no disappointment here

Rating: 8/10 (16 April 2001)

I have to say my stomach turned when I heard Renee Z was to be cast as Bridget Jones, but I was remarkably surprised to see that she had done a fantastic job portraying Bridget Jones, at moments hilarious and pathetic . Her accent could be better, but it didn't plague me through the film. As for Hugh Grant and Colin Firth one word: YUMMY!!! I was slightly disappointed to see the role of Bridget's friends: Shazz, Jude and Tom reduced to small appearances, only appearing to give Bridget comical insights to her romantic problems. Kudos to the screenwriters Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis. They had the balls to change things around yet keep the essence of the book and its characters alive. (ps: did anyone else recognise the darcy house as strikingly similar to pemberly in Pride and Prejudice?)