Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

Bridget Jones’s Diary

"Uninhibited. Uncensored. Unmarried."

"For anyone who's ever been set up, stood up or felt up."

"All women keep score... only the great ones put it in writing."

"It's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss."

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Summary:

Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) 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 (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones and the ups and downs of their ill-fated relationship prove hilarious and touching at once. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance (Colin Firth) who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.Summary written by Anuja Varghese.

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Memorable Quotes from "Bridget Jones's Diary":

Bridget: Are you staying at your parents', then?

Mark Darcy: Yes. You?

Bridget: Ah, no. Just came from a New Year party, and I'm a bit hung over.

[nervous laugh]

Bridget: Wish I could be at home with my head in a toilet like all normal people...

[pause]

Bridget: ...ah! New Year's Resolution: drink less... and quit smoking... and quit talking nonsense to total strangers... hehe... ahh...

[awkward silence]

Mark Darcy: Yes. Well. Perhaps it's time to eat.

Mark Darcy: Mother, I do not need a blind date. Particularly not with some verbally incontinent

spinster who drinks like a fish, smokes like a chimney and dresses like her mother.

Natasha: Bizarre what some men find attractive

Mark Darcy: I realize that when I met you at the turkey curry buffet, I was unforgivably rude, and wearing a reindeer jumper.

Mark Darcy: I like you, very much.

Bridget: Ah, apart from the smoking and the drinking, the vulgar mother and... ah, the verbal diarrhea.

Mark Darcy: No, I like you very much. Just as you are.

Mark Darcy: I don't think you're an idiot at all. I mean, there are elements of the ridiculous about you. Your mother's pretty interesting. And you really are an appallingly bad public speaker. And, um, you tend to let whatever's in your head come out of your mouth without much consideration of the consequences... But the thing is, um, what I'm trying to say, very inarticulately, is that, um, in fact, perhaps despite appearances, I like you, very much. Just as you are.

[regarding the blue soup]

Bridget: How's it look?

Mark: Uh, great. It's, um, blue.

Bridget: Blue?

Mark: No, but, blue is good. If you ask me there isn't enough blue food.

Bridget: What are we going to do about this dinner, then?

Mark: We have blue soup to start, orange pudding to end, and, well, for a main course you have, uh, congealed green gunge.

Bridget: [as Una Alconberry] No, Pam. Besides the gravy needs sieving.

Mark Darcy: [as Pamela Jones] Surely not, just stir it Una.

Bridget: Did I really run round your lawn naked?

Mark Darcy: Oh, yes. You were four and I was eight.

Bridget: Well, that's a pretty big age difference. It's quite pervy really.

Mark Darcy: Yes, I like to think so.

Mark Darcy: [about Bridget's attempt at caper berry gravy] I have to say, this really is the most incredible shit.

Mark Darcy: All right Cleaver, outside.

Daniel Cleaver: (Half laughing) I'm sorry? Outside? Should I bring my dueling pistols or my sword?

Mark Darcy: I should have done this years ago.

Daniel Cleaver: Done what?

Mark Darcy: This.

[Darcy punches Cleaver. Hard]

Daniel Cleaver: Ow. Fuck me, that really hurt. What the fuck do you think you're doing?

Mark Darcy: This.

[Darcy punches Cleaver again. Even harder]

Bridget: I owe you an apology about Daniel. He said you ran off with his fiancée and left him brokenhearted.

Mark Darcy: No, it was the other way around. My wife. My heart.

[to Mark]

Bridget: You once said you liked me just as I am and I just wanted to say likewise. I mean there are stupid things your mum buys you, tonight's another... classic. You're haughty, and you always say the wrong thing in every situation and I seriously believe that you should rethink the length of your sideburns. But, you're a nice man and I like you. If you wanted to pop by some time that might be nice... more than nice.

Mark Darcy: Right, crikey.

Bridget: I'm so sorry. I didn't mean it. Well, I meant it, but I was so stupid... After all, it's only a diary. Everyone knows diaries are just... full of crap.

Mark Darcy: Yes, I know that. I was just buying you a new one.

Bridget: Wait a minute... nice boys don't kiss like that.

Mark Darcy: Oh, yes, they fucking do.

Directed by:
Sharon Maguire


Writing credits:
Helen Fielding		(novel)
Helen Fielding		(screenplay) and
Andrew Davies		(screenplay) and
Richard Curtis		(screenplay)

Full credits here

Runtime: 97 min

Country: UK / France

Language: English

Color: Color (Technicolor)

Certification: Argentina:13 / Australia:M (cut version) / Brazil:14 / Chile:14 / Denmark:7 / Finland:K-11 / France:U / Germany:12 (bw) / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:15 (cut version) / Japan:R-15 / Netherlands:12 / Norway:11 / Peru:14 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:PG / South Korea:18 / Spain:13 / Sweden:7 / UK:15 (cut version) / USA:R

MPAA Rating: R (Restricted: under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)

Also Known As (AKA):

El diario de Bridget Jones	–	Argentina / Mexico / Peru / Spain
O diário de Bridget Jones	–	Brazil / Portugal
Le Journal de Bridget Jones	–	Canada (French title) / France
Bridget Jones	–	UK (informal title)
Bridget Jones - Schokolade zum Frühstück	–	Germany
Bridget Jones - elämäni sinkkuna	–	Finland
Bridget Jones dagbok	–	Sweden
Bridget Jones naplója	–	Hungary
Bridget Jones' dagbog	–	Denmark
Bridget Jones' dagbok	–	Norway
Il Diario di Bridget Jones	–	Italy

Production Company/Company Credits

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Cast:
Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones
Gemma Jones	Bridget's Mum (Pam Jones)
Celia Imrie	Mrs. Una Alconbury
James Faulkner	Uncle Geoffrey Alconbury
Jim Broadbent	Bridget's Dad (Colin Jones)
Colin Firth	Mark Darcy
Charmian May	Mrs. Darcy, Mark's Mum
Hugh Grant	Daniel Cleaver
Paul Brooke	Mr. Kenneth Fitzherbert, aka 'Mr. Tits Pervert'
Felicity Montagu	Perpetua
Shirley Henderson	Jude, Bridget's Pal
Sally Phillips	Shazzer, Bridget's Pal
James Callis	Tom, Bridget's Pal
Charlie Caine	Handsome Stranger
Gareth Marks	Simon in Marketing

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