![]() You can't take your eyes off him he brings his own humor to his role. Yes, it's a paradox, but that is what Grant brings to his role. (Ok, I might be a little biased because I've been in love with him for ages and ages, but you can't deny he is a great comedic actor.) There's no trace of his stuttering that we saw (and I loved) in `Four Weddings and a Funeral' or `Sense and Sensibility.' Grant morphs effortlessly into a cad that we all love to hate and all love to love. As Daniel Cleaver (her caddish Cassanova lover/boss), Hugh Grant is smoldering and hilarious. Zellweger fits the role because she is very much normal and approachableÂ…we can relate to her. (You have a heart of stone if you aren't moved to laughs or tears or pity for her.) I can't imagine anyone else playing Bridget Jones. It's very, very hard to not fall in love with her the moment you see her at her family's Christmas party or drinking alone at home or listening to sad, Celine Dion music. Zellweger gained weight for this role, too, so she looks adorably plump. She has always been one of my favorite actresses and here, she totally displays Bridget's pathetic cuteness. Renee Zellweger is absolutely perfect as Bridget Jones. But it doesn't because one, the casting is absolutely divine and two, smartly builds on some elements the book downplays. Although Helen Fielding also wrote the screenplay (w/ Richard Curtis, very skilled with romantic comedies) and keeps the laughs coming, this movie could have fallen flat on its face. Needless to say, `Bridget Jones's Diary' the movie worked very, very, very well. In order for the movie to work for me, it had to capture Bridget's plucky-heroine character and the hilarious-poignant emotions that are in the book. As a huge fan of the books, I had incredibly high expectations of the movie. ![]()
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