Article: DIARY OF ROMANCE RENEE ZELLWEGER SHINES AS `BRIDGET JONES.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY

Grade: B+

A woman in her 30s looks for love

Rating: R

Running time: 94 minutes

It doesn't take much insight to understand why Bridget Jones's Diary became such a popular read. Helen Fielding's 1996 novel, which began life as a column in British newspapers, focused on an overweight, 32-year-old London woman who struggled to cut back on food, cigarettes and alcohol. Readers identified.

Fielding's Jones also fretted over finding the right man - sometimes any man at all. She became a heroine for downtrodden working women who struggle with self-image, a chubby goddess of '90s consciousness presented ...

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