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04/06/02
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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.
Theatrical Release:Apr 13, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $70,845,805
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
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Reviews for Bridget Jones' Diary
The three-act structure is too predictable, and at 90 minutes, feels both draggy and hacked to the bone.
04/10/01
Top CriticThe film backhands [Zellweger] by deeming Bridget as imperfect, essentially stripping the character of any pride in her physical appearance.
04/15/01
Inside the frankly sexual, frankly desirous, and frankly pissed off anti-Cosmo girl is a Cosmo girl, just waiting for her happy ending.
04/16/01
Good actors can't make the soundtrack stop blaring Motown hits that are supposed to stand in for actual human emotion.
04/12/01
There's very little spontaneous life here, and pitiful few real laughs.
04/30/01
The only thing I remember is the fake Christmas snow scenes.
04/02/03
How can you celebrate a movie in which Zellweger doesn't soar but simply avoids disaster?
04/13/01
Top CriticTime and again, we find ourselves unsure how to respond.
04/13/01
Top CriticAs prefabricated a romantic comedy as one could imagine.
04/02/01
What audiences found so endearing about this movie escapes me.
01/12/03
The thrust of the story is how miserable it is being a single young woman while still making it look like a lark.
04/13/01
Top Critic...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 so aggressive you don't even have to like it; the movie likes itself well enough for the both of you.
04/15/08
Top CriticSurely Bridget herself would sniff at the film's soppy sentimentality.
04/13/01
The script ... loses sight of the book's breezy wit and stacks up implausibilities as high as Bridget's half-eaten boxes of Cadbury's Milk Tray.
04/12/01
Top CriticEven though the leads are good, it's far from enough to make the film worth seeing, unless you wish to waste money and lose two hours of your life.
09/10/02
As a film, however, item misses its mark, failing to capitalize on the staccato rhythms and sardonic wit of Bridget's inner life.
04/15/08
Top CriticProvides a few laughs but failed to make me care on which loves-me, loves-me-not petal this film ends.
08/07/08
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