Enjoyable, despite imperfections

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2004)

I'd fully decided I was not going to like this movie. However, the bottom line for me is not the Brazil-sized appendage which we see sliding down the pole at the Lewisham Fire Station, but the Brazil-sized personality which shines out right from the start, and which, for me at any rate, is completely charming and endearing. Warm, happy, adventurous, amusing, unpretentious  her face (especially the mouth) expresses it brilliantly. No, she isn't quite believable as a hard-nosed reporter  certainly not as a literary publisher. She quite plainly enjoys the company of nasty (but witty) Cleaver far more than that of the dreary, stuffed-shirt, cucumber-up-appendage, Darcy. This is because the former is much better suited to her fun-loving personality  he just needs his priorities rearranged (some might say, given a sound kicking). ***possible spoiler*** This is what happens when we tie ourselves to a story, which, though it may be satirical, has strong moral undertones  it doesn't all quite fit. Luckily, however, the personality wins in the end. People like Bridget really do make this world a better place and Zellweger portrays her perfectly.