Bridget Jones's Diary

Theatrical Release Date: 2001 04 13 (USA)

UPC: 786936263398

Studio: Miramax

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Based on Helen Fielding's hugely popular novel, this romantic comedy follows Bridget (Renee Zellweger), a post-feminist, thirty-something British woman who has a penchant for alcoholic binges, smoking, and an inability to control her weight. While trying to keep these things in check and also deal with her job in publishing, she visits her parents for a Christmas party. They try to set her up with Mark (Colin Firth), the visiting son of one of their neighbors. Snubbed by Mark, she instead falls for her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant), a dashing lothario who begins to send her suggestive e-mails that soon lead to a dinner date proposition. Daniel reveals that he and Mark attended college together, during which time Mark had an affair with his fianc?e. When Bridget finds Daniel cavorting with an American colleague, she decides to change her life with a new job as a TV presenter. At a dinner party, she bumps into Mark again, who expresses his affection for her; when Daniel claims he wants Bridget back, the two fight over who deserves her affections the most. Popular British performers Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, and Shirley Henderson appear in the supporting cast. ~ Jason Clark, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best European Film – European Film Academy Best Actress – Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best British Film – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – Screen Actors Guild Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay – Writers Guild of America Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: ccThe Bridget phenomenon
"The Young and the Mateless"
Portrait of the makeup artist
Domestic and international TV spots
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason theatrical trailer
Bridget Jones's Diary reviews
A guide to Bridget Britishisms
Feature commentary with director Sharon Maguire
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Deleted scenes
Over 100 original Bridget Jone's Diary columns

Bridget Jones's Diary

Format: DVD

Release Date: 11/09/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 98 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: "My Thirty-Second Year Of Being Single" [3:51]
2. Keeping Resolutions [3:29]
3. "Is Skirt Off Sick?" [3:29]
4. "Oratorical Fireworks" [:47]
5. "Bridget Jones, Wanton Sex Goddess" [:47]
6. "A Full-Blown, Mini-Break Holiday Weekend" [3:40]
7. Tarts And Vicars? [6:19]
8. "Is There Someone Here?" [5:15]
9. "I'm Every Woman" [7:57]
10. Bonfires And Smug Married Couples [5:28]
11. Darcy's Exclusive Interview [3:26]
12. "To Bridget, Just As She Is" [6:00]
13. "Should I Bring My Dueling Pistols, Or My Sword?" [4:27]
14. "I Just Don't Work Without You" [6:16]
15. "You're A Nice Man And... I Like You" [3:16]
16. "Diaries Are Just Full Of Crap" [5:35]
17. End Credits [5:58]

Lucia Bozzola

Many objected to Texan Ren?e Zellweger's casting, but she more than does justice to the title British singleton in the film adaptation of Helen Fielding's cheeky Pride and Prejudice update Bridget Jones's Diary. Though co-scripters Fielding, Richard Curtis, and Andrew Davies do away with most of the novel's accounting of Bridget's calories, cigarettes, and alcohol, and sadly limit her friends' presence, they retain some of the book's wittiest Bridget-isms through voice-overs as well as dialogue. Director Sharon Maguire (Fielding's inspiration for "Shazzer") occasionally dwells too much on Bridget's humiliations on her way to romance, but Zellweger's performance overcomes the flaws. Famously sporting 20 extra pounds and a pitch-perfect suburban-London accent, Zellweger charmingly nails Bridget's comic self-loathing and sneakily confident sass, underlining why hunky Colin Firth and sexy Hugh Grant convincingly come to hilariously foppish blows over her. Having a humorous go at their own images, Firth's upstanding Mark Darcy resurrects his Pride and Prejudice (1995) Mr. Darcy smolder, while Grant's Daniel Cleaver is precisely not his usual stammering nice guy. Bridget may not be a feminist heroine for the 21st century, but Bridget Jones's Diary at least manages to be an increasingly rare bird: a clever romantic comedy. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Joseph Alessi  Actor 
Sarah Stockbridge  Actor 
Lisa Barbuscia  Actor 
Matthew Bates  Actor 
Stewart Wright  Actor 
Charlie Caine  Actor 
Rhydian Jai-Persad  Actor 
David Cann  Actor 
Neil Pearson  Actor 
Dolly Wells  Actor 
Gareth Marks  Actor 
Renu Setna  Actor 
Emma Amos  Actor 
Felicity Montagu  Actor 
Paul Brooke  Actor 
Charmian May  Actor 
Celia Imrie  Actor 
Patrick Barlow  Actor 
Mark Lingwood  Actor 
James Faulkner  Actor 
Claire Skinner  Actor 
Donald Douglas  Actor 
Jeffrey Archer  Actor 
Toby Whithouse  Actor 
Johnny Clegg  Actor 
Salman Rushdie  Actor 
Sulayman Al-Bassam  Actor 
Milennia Strings  Actor 
Joan Blackman  Actor 
Paul Ross  Actor 
Lisa Kay  Actor 
Rebecca Charles  Actor 
Tim Bevan  Producer 
Richard Curtis  Screenwriter 
Andrew Davies  Screenwriter 
Patrick Doyle  Composer (Music Score) 
Eric Fellner  Producer 
Jonathan Cavendish  Producer 
Sharon Maguire  Director 
Helen Fielding  Executive Producer 
Helen Fielding  Screenwriter 
Richard Davies  Screenwriter 
Renée Zellweger  Actor 
Colin Firth  Actor 
Hugh Grant  Actor 
Gemma Jones  Actor 
Jim Broadbent  Actor 
Embeth Davidtz  Actor 
Shirley Henderson  Actor 
Sally Phillips  Actor 
James Callis  Actor 

Country: USA