Directed by: Sharon Maguire
Writing credits: Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis
Movie Genre: Comedy/Romance
Released: 2001
Running Time: 97 minutes
Rating: 13L
Based on Helen Fielding's hugely popular novel, this romantic comedy follows Bridget, a post-feminist, thirty-something British woman who has a penchant for alcoholic binges, smoking, and an inability to control her weight.
While trying to keep these things in check and also deal with her job in publishing, she visits her parents for a Christmas party. They try to set her up with Mark, the visiting son of one of their neighbours.
Snubbed by Mark, she instead falls for her boss Daniel, a dashing lothario who begins to send her suggestive emails that soon lead to a dinner date proposition.
Daniel reveals that he and Mark attended college together, during which time Mark had an affair with his fiancée.
When Bridget finds Daniel cavorting with an American colleague, she decides to change her life with a new job as a TV presenter.
At a dinner party, she bumps into Mark again, who expresses his affection for her; when Daniel claims he wants Bridget back, the two fight over who deserves her affections the most.
Tagline: It's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss.