Bridget Jones: The Awkward 33-Year-Old

Rating: 6/10 (2 January 2011)

Bridget Jones is a crazy woman. She's in her early 30's and single. However she's full of hope and she managed to get her boss, Daniel Cleaver, interested in her by a skirt (or lack of it) she wore to work one day. I think their relationship was too rushed and too full of sex. It's no surprise it didn't work out. After detaching herself from Daniel, she's hit on by Mark Darcy, one of her childhood acquaintances. Apparently, she fell in love with Mr. Darcy after he said that he liked Bridget "just the way she was".
The movie is subtly implying that women can't live without men- a woman is nothing without a man. Bridget should learn to stand up for herself. Even when single, she's already mentally and emotionally unstable, with her drinking and smoking problem! So how can she survive a relationship? Then again, this comes from a teenager who's been single since birth, so you can feel free to disregard that.
Despite the subliminal messages, this movie was okay. I couldn't see Shirley Henderson as anyone other than Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter series. I had to pause in the beginning of the movie, when I heard her moaning/complaining to Bridget. Anyway, this movie was not Colin Firth's best movie. And DEFINITELY not Hugh Grant's best one. However, Renée Zellweger was perfect for this role. Even though I haven't read the books (but I am planning to!), Renée just seems like a Bridget Jones! Her English accent wasn't that bad, either.
I was turned off by Bridget's alcohol and smoking problem, but her awkwardness and silliness made her lovable and easy to relate with. When I first watched this movie at a young age, I remember rooting for Daniel, simply because I was in love with Hugh Grant. And every time the ending came on, with Bridget in her underwear, kissing Mark Darky.. Yeech. I always thought, "Why would she pick him when she could have Grant?!" But watching it now, I realize that Mark was the better choice (and he might even be as sexy as Grant is).