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Bridget Jones's Diary

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Bridget Jones's Diary

R

Released Apr 13, 2001

1h 32m

Romance

Comedy

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At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée 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. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject - from exercise to men to food to sex and everything in between - she's turning the page on a whole new life.

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Critics Consensus

Zellweger's Bridget Jones is a sympathetic, likable, funny character, giving this romantic comedy a lot of charm.

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Johanna Thomas-Corr

New Statesman

Sadly, the film is tragically, depressingly, awfully of its time... The transition to screen stripped out much of Fielding's irony, nuance and cynicism.

Jul 28, 2021

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Andrew O'Hagan

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It's fine, for an evening, if you just want to pack your troubles in an old kit bag.

Mar 1, 2018

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

Independent (UK)

That Zellweger can make us believe in Bridget's heaving inner world is par for the course -- she's a supremely talented comic actress. That she was willing to risk her own status as sex symbol by looking like an everywoman is really impressive.

Nov 13, 2017

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Simon Gallagher

Screen Rant

24 years on, there's still a lot to love about Sharon Maguire's charming British comedy, even after all the discourse.

Rated: 8/10

Feb 18, 2025

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Frankly, it's a rather boring, simplistic, humorless romantic comedy that often remains grounded in a series of clichés that take away resonance from the diary of the indecisive thirty-something played by Renée Zellweger. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/10

Feb 13, 2025

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Sebastian Zavala Kahn

Me gusta el cine

A film centred on an imperfect woman who has troubled relationships, but who throughout the story learns valuable lessons about love (both towards other people and her own). [Full review in Spanish].

Rated: 4/5

Feb 12, 2025

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Elisa

Terribly so cheesy and so dated - a portrayal of women as dumb and with a low self-esteem, and entirely dependent on men. An insult to women.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/02/21

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Daniel B

Really dull and simplistic love triangle story much of which I suspect was left on the cutting room floor.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Audience Member

A really fun, minimalist movie...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Rami A

These types of films always evoke a sense of innocence. While it's easy to come up with an idea like this, making it work is the challenging part. Renée Zellweger gives her all in her performance as Bridget Jones, despite her attempt at a British accent. Overall, it's a fun movie and can be viewed as a way to escape from something.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/29/25

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Abe A

Not an awful movie, but not a great movie. Just baby-soft pabulum ground down to a soft consistency and fed through a teat to the audience; plot is non-propulsive, story is entertaining but flaccid, and I suppose it's watchable for an airplane flight home from Brussels to the US but you learn absolutely nothing. The 'twists' are somewhat predictable, the diary conceit is silly, but while it's bad, it's bad in a good way. I did like Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger wasn't half-bad but was, frankly, a tad over the top, and the Colin Firth character wasn't greatly believable. If you're going to contrast Firth with Grant at least give us an explanation for why Zellweger's character should be attracted to two very different types. None's presented.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Mason M

Though Bridget Jones's Diary is far from lacking in flaws, it still remains to be a cute and often quite amusing film that I couldn't help but enjoy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/09/25

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Synopsis

At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée 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. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject - from exercise to men to food to sex and everything in between - she's turning the page on a whole new life.

Director: Sharon Maguire
Producer: Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish, Eric Fellner
Screenwriter: Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding
Distributor: Universal Pictures, Miramax Films
Production Co: Miramax, Universal Pictures
Rating: R (Some Strong Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 13, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $71.5M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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