disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (19 June 2001)

***SLIGHT SPOILERS*** Compared to '4 weddings', this was rubbish. It had a couple of quite funny moments, but there were so many things wrong with it that spoilt it for me, namely:
1. The plot - if you can call it that. 'Do I fancy Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy? Well, let's see if I can take up the whole movie trying to decide.'
2. The way Bridget bumps into Mark Darcy at every possible opportunity. By half way through the film, you just know that every time there's a knock on the door or a figure lurking in the distance - da da - there he is again.
3. Mark Darcy himself. Aloof, tongue-tied, bumbling, cold and repressed - Bridget quite rightly wants nothing to do with him at the start of the film - so how come by the end, though he hasn't changed a bit, he's suddenly Mr Right?
4. Bridget's friends. All three of them reduced to complete caricatures - they might as well not be there for all that they bring to the film.
5. The snow. PLEASE!!! When does it EVER snow at Christmas - let alone two Christmases in a row.
6. Bridget talking at a snail's pace. Surely no-one speaks this slowly? Unless, of course, they're a Texan actress doing their darnedest to make sure their carefully cultivated British accent doesn't slip.
7. The blue soup. How many times can you make a joke about this for it still to be funny? Answer: one, at a push. Definitely NOT four.
8. The ending. OK, maybe it's because I'm male, but it had me barfing into my popcorn.
9. The soundtrack - like the worst sort of 30-somethings record collection (ok, this is subjective, I admit, but maybe it's because I just can't stand Van Morrison)
Apart from that, not too bad!