Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Bridget Jones’s Diary

About the Film

Summary of Plot

Bridget Jones is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.. – iMDB

Year Of Release

2001

Running Time

1 Hour 37 Minutes

Director

Sharon Maguire

Tagline

Uninhibited. Uncensored. Unmarried.

Opening Weekend US & Canada

$10,733,933

Trailer

Starring

Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones
Colin Firth – Mark Darcy
Hugh Grant – Daniel Cleaver
Gemma Jones – Bridget’s Mum
Celia Imrie – Una Alconbury
Jim Broadbent – Bridget’s dad

Song From the OST

Trivia

• To prepare for the role, Renée Zellweger gained 25 pounds, then worked at a British publishing company for a month. Using an alias and a posh accent, she was apparently not recognized. 
• The snowy scenes during the end of this movie were filmed during summertime.
• Renée Zellweger smoked herbal cigarettes rather than tobacco.
• The Bridget Jones film franchise eventually became the first movie trilogy directed exclusively by female directors, as well as the only romantic comedy trilogy of the new millennium.
• This is the only entry in the franchise to gross more at the box office in the U.S. than the U.K.