Bridget Jones's Diary [2001 film] (2001)

by Sharon Maguire (Director)

Other authors: Tim Bevan (Actor), Jim Broadbent (Actor), Richard Curtis (Screenwriter), Andrew Davies (Screenwriter), Patrick Doyle (Composer) — 5 more, Helen Fielding (Screenwriter), Colin Firth (Actor), Hugh Grant (Actor), Celia Imrie (Actor), Renée Zellweger (Actor)

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In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.… (more)

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freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |

Based on a novel, which I hadn't read, and which - supposedly - takes its storyline from 'Pride and Prejudice'. There's a nice irony in that Colin Firth, who played Mr Darcy in the BBC series of Jane Austen's classic, plays Mark Darcy in this film; Hugh Grant, who also stars as the office Casanova, is rather more appealing.

The heroine, Bridget, bears little relation to any of the Bennet girls although her mother is quite as ghastly as Mrs Bennet. It's nicely done, and there are one or two amusing moments but it's not the hilarious comedy some reviewers suggest.

Grant and Firth are both excellent, and make it worth watching; but I found the smoking and excessive bad language very off-putting. Without them, it could probably have been rated 12 rather than 15.

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SueinCyprus | Mar 22, 2022 |

A woman spends a year trying not to be single.

Concept: C
Story: C
Characters: B
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: B
Music: B

Enjoyment: C plus

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comfypants | Jan 8, 2017 |

I love this movie becasue of the "parody" aspect to Pride and Predjudice...some parts are a but "risque" -as I'm somewhat of a "good girl" hence the liberated woman-Bridgit --is a bit over the top for me... 98 minutes

cljacobson | Jan 9, 2010 |

A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections. (source: TMDb)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Maguire, Sharon	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bevan, Tim	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Broadbent, Jim	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Curtis, Richard	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davies, Andrew	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Doyle, Patrick	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fielding, Helen	Screenwriter	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Firth, Colin	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Grant, Hugh	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Imrie, Celia	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Zellweger, Renée	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Gemma	Actor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Bridget Jones Trilogy by Sharon Maguire

Bridget Jones's Diary / The Edge of Reason / The Holiday (video) by Nancy Meyers

Bridget Jones's Diary / Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason / About A Boy by Sharon Maguire

Bridget Jones Diary / Love Actually / Notting Hill / Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Video) by Sharon Maguire

Bridget's Diaries: Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason Boxset by Sharon Maguire

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Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice [1995 TV mini series] by Simon Langton

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Bridget Jones's Diary: Original 2001 Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists

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In her mid-thirties, still single and still being set up with dates by her mom, Bridget decides she needs to make a change in her life. She falls for her boss who uses her and then dumps her. In the meantime, Bridget keeps running into the divorced guy her mom tried to set her up with, and he happens to be ex-friends with her boss. She uses her diary as a confessional and she begins to wonder if she will ever find true love.

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