We’re again for day 9 of Romancemas, the place for 12 days we react to the perfect vacation rom-coms and encourage you to observe together with us.
Day 9 we take a look at Bridget Jones’s Diary, which is at its core all in regards to the holidays and Christmas, even when the total film doesn’t happen at Christmas.
Let’s watch Bridget Jones’s Diary!
Official day 9 Watching companion: My half-eaten bag of Lindt truffles as this movie stirs up feelings I didn’t notice I had.
Bridget Jones’s Diary is a few lady who decides it’s by no means too late to begin writing a diary. The story begins with a heinously ugly Christmas sweater at a Christmas get together whereas Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) ends the evening tragically alone and drunk. From New Yr’s on, Bridget decides she needs to take again management of her life and her first step in that course of is holding a diary. Inside that diary are essentially the most raunchy, hilarious, and provocative entries all about her life. She writes about her intimate escapades, understanding, meals, and all the emotions between these moments. This film can be a trendy retelling of Delight and Prejudice, with some direct nods to the story via the character of Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), and Bridget Jones’s exploration of self and romantic relationships.
What makes Bridget Jones’s Diary a Vacation rom-com traditional is that, on the coronary heart of the film, it’s about somebody who simply needs to search out love. Bridget not solely needs to search out somebody to comb her off her ft, however she additionally needs to have the ability to discover familial love and self-love. Bridget is rather like any of us. She makes errors, doesn’t know what she’s doing, and he or she’s simply figuring it out as she goes, which is essentially the most relatable feeling as an grownup making an attempt to navigate what the hell we’re doing.
Bridget Jones’s Diary is a British comedy traditional, so a number of the jokes are somewhat off-beat. This film was launched in 2001, so if that is your first time watching it anticipate some… attention-grabbing jokes. All of that apart, Bridget Jones’s Diary is a superb vacation movie to complete out your yr and traverse via the New Yr with a way of hope.
