24 years on, there's still a lot to love about Sharon Maguire's charming British comedy, even after all the discourse.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 18, 2025

Frankly, it's a rather boring, simplistic, humorless romantic comedy that often remains grounded in a series of clichés that take away resonance from the diary of the indecisive thirty-something played by Renée Zellweger. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Feb 13, 2025

A film centred on an imperfect woman who has troubled relationships, but who throughout the story learns valuable lessons about love (both towards other people and her own). [Full review in Spanish].

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 12, 2025

A charming romantic comedy full of funny moments that deserves to be vindicated as a modern classic of the genre. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 8, 2024

Funny and we get to see Bridget grow and evolve as a character

| Jan 8, 2024

...progressively conventional...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 15, 2022

Sadly, the film is tragically, depressingly, awfully of its time... The transition to screen stripped out much of Fielding's irony, nuance and cynicism.

| Jul 28, 2021

Renée Zellweger is brilliant as the dumpy English everywoman who learns the hard way that self-improvement won't be found at the back of her refrigerator.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 1, 2020

When rendered in visual terms, many of the most delicious qualities of Bridget Jones's Diary also become highly smelly, like a wedge of cheese that's overstayed its welcome.

| Jan 30, 2020

This is a picture that gets right down to the brass tacks of singleton urban living for women in their 30s.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 11, 2019

It's fine, for an evening, if you just want to pack your troubles in an old kit bag.

| Mar 1, 2018

The film is excessively, parochially British at its periphery, yet insufficiently so at its core.

| Feb 2, 2018

That Zellweger can make us believe in Bridget's heaving inner world is par for the course -- she's a supremely talented comic actress. That she was willing to risk her own status as sex symbol by looking like an everywoman is really impressive.

| Nov 13, 2017

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 28, 2012

A blessed reminder of just how good -- and how pointed -- British comedies can be.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jun 25, 2012

Oh, such fun for older teens!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 22, 2010

Casting Renee Zellweger as this British icon drew plenty of flak. But she proved impossible to not root for while flashing a sweet smile, bunching her body up in a "right-o, old chap" shoulder shrug and waddle-walking in unflattering panties and girdles.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 25, 2010

Just seconds into Sharon Maguire's adaptation of Helen Fielding's beloved novel, it's hard to imagine that there was such controversy surrounding the casting of Renee Zellweger.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2008

Provides a few laughs but failed to make me care on which loves-me, loves-me-not petal this film ends.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

A cheerfully frothy romantic comedy that benefits from sharp writing, lively performances and touching characterisation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 15, 2008