings. Now that's intimacy.
