Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
Based on Helen Fielding’s 1996 novel “Bridget Jones’s Diary”
Technically, this early-2000s rom-com classic is an adaptation of an adaptation. Helen Fielding’s cheeky and honest novel “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is a modernization of none other than Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Renee Zellweger takes on the titular role of Bridget Jones, the arguably less put-together but just as extroverted counterpart to Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet. For the Mr. Darcy role, we have Colin Firth as Mark Darcy (fitting, no?) whose rigidity and apprehensions quickly melt under the warm and well-meaning fumbles of Bridget Jones herself. The most heart-touching line in the film? “I like you very much, just as you are.” Sigh.
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