Unintelligibly, unfunny, uninteresting, unetc.

Rating: 1/10 (28 October 2002)

BJD as a romantic comedy is perhaps one of the most unhilarious films of the last ten years. There is little true romance and no comedy whatsoever in a disjointed story that pales in comparison to its source, the namesake book. BJD has average journeyman performances, a horrible production design making for an ugly image and a story that meanders without any direction, other than Bridget's adventures with two men (neither of whom is remotely sympathetic). There is no inner core to the protagonist but a shallowness that detracts from any suspense as to what might happen next. As a result, watching Bridget becomes embarrassing and boring rather than exciting and funny considering the intent of the story, that of an obese 30 years old who wants to find a man. The whole film seems like an exercise in throwing out everything that worked (Bridget's great female friends, for one) in the book and keeping the worst parts (the parents and their excruciating friends) that ultimately fail to add up to anything. To add insult to injury, the editing (cuts) is so fast that most of the time this viewer was unable to see what had transpired. Stay away from this stinker.