Wonderful romance to warm the heart

Rating: Null/10 (19 August 2002)

This is the kind of movie you can watch a hundred times and never, ever get tired of. So it's not a very original story but it is refreshing in its hilarity and a good soppy romance is always worth watching especially when it features the awfully handsome and awfully British Colin Firth.
For anyone who doesn't know, 'Bridget Jones' is a modern take on Jane Austen's classic 'Pride And Prejudice' and like its predecessor, it has become a classic in its own right.
Renee Zellwegger is perfect as Bridget, the single thirty-something who finds it hard to find a good man and even harder to give up the booze and drop those extra pounds. Her English accent is also spot on.
Hugh Grant as bad boy Daniel Cleaver is absolutely fantastic. Grant has managed to recreate himself with astonishing success with this charming, witty and very sexy character. Who would have thought Hugh Grant could play sexy but he does it here so well.
Because this is a remake of 'Pride And Prejudice' I couldn't have imagined anyone other than Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. He played the role of Darcy in The BBC's adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece so well that it would be hard to accept anyone else in this role.
Colin Firth is Mark Darcy, there's no doubt about that. He makes it look so easy, it's as if he's not acting at all. He's also extremely sexy without even trying to be. It's also great that he doesn't mind poking fun at his earlier work. After playing Darcy in 'Pride And Prejudice' he might have turned down this role but he didn't, thank Heaven!
To all the hopeless romantics out there, mostly women I know, you haven't seen romance until you see this film. Definitely worth watching for the hilarity but more importantly for the incredibly gorgeous Colin, not to mention the best kiss I've ever seen!