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I liked it despite my prejudices
I hate chick flicks. I hate sappy romances, and petty relationship movies. I was therefore quite dubious about Bridget Jones's Diary. "This'll just be another movie about a shallow twit finding true love," I figured, and although I was bang-on about the plotline, I was wrong about this being same-old, same-old.

Renee Zellweger does a fantastic job as a size 12 British spinster, Hugh Grant does a bang-up job as a no-good player, and Colin Firth is likewise excellent as the pretentious barrister.

The film made me laugh out loud many times. In fact, it made me snort like a goosed hog! Bridget, despite being a rather fluffy-headed sort, reminds me so much of certain friends of mine that the movie became very personal. The character of Bridget is very much a real person, and the crazy situations she gets herself into are both believable and hilarious. Even if there are a couple of mushy bits, they don't last overly long, and Bridget Jones's Diary is well-worth the watching.

Excellent Girl Flick!
I love this movie! I loved reading the book. Bridget is a single and in her thirties. At a Christmas dinner, she is set up by her mother with a childhood neighbor Mark Darcy, who is bitter after his divorce. He doesn't do much to make Bridget to feel welcome. She thinks that he is too uptight for her so she persues Daniel. Daniel, who has an appetite for women, is impressed with Bridget. They go out until she finds out that he is engaged to be married. What a terrible surprise! That is the turning point for Bridget to get herself together. And she does. She gets to know more about Mark and does like him.

Mark put a shield around himself because of what happened to him. He used his job to avoid having fun in his life. Colin Firth did a good job portraying his character as he did in "Pride and Prejudice". Hugh Grant was sexy in his role as Daniel. And the other characters were just as good portraying Bridget's family and friends.

This is a good movie for any single woman. As single women, there is a great deal of pressure from the marrieds as to why we aren't in a relationship or even married. Some of us are trying to get a life of our own before even giving up a life that we have yet to explore. I am still single and have no qualms about it. The people on the outside may have a problem with it. But so what, that's their problem! And Bridget Jones's Diary sets the record straight.

V. V. Good!
I'd fallen completely in love with Helen Fielding's book and was dying to see the ultimate outcome, this movie. It didn't let me down. Renée Zellweger is at the top of her game pplaying the pudgy Bridget and all the rest of the cast turns out to be nothing short of brilliant. I must confess I'm not an easy girl to impress as far as romantic comedies go, it seems as if one's seen them all already, however, Bridget is a big, BIG occasional pleasure for me. DVD just seemed like the natural option for to go to. I really recommend it, the format is good and clean, the extras are really good and you'll enjoy them. As for the movie itself, I guarantee you'll enjoy it even if others of this genre have let you down before. It's smart and witty and done with brains, hard to believe from a first-time director and a thin American playing a pudgy Brit-chick with an attitude.
To be thoroughly enjoyed by Singletons, smug marrieds and everyone in between...

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