Word: shazzer
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...finds herself falling for her rakish, yet caddishly womanizing boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). In her romantic and dietary pursuits, she bumbles and humiliates herself in scene after scene, endures the company of officious “smug marrieds” with the help of her singleton friends Shazzer, Jude and Tom, and puts up with her middling and flighty mother before emerging triumphant...
...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...
...elements of the initial diary, incomplete sentences and all. The diet books of the first diary may have been replaced by self-help ones, but Bridget's pick-and-mix approach, choosing only the advice she enjoys, remains, as do the dynamics of her tripartite friendship with Jude and Shazzer. As they work their way through their various relationships, that friendship is both funny and genuinely warm. The casual acceptance of smoking, alcohol use and sex (aside: could Renee Zellweger, recently cast as Bridget, duplicate this very British aspect of Bridget?) shows that Bridget is less high-strung than Ally...
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