Good, but if you've seen 1 Brit rom-com, then you've seen 'em all...

Rating: 7/10 (18 November 2002)

Movies like this always seem to follow a set formula, and most of them star Hugh Grant!: Loveable idiosyncratic loser has a series of mishaps before finding their perfect 'dream partner' and settling down happily ever after. Yes, I know that applies to a lot of American ones as well, but there's something so quintessentially BRITISH about it by definition, right down to the wandering American star who appears in the film apropos of nothing... All of which isn't intended to suggest that "BJD" is a bad film. It's quite the opposite in fact, it's just that this particular sub-genre has been so well MINED by Brit production companies that its in danger of becoming a target for parody before too long, much as "Scary Movie" did with the "Scream" series.
Honestly, if this is your sort of thing then watch it, because it's not bad at all. I just suspect that I'll be growing a little weary when I hear the phrase 'This year's Bridget Jones' Diary' trumpeted loudly about the British Film Industry's 'Great White Hope' for 2003. It's got a grim sense of inevitability about it, it really has...