Bridget Jones's Diary
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Metascore
66 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

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  • Starring: Colin Firth, RenĂ©e Zellweger
  • Summary: At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Zellweger) 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. (Miramax)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 33
  3. Negative: 2 out of 33
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Carla Meyer
    100
    A triumph for all involved.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    The script is teasingly, pleasingly raunchy in places.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    60
    What's right as rain with Diary is the casting.
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  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    30
    The worst part of Ms. Zellweger's plight is that she, along with others in the cast, has fallen victim to a first-time feature director whose vocabulary doesn't seem to include the word "simplicity."
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. KimR.
    10
    "Bridget Jones's Diary" was hilarious!
  2. RachelL.
    10
    This was a brilliant film! i thought it was hilerious! ive bought the box set of the first one, the second one, and also the missing bits too!
  3. Kristina
    10
    Oh my God!!
  4. Halfwelshman
    7
    The film adaptation of Bridget Jones's Diary is sweet, honest, hilarious and has a great British cast (and Renee Zellweger, whose accent is thankfully utterly convincing). Bridget Jones makes a compelling heroine who's a real joy to spend time with, and you're carried along nicely with the highs and lows (mostly lows) of her life as a thirty-something singleton looking to improve her life on romantic, professional and emotional terms. The film doesn't make any major changes to the classic rom-com formula, but when a film is this emotionally engaging, well-written (by Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis), confidently directed (by Sharon Maguire) and so ably performed by the cast, it doesn't really need to stand out much from the crowd. You might find yourself shifting a bit uncomfortably towards the end as Bridget, like many rom-com protagonists takes a painfully long time to make the right decision, but a rewarding side story exploring the strained relationship of Bridget's parents (Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones) helps keep emotion levels high even if the main plot begins to tire. And Bridget really isn't fat, she's woman-shaped. Bridget Jones's Diary is still a great romantic comedy film that delivers everything it promises - laughter, tears and a comforting warm fuzzy feeling inside.… Expand

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