Just about the funniest romcom in a long, long time!

Rating: 8/10 (21 April 2001)

I absolutely adored this film. My first impression was how similiar in premise it is to Pride and Prejudice, indeed, it could have been sold as a modern reworking! Any little nigglings I had about Texan Renee Zellweger playing the very British Bridget Jones were completely dispelled with her kicking rendition of All By Myself in the opening minutes! She played Bridget to a tee, perfect accent, slightly chubby and conveying her scattershot, ditzy ways, but still managing to be totally adorable! Hugh Grant was great against type, playing basically a smarmy git! Colin Firth did less well however, he looked uncomfortable everytime he was on screen, but he still manages to smoulder and look moody as hell! His character is basically Pride&Prejudice's Mr. Darcy all over again, but it was a nice touch, as Colin Firth's portrayal of Darcy in the BBC's production of Pride&Prejudice made Bridget go weak at the knees in the book! Over all a superior comedy in every way. Forget Notting Hill and Four Weddings, this is in another league. It's sweet but not sickly and it does what most romantic comedies have failed to do before: make you laugh out loud. An adorable and utterly lovable film, a bit like it's ditzy heroine!