Don't see why people love this one at all!

I was going into this film with high expectations because of how good people say it is and how awesome the Bridget Jones character is. However, when I watched it, I was greatly disappointed and found it perhaps one of the soppiest films that I have ever watched! I do seriously not understand why people find this so good and because of this, I find it very overrated. I was really bored almost through the whole film. I enjoyed like the first 15 minutes but after that, I just slowly lost my liking for it.


It tells the story of a young woman called Bridget Jones (Zellweger) in her early 30s, still single and worries about her weight. Her job is at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasizing about her boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). When she meets Mark Darcy (Firth) who is the barrister son of her parents' friends and a love triangle starts to begin for a fight for Bridget's heart. To be honest, I really don't see what was so amazing about Renée Zellweger's performance. She had what the character needs like body but think her acting could've been a lot better. Yes, I realise that she was nominated for an Oscar but I don't think she deserved it. Hugh Grant keeps appearing in romantic comedies and constantly playing the same kind of characters and, to be honest, I am getting a little tired of it. I'm not saying he's a bad actor but like Johnny Depp with weird films and weird characters: there's only a matter of time where people get tired of it and it just dies. Colin Firth, however, was good in this film.


Bridget Jones's Diary is one of the rare films that was directed by a woman. Sharon Maguire has only been known for this film but nothing else. The film was based on the book by a close friend of hers and one of the main characters – Shazzer – is in fact based on Maguire.


Overall, Bridget Jones's Diary is a very disappointing, boring and soppy film that I think could've been a lot better all around.

4/10