Bridget Jones Diary

FrancisUrquhart

June 5, 2001

Return

I saw Bridget Jones's Diary. It is below Notting Hill (significantly) and a little below Four Weddings and a Funeral. Still, it passes nicely, though it flirts with so debasing our heroine (Rene Zellwegger) that it gets harder and harder to root for her eventual romantic triumph. But Colin Firth and especially Hugh Grant, as the rake, are excellent as her suitors, and many of the gags play well (those that don't tend to fall flat because the film is overstuffed with gags). Grade: B-.