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Movie Overview
Cast
• Renée Zellweger
• Hugh Grant
• Colin Firth
Director
• Sharon Maguire
MPAA Rating
R - For language and some strong sexuality. Bonus material not rated or closed captioned.
Bridget Jones' Diary (2001)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh
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4/5
"Si las mujeres son de Venus, Bridget nos hace pensar en que deberíamos tener visado ilimitado para entrar en tierras venusinas con tal de hallar a alguien como ella."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"Call me sacrilegious, but I believe most of the story changes worked very well here."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

3.5/5
"I'll go out on a limb here and predict Zellweger will win at least one People's Choice Award next year!!"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"Inside the frankly sexual, frankly desirous, and frankly pissed off anti-Cosmo girl is a Cosmo girl, just waiting for her happy ending."  Nitrate Online  Cynthia Fuchs

3/4
"For the most part, novice feature director Sharon Maguire manages to recapture the outrageous situations and the attitudes in the book."  Lawrence Journal-World  Dan Lybarger

3.5/4
"...a thoroughly enjoyable piece of work that everyone (yes, everyone) will admire."  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

C -
"The only thing I remember is the fake Christmas snow scenes."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

B+
"The script ... is full of glib characters and dry British wit."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

3/4
"This is Renee’s film to make or break and she is looking forward to at least one nomination next year"  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

A-
"Finally, an adult romantic comedy done right!"  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

D
"As prefabricated a romantic comedy as one could imagine."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3.5/4
"Features one of the most endearing and believable characters to grace the screen this year."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

3/4
"presents us with a completely flawed, yet utterly lovable heroine who is so fundamentally human that it is impossible not to identify with her"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

5/10
"What audiences found so endearing about this movie escapes me."  Window to the Movies  Jeffrey Chen

"Fun, charming and exuding the similar feel and aura that made Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral so popular."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

6/10
"...never fully comes to comedic life, seldom reaches out emotionally, and provides few new insights into the perils of love and dating."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

3.5/4
"Una de las propuestas más frescas, ingeniosas y encantadoras en mucho, mucho tiempo"  Moviola  Jorge Avila Andrade

4.5
"I'm a fan of the book so I eagerly anticipated the film regardless of hesitations about the star - I am delighted with the result."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

1/4
"Even though the leads are good, it's far from enough to make the film worth seeing, unless you wish to waste money and lose two hours of your life."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

3.5/4
"And I thought romantic comedies had become stale."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"The 30- and 40something single women I hang out with do not constantly obsess about getting married or worry about being eaten by dogs."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"Just seconds into Sharon Maguire's adaptation of Helen Fielding's beloved novel, it's hard to imagine that there was such controversy surrounding the casting of Renee Zellweger."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

3.5/5
"It did a good job balancing comedy and message."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

3.5/4
"Balances laughs and heart while still retaining a touch of that rage against the "smug marrieds.""  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

4/5
"Renée Zellwegger is irresistible as Bridget Jones."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

3.5/5
"There are astute observations along the way, more than enough big laughs and, in Zellweger's capable hands, a terrific look at a singleton on the verge of a nervous breakdown."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

4/5
"Renee Zellweger, a born Texan, not only nails the most beloved woman of modern British fiction but embodies and owns her."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

3.5/4
"Not only that, but it is an adult comedy with no bathroom humor ... Hurray!"  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

B+
" ...the best date flick to come down the pike in an awfully long time... "  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

9/10
"Witty, warm adaptation of the post-feminst best-seller, and Renee Zellweger is sensational!"  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

3.5/4
"Each facet is studied and turned into a joke for which there is no option but to laugh."  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf
OFCS Rating: 77% Fresh
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