Bridget Jones Diary
Comedy, Romance
Disney / Buena Vista  (2001) 98 mins R

6.9 (48,327 votes)
Uncensored. Uninhibited. Unmarried.

This hilarious romantic comedy is the story of Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger), a 32 year old "singleton" who decides to take control of her life by keeping a diary. With a taste for adventure and an opinion on every subject -- from her circle of friends, to men, food, sex and everything in between -- she's decided to turn the page on a whole new life. Despite her efforts to get her act together, she finds herself caught between two men -- Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), a man who's too good to be true, and Marc Darcy (Colin Firth), a man who's so wrong for her, he could be just right!...

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Cast and Crew
Renee Zellweger  ...... 
Hugh Grant  ......  Daniel Cleaver
Colin Firth  ......  Mark Darcy
Gemma Jones  ......  Bridget's Mum
Jim Broadbent  ......  Bridget's Dad
Renée Zellweger  ......  Bridget Jones
Director  .....  Sharon Maguire
Producer  .....  Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; Jonathan Cavendish
Writer  .....  Helen Fielding; Richard Curtis
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mark leans in to kiss Bridget outside her door (as Shazzer, Jude and Tom look on from the car), Mark's head is tilted to his right in shots of Bridget and to his left in shots of him so that neither character is obscured by the others' head. (more)

Trivia:
When Helen Fielding wrote the novel Bridget Jones's Diary, she based the character of Mark Darcy on Colin Firth's depiction of Mr. Darcy in _"Pride and Prejudice" (1995) (mini)_ . In addition to the inside-joke casting of Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, there are several other allusions to Jane Austen's story: Mark disparages Bridget to his mother within earshot of Bridget. In Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy disparages Elizabeth to his friend Mr. Bingley within earshot of Elizabeth. Daniel Cleaver lies to Bridget about a dispute between him and Mark, claiming Mark stole his fiancée; in fact, it was the other way around. In Pride and Prejudice, it's a dispute between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy, and Wickham lies about who's at fault. The Darcy in both stories fails to disabuse the heroine's misinformed notion until it's almost too late. Bridget works at Pemberley Press; Mr. Darcy lives at Pemberley estate. Crispin Bonham-Carter was in both productions (his scenes were cut out of Bridget Jones's Diary, although he can still be seen in the job-quitting scene and can also be seen at the Kafka book launch where Bridget asks Salman Rushdie where the toilets are - he is seen as the man on the left in the conversation.). (more)

Filming Locations:
Borough Market, Borough, London, England, UK (more)

Quotes:
[bursting into a Greek restaurant]
Tom: FIGHT. Come on then, it's a real fight.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 29 nominations (more)