Bridget Jones's Diary Movie
Based on Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel, Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget’s band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.
Bridget Jones's Diary is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding. It is based on Fielding’s 1996 novel of the same name, which is a reinterpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The adaptation stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget; Colin Firth as Bridget’s ‘true love’, Mark Darcy; and Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver.
Production began in August 2000 and ended in November of 2000, and took place largely on location in London and the Home Counties. The film premiered on April 4, 2001, in the United Kingdom and was released to theatres on April 13, 2001, simultaneously in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
Bridget Jones’s Diary received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $280 million worldwide. I absolutely adored the movie, and have made it a tradition to re-watch it every Christmas. The adaptation is hilarious and super cute, and young Colin Firth is so charming!
Zellweger was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, the Empire Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Colin Firth), the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, the Teen Choice Award for Choice Chemistry (shared with Hugh Grant), the Teen Choice Award for Choice Liplock (shared with Grant), and the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress.
Colin Firth won the European Film Awards Audience Award for Best Actor and the European Film Award – Jameson People's Choice Award – Best Actor and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Hugh Grant won the Evening Standard British Film Awards' Peter Sellers Award for Comedy and was nominated for the Empire Award for Best British Actor, the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and the European Film Award – Jameson People's Choice Award – Best Actor.
Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy.
Here is a really pretty fan-made MV, full of spoilers (a brief summary of the entire movie series):
NOTE: A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was released in 2004, and another sequel, Bridget Jones's Baby, was released in 2016.