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Whistle Stopper - Bridget Jones's Diary (Collector's Edition)
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Manufacturer: Miramax
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie, James Faulkner, Jim Broadbent
Directed By: Sharon Maguire
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: ZELLWEGER,RENEE
EAN: 0786936263398
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-09
Running Time: 98
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-04-13
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Summary: Quirky heroine in modern age screwball comedy...
Comment: RENEE ZELLWEGER plays such a klutzy frump of a girl in this British screwball comedy that it's hard to imagine COLIN FIRTH and HUGH GRANT fighting over her. We're told that it's because she so "natural" that she has men buzzing around her. Well, that might be true if Miss Zellweger looked more like Carole Lombard. In fact, one could easily see this as a screwball comedy back in the '30s if Hollywood made the story starring Lombard, Cary Grant (not Colin Firth) and James Stewart (not Hugh Grant). Get my drift? Instead, Miss Zellweger looks more like pudgy Lynn Redgrave of "Georgy Girl," an overweight and rather awkward young woman given to wearing tight clothing and making the most inappropriate remarks at the most crucial moments. She speaks her mind without any regard for the consequences and lands into one troublesome social situation after another because of her quirky attitude.
An inside joke has COLIN FIRTH's character called Mr. Darcy--and indeed, he behaves as that gentleman did in "Pride and Prejudice," at first utterly rejecting Bridget Jones and then making a pass at her which she turns down, only to change her mind before the final reel.
HUGH GRANT has a thankless role as a witless cad but plays it with his usual charm, the sort of role James Stewart might have done had this been made back in Hollywood's Golden Age when screwball comedy was just as mad but a lot less risqué.
But Renee, Colin and Hugh are not Lombard, Grant or Stewart and the film suffers because none of them can make this kind of material seem like anything more than a manipulative romantic comedy about an awkward girl finding her Prince Charming in a Jane Austen kind of way--with all the modern sensibilities destroying most of the charm.
Unless you're a devoted fan of these stars, this one is pretty hard to recommend except as very lightweight entertainment in quirky British style, but Bridget's gaffes are too monumental to be accepted by Darcy.
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Summary: You'll never get a boyfriend if you look like you wandered out of Auschwitz.
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OK, I am an avid fan of Jane Austen, but Bridget Jones is NOTHING like Austen. Anyone with the slightest of ideas on the subject can see that.
Helen Fielding wrote both the novel and the screenplay to Bridget Jones's Diary and yes, it is loosely based on Pride and Prejudice. Can I repeat loosely!!! After seeing The BBC version of Pride and Prejudice Fielding based the male character of Mark Darcy on Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, because of course she was taken by him and Colin Firth's portrayal.(as so many of us also are) Other than some basic character traits they really are two completely different tales about different sets of people in drastically different times.
But with all Austen-isms aside, Bridget Jones(Renee Zellweger) is a strong, typical woman who is all too familiar to many of us. She finds answers to problems in vodka and Chaka Khan, has issues with her body and is after all the wrong men! There is something about Bridget all of us can identify with.
Yes, slightly more promiscuous perhaps, maybe a bit more of a gutter-mouth but she's a character none-the-less.
Bridget is full of spunk and won't let anything or anyone keep her down, and in that aspect she is a real inspiration.
Mark Darcy(Colin Firth) and Daniel Cleaver(Hugh Grant) are enjoyable in there opposite of the spectrum characters, both after the affection of Miss. Jones.
Set Austen aside, and try it for what it is.
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Summary: Funny
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This is an all time funny classic with an all star cast. It keeps you smiling the whole time!
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Summary: Fabulous Flick -- LOVED IT
Comment: I just love this movie. An absolutely wonderful, believable storyline. Solid performances by Renee Zellwegger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
Renee Zellwegger is quite endearing in this movie and I actually think it's one of her best performances. She's charming, funny, and does a great job getting you to fall in love with Bridget. I also think her accent was fabulous.
Loved Hugh Grant in this one as it's a little different than his usual nice guy persona....it really works and he really makes you laugh. Even though he's the womanizer in this film, he still is quite likable as you see that he and Bridget genuninely seem to have fun together. (despite his "wandering" ways.)
Colin Firth is a mostly hoyty and serious attorney who has trouble letting hair down (unlike Bridget), but you can really see him falling for Bridget throughout the movie. I found him quite charming and surprisingly sexy as well. You find yourself rooting for him over the likeable Daniel Cleaver character played by Hugh Grant. Firth defines Mr. Darcy in every way and does not disappoint with this performance.
Liked this one so much, I had to own it.....Great movie, while somewhat of a "chick" type flick, I can see it appealing to a larger audience as it's got lots of humor, but not too slapstick.
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Summary: Great movie
Comment: Bridget Jones is fabulous. She shows us that every woman is lovable and desirable and just a little messed up.
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Bridget, a single career woman, is torn between her disreputable boss, Daniel Cleaver, and Mark Darcy, a disagreeable, but attractive acquaintance.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 9-NOV-2004
Media Type: DVD
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