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Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a neurotically witty career woman, whose early thirties are quickly becoming unflattering to her quality of life while looking for that special person to settle down with.

Unfortunately, booze, chain-smoking, excessive cognitive thinking, and obsessing on her weight seem to be making excuses for a successful relationship with work.

This is when Bridget Jones decides to write a diary of what she clearly isn't looking for in a man, how to gain control of her life, and be happy in the process.

Bridget Jones thinks she may have found someone interesting at the yearly New Year's Eve party thrown by her parents, when she is introduced to Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), an extremely successfully human rights attorney.

"Maybe not!"

It appears both have some qualms about each other.

Was it just their nerves sensing there was an attraction towards each other, or was their chemistry offset by the kiddy sweater Mr. Darcy wore, or the nonsense babble Ms. Jones was rambling on about?

Or could that have been what made them nervous -- that indeed they liked each other for those particular reasons? Hmmmm.

After that incident, Bridget longs to be with one of the men she has written about in her diary whom she swore she would never find herself wanting.

The man is Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), a wheeling-and-dealing publicist who is a sexual beast, and playfully carries on with Bridget at work by sending vulgar and demeaning e-mails that arouse Bridget and make her feel sexy.

A major problem with this fellow...he's her boss!

Now Bridget Jones is weighing the scale to find out if either suitor is the ideal man for her, as well if she is the ideal woman for either of them.

The tally has been decided and the winner is....

Splendidly decadent and hilarious is Renee Zellweger's performance. She is so much fun to watch, and this is one of her most gifted roles she has played. A stunning, intimate, and revealingly openhearted look at a single woman's soul.

I am always impressed when a performer goes to great lengths to fully adapt themselves to a role. Renee Zellweger did just that when she gained weight naturally to relate to the role she played.

Colin Firth is a remarkable actor. He doesn't even have to speak; he looks into the camera and his feelings, thoughts, and performance as a whole talks to the viewer. His deadpan sense of humor and stuffy attitude make him even more irresistible.

Hugh Grant plays the desirable, arrogrant, conceited, and very much into the power trip relationship who feeds off of Bridget's attraction, comfortableness, and sassy attitude towards him. He played it to the hilt!

An outrageously good time will come from watching this movie. Not only is it funny, it's slapstick funny.

An engrossing story where the heart tells of pain, misunderstandings, and a journey to find the one person who you can refer to as your soulmate.

With a bouncy and touching soundtrack it's a solid movie throughout.

Written by: Lynda Dale MacLean

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