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Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) a score of 2.9142 out of 4

based on (249) reviews

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Fair

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Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

With great energy, style and humor, Maguire takes us into Bridget's tumultuous journey out of spinsterhood and into the tumultuous world of dating....read the complete Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)

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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

Gradually, though, she starts to figure out that she is not fat, she is not incompetent, and she can do better than him. Even better, she realizes that she doesn't really need a man to be happy, although it wouldn't hurt. I won't give away any...read the complete Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

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DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

...never fully comes to comedic life, seldom reaches out emotionally, and provides few new insights into the perils of love and dating....read the complete Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)

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Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)

I know I am going to get lots of mail on this one, but here goes - I HATED this movie! Based on the novel by Helen Fielding (bought the book but could not read more than ten pages), 32 year old Bridget Jones gets a diary, vows to lose weight, stop...read the complete Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)