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Article: DIARY OF ROMANCE RENEE ZELLWEGER SHINES AS `BRIDGET JONES.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2001
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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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Article: BUMPING THROUGH LIFE'S GRIND `BRIDGET JONES'S ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
April 13, 2001 ;
700+ words
... ... muck it up. ``Bridget Jones's Diary ... was cast with Renee Zellweger, who is not plump ... his part. ``Bridget Jones's Diary ... MOVIE REVIEW ``BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY'' Starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth ...
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