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• Arts and culture
• Comedy

• 2001
• Sharon Maguire
• 93 mins
• 15

Summary

Romantic comedy adapted from the bestselling novel by Helen Fielding, starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Weight-obsessed 30-something Bridget Jones is busy lamenting her lack of a good man when two come along at once: her flirtatious boss Daniel Cleaver and uptight childhood friend Mark Darcy. Unfortunately, in typical world-of-Bridget style, the two men have met before, and she finds herself thrust from being a wallflower to the centre of a bizarre love triangle.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Lorien Haynes

Renée Zellweger stars in the first cinematic outing for the 30-something Londoner created by author Helen Fielding. In an Oscar-nominated turn, Zellweger brings wit and warmth to the role of Bridget, the hapless, chardonnay-drinking publishing assistant with "absolutely enormous panties", whose life takes a different turn when she has a flirtation with her boss (Hugh Grant), despite the derision of an old family friend (Colin Firth). Richard Curtis contributes a zinger-laden script and Sharon Maguire handles directing duties with aplomb, helped by an ensemble cast of stellar Brits operating at the peak of their powers. The result is daft, dippy and very funny.

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6.4/10

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Cast

rolenameBridget JonesRenée ZellwegerMark DarcyColin FirthDaniel CleaverHugh GrantBridget's dadJim BroadbentBridget's mumGemma JonesSharonSally PhillipsJudeShirley HendersonTomJames CallisNatashaEmbeth DavidtzUna AlconburyCelia ImriePenny Husbands-BosworthHonor BlackmanUncle GeoffreyJames FaulknerSalman RushdieSalman RushdieJulianPatrick Barlow Richard FinchNeil PearsonMr Sit Up BritainPaul Ross

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rolenameDirectorSharon Maguire

Details

Theatrical distributor

UIP

Released on

2001-04-13

Languages

English | Italian

Guidance

Swearing, sex scenes, nudity.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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