Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6537 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-12-01
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Dutch, English, French, Portuguese
• Dubbed in: French, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Featuring a blousy, winningly inept size-12 heroine, Bridget Jones's Diary is a fetching adaptation of Helen Fielding's runaway bestseller, grittier than Ally McBeal but sweeter than Sex and the City. The normally sylphlike Renée Zellweger (Nurse Betty, Me, Myself and Irene) wolfed pasta to gain poundage to play "singleton" Bridget, a London-based publicist who divides her free time between binge eating in front of the TV, downing Chardonnay with her friends and updating the diary in which she records her negligible weight fluctuations and romantic misadventures of the year. Things start off badly at Christmas when her mother tries to set her up with seemingly standoffish lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), whom Bridget accidentally overhears "dissing" her. Instead she embarks on a disastrous liaison with her raffish boss, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant, infinitely more likable when he's playing a baddie instead of his patented tongue-tied fops). Eventually, Bridget comes to wonder if she's let her pride prejudice her against the surprisingly attractive Mr Darcy.

If the plot sounds familiar, that's because Fielding's novel was itself a retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, whose romantic male lead is Mr Darcy. An extra ironic poke in the ribs is added by the casting of Firth, who played Austen's haughty hero in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Austen's novel. First-time director Sharon Maguire directs with confident comic zest, while Zellweger twinkles charmingly, fearlessly baring her cellulite and pulling off a spot-on English accent. Like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill (both of which were written by this film's co-screenwriter, Richard Curtis), Bridget Jones's stock-in-trade is a very English self-deprecating sense of humour, a mild suspicion of Americans (especially if they're thin and successful) and a subtly expressed analysis of thirtysomething fears about growing up and becoming a "smug married". The whole is, as Bridget would say, v. good. --Leslie Felperin

DVD Description
DVD Special Features:

Director's Commentary
Behind-the-scenes Featurette (featuring all cast members plus director Sharon Maguire and author Helen Fielding)
Bridget Jones Articles' Featurette
Deleted Scenes x 9
Music Videos x 2 (Gabrielle and Shelby Lynne)
Animated Menus

Synopsis
In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a pretty and neurotic thirtysomething singleton (in her vernacular) who vows to take control of her life after being humiliated by handsome, standoffish barrister, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) at her parents' New Year's party. Determined to lose weight and cut back on vices like wine, cigarettes, and workaholic-alcoholic-misogynistic men, Bridget begins a diary to chart her progress. Unfortunately, the P.R. executive hits a snag when her boss, gorgeous cad Daniel (Hugh Grant) instigates a sexy e-mail flirtation. Despite her tendency to bungle book launch parties, and any situation involving the ever-present, ever-disapproving Mark Darcy, Bridget's winning combination of charm, vulnerability, and wit intrigues not only the seductively dangerous Daniel, but also the arrogant barrister. Featuring a note-perfect performance by Zellweger, a devilishly against-type one by Grant, and the inspired casting of Firth (the object of Bridget's lusty fantasies in the book); DIARY is a clever, delightful romantic comedy guaranteed to please old fans and win new ones.

Customer Reviews

Ingenius
I mean full credit to the writer of 'bridget jones's diary' for creating such a fantastic insight into the mind of many females today but i think much credit into the success of this film should go to the actors cast, as they do amazingly well in portraying their characters.
A must see for men and women and definately will be a classic.

Pure fun
Love, love, love Mr. Darcy. Would shag and toss Daniel Cleaver in a New York minute! Renee pulls off the insecure and entirely lovable Bridget very well; can't help wanting to shake her a little for not liking herself as much as Darcy likes her 'just as she is.' On the whole, a sweet, fun reminder that who knows, dreams may come true. The Mums, Dads, Aunts, and Uncles are hilarious, quirky beings, a cast of characters one would be loath to encounter as an outsider; but once you're in, true friends for life. This is a movie that reminds a girl that any man willing to make an utter fool of himself over her, is definitely a keeper. Mrs Jones notwithstanding (big smile).

I love this film!!!
Definitley one 2 see! It makes you laugh so much and is very enjoyable to watch. It kind of puts your own life in perspective!!!! Very girly film although i know lots of men who went to see it and said they thought it was funny. The film makes you feel good about yourself. Many have now seen the 2nd one at the cinemas but in my opinion i think this one is better!!!!!!!! Buy it, it is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!