Bridget Jones's Diary
- 2001 film
Film based on Helen Fielding's novel about an unlucky-in-love Londoner who decides to take control of her life and start a diary. Stars Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and more.
Streaming rank this week: 148
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Bridget Jones' ending will be a surprise for the cast
Renee Zellweger has admitted she doesn't even know who the father of her baby is in the new Bridget Jones film.
Natalie Corner, The Mirror, 3rd January 2016This adaptation of Helen Fielding's novels casts Renée Zellweger as a brilliant Bridget, piling on the pounds to transform herself into the singleton who eats, drinks and smokes too much and is looking for love - but with Hugh Grant's caddish Cleaver or Colin Firth's decent Darcy? Daffy, delicious fun.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 23rd December 2015Bridget Jones and why she's not a feminist
What Helen Fielding has actually created is an ultimately pathetic and highly dependent character.
Helen Elston, The Student Newspaper, 25th November 2015Well, what else would you watch on Valentine's Day night? Whether you're a singleton or smug married, grab that tub of ice cream and snuggle down with this loveably rewatchable Brit comedy.
Bridget Jones, for anyone who's just arrived in Britain, is a mildly weight-obsessed, thirtysomething single woman with big mummy pants looking for love through a glass of Chardonnay.
She is portrayed, surprisingly well, by the normally size-zero US actress Renée Zellweger, who womanned up for the role by stuffing her face with pizza, Guinness, milk shakes and doughnuts. Talk about sacrifice for her art.
Anyway, the joy of this is watching Bridget's various, entirely relatable, mishaps and her mistakes with men, the lead contenders for her heart being Hugh Grant (dashing cad) and Colin Firth (uptight, haughty, dull).
The scene where they get it on - as in Hugh and Colin, as in having a big girlie fist fight - is a hands-down classic. YouTube it if you need a giggle.
Carol Carter and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 14th February 2014Sheridan Smith to play Bridget Jones on stage
The show and cast have not been officially confirmed, but the Olivier Award-winning actress Sheridan Smith is almost certain to win the role of Bridget Jones, having impressed Helen Fielding in extensive workshops for the production.
David Lister, The Independent, 16th August 2011Now it's Bridget Jones the musical
Baz Bamigboyle, Daily Mail, 15th May 2009Bridget breaks box office record
The comedy Bridget Jones's Diary has taken more than £5.7m at the UK box office in its first weekend, the most successful ever opening for a British film.
BBC News, 17th April 2001No, I'm not Bridget Jones. Not yet
Renée Zellweger has done the unthinkable - shown a bit of cellulite on the big screen. Libby Brooks talks to the Texan star about women, body image and pizza
Libby Brooks, The Guardian, 13th April 2001Bridget Jones's Diary (review)
As the Bible of thirtysomething single women everywhere, Bridget Jones's Diary is one of the most eagerly anticipated book-to-screen adaptations in recent memory.
Lael Loewenstein, Variety, 29th March 2001