"Grant is casually fabulous and very amusing, but all power to Firth the actor. He's the compleat Darcy, and he never wavers. There's no sentimentality, no flirtation with the audience, no final moment of pandering to the niceness gods; he's a cold geek all the way through. You can see him simmering with rage - at Bridget for being so attractive, at himself for never quite knowing what to say, at both of them for being prey to such childishness, at his libido for wanting and at his ego for fearing. Especially poignant are his long looks at her. You see in his eyes his yearning hunger and his fury at his own ineloquence and inability to find the will to move ahead, from across the unbridgeable distance of a large room filled with happy people." The full article can be found here.

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"I wanted to hate this movie. /.../ But..." Ain't it Cool News, March 2001

"Bridget gets a new life." The London Times, March 2001

"The strange allure she has for men". The London Times, March 2001

"Calling all Bridget Jones fans". The Daily Mail, March 2001

"Book-to-screen adaptations are notoriously difficult to pull-off." Popcorn.

"Bridget is one of those wonderfully rich characters..." Dark Horizon

"UK's biggest film hit since Notting Hill." ScreenDaily

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"There's a thin trickle of non-dietetic devices throughout." Sight and Sound

... on page 3

"A flawless accent, funny script and some filthy humour." The Independent, April 2001

"Dear Diary..." The Media Dome

"Bridget Jones's Diary is must-see viewing..." Carlton online

"More than enough big laughs..." Shadows On The Wall website

"It's Zellweger's movie..." Vogue, April 2001

... on page 4

"Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth find love in BJD". Variety, March 2001.

"Bridget Jones's Diary delivers frisky fun..." Rolling Stone, April 2001

"Is Bridget Jones worth it? Yes! The Sun, April 2001

"Is Bridget Jones worth it? No! The Sun, April 2001

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"Unhibited. Uncensored. Unmarried". The American Dreamer Independent, April 2001

"What's the Story?" Total Film, April 2001

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