Mr Darcy rides again...

Rating: Null/10 (29 July 2001)

This was fantastic! Having been a major fan of both Helen Fielding's excellent novels detailing Bridget Jones' life as a singleton, it was with mixed feelings that I approached the film...and I have to say it was excellent. Renée Zellwegger was perfectly cast as the hapless diary-keeper, and it was great to see Hugh Grant playing a rôle other than that of an annoying, pathetic loser with floppy hair. And I challenge any woman not to swoon at the sight of Colin Firth as Bridget's Knight in Shining Armour!! It was excellent to watch a film and almost completely identify with the female star - for once "normal" sized, wearing scary stomach-holding pants, and making social gaffes left, right and centre (thankfully, I don't think I put my foot in my mouth quite as frequently as spectacularly as she does) - and picking the wrong guy before the right one. It's sad that the star felt such pressure from herself and Hollywood to return to her now miniature size, but for a while there, every woman worldwide felt great that even with all our imperfections, there are gorgeous men who love us "just the way we are".