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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

Bridget Jones's Diary
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Celia Imrie, Colin Firth, Crispin Bonham-Carter

At the start of the new year, 32-year-old Bridget decides it's time to take control of her life-and start keeping a diary. Now, the most provocative, erotic and hysterical book on her bedside table is the one she's writing. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject-from exercise to... (read more)

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed by: Sharon Maguire
Release Date: Apr 13, 2001
DVD Release Date: Oct 09, 2001

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2 days ago
A really cute look into one disheveled women's love life or lack thereof.
3 days ago
A complete guilty pleasure. Zellweger has a tendency to overplay it sometimes, but this is her best role; she is utterly charming. She has also never been cuter. Firth and Grant are two favorites and they have the perfect chemistry for this. It's nic... (read more)
4 days ago
Hugh and Renee are so funny! You just have to laugh all the time. A typical woman with self-irony. A lovable movie.
5 days ago
I wonder if it is so obvious with women that Hugh was a shallow cad? When women watch this movie do they see his betrayal coming? Do they see that Firth is actually the good guy who doesn't appear so good?

Or is it just in real life?

This... (read more)
5 days ago
Um...sounds REALLY STUPID. Is this Hugh Grant's breakthrough, or did they just hardcore fail at making him look younger?

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3157 days ago
David Edelstein, Slate
Let me say in Bridget Jonesy fashion that Zellweger is an irresistible sex goddess, hurrah!!!
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3157 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The script is teasingly, pleasingly raunchy in places.
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3157 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A story like this can't work unless we feel unconditional affection for the heroine, and casting Zellweger achieves that.
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3165 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Delivers frisky fun for bruised romantics regardless of age, sex or nationality.
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