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Transcript: Review: New movie "Bridget Jones's Diary"
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- April 13, 2001
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Review: New movie "Bridget Jones's Diary"
Host: BOB EDWARDS
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
BOB EDWARDS, host:
"Bridget Jones's Diary" and its blow-by-blow descriptions of romantic
crises is more than just a novel for its numerous fans. The London
Evening Standard proclaimed that the book's `protagonist is no mere
fictional character. She is the spirit of the age.' With that kind
of buildup, a movie version was inevitable, and it opens in theaters
today. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has this review.
KENNETH TURAN reporting:
"The Bridget Jones's Diaries" have sold five million copies in 32
countries, and ...