Word: bridgetã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...diary, down to the last minute—is molded into a hilarious, albeit predictable love triangle. However, in collaboration with Fielding, the writers’ increased prominence of Daniel and Darcy (even giving them a clumsy, yet satisfying fist-fight) is given at the expense of the Bridget??s quirky friends and family. First time director Sharon Maguire (Fielding’s inspiration for Shazzer) keeps the film moving at an easy pace, skillfully blending slapstick and an upbeat soundtrack into the story...
...would end up in a full brawl in the streets of London over her. In the novel, I always thought it was a bit strange that an internationally known human rights lawyer would be interested in Bridget in the first place. But in the film, Zellweger brings in Bridget??s humanity and vulnerability beyond simply the lists and figures. You’ll be hooked by her performance by the time she performs her rendition of “All By Myself” over the opening credits in true Bridget form—in her pajamas...
Following his turn as the villain in Woody Allen’s Small Time Crooks, Grant is caddishly handsome as Bridget??s Cleaver, who is given sounder treatment in the movie than in the novel. Whether slyly flirting over office e-mail or whispering dirty names to his conquest, Grant displays his inner rogue with a sort of sleazy charm that seems to suit him much more than his previous “oopsy-daisy” roles as an inarticulate romantic with foppish hair...
...shirt to American Austen princesses, is delicious as Darcy. Firth, having previously played Austen’s Darcy in the 1995 BBC Pride and Prejudice television miniseries, returns to romantic hero-dom after playing the discarded husband in both The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love. He silently observes Bridget??s liaisons with the deceptive “Cleave,” slowly revealing his growing tenderness for the girl, until he can take no more. Granted, it’s a role that he is all too familiar with, but when he tells Bridget that he likes...