The Bridget Jones Show

Rating: 8/10 (2 February 2004)

Entertaining yarn set in the American Civil war years. Bridget Jones... aka Renee XYZ....or whatever her name is....steals the show along with the other supporting actors. Mind you the movie is a success not because of, but despite, the two main leads.Both Jude Law and Ms.Kidman have trouble keeping their Southern accents in check;I for one was not persuaded that either gave convincing performances at all and because of that mis-casting the whole premise of the story that those two would fall in love at first sight is simply ludicrous. This film could have been a classic and for instance Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood would have made it so....don't say they are too old which would be Ageism. What makes this a good picture along with the supporting cast is the scenery, music, script, direction and editing.The audience is kept engrossed all the way. At least a 7 and a half out of 10.