Bridget, if you've been living on Mars since the book's 1996 release, is a singleton in her early 30s who drinks too much, smokes too much and eats too much. And no wonder. She faces constant scrutiny from the smug marrieds all around her who feel compelled to analyze her love life. Luckily, as with Curtis' other films, Bridget is surrounded by quirky friends. At first it looks like Bridget may no longer be a tragic spinster, as he seems to like her as well.
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While he's no Hugh Grant, Firth is perfectly suited to the less-snooty material and is perfectly charming in his own way. Despite some distracting fantasy sequences, director Sharon Maguire does a good job in her first feature of retaining the voice of the novel. That's especially remarkable considering the film doesn't try to recreate the diary structure that made the book so refreshing. The movie also offers plenty of new material so fans of the novel won't feel like they're sitting through a rerun. The ultimate date movie has arrived.