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1.Bridget Jones's Diary / The Edge Of Reason starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent directed by: Sharon Maguire, Beeban Kidron November 14, 2005
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Now, it is true to say that the iconography of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones isn't one to be taken too seriously. Beginning life as a newspaper serial whose captions would later constitute a worldwide bestselling novel, Fielding at once captured the humility, the optimism and every single wine stain of the modern day middle-class working girl in England, with barbed asides regarding celebrity culture and the dating game that bordered on the scabrous but that were also never less-than-funny. To turn the novel into a charming romantic comedy blockbuster proved to be a bit of a no-brainer for Working Title and Miramax, and thanks to a marketing push that enveloped the world much like Miss Jones's underpants did her tummy and waist, pubs became ... Read More:

2.Notting Hill [1999] starring: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans, James Dreyfus directed by: Roger Michell November 15, 1999
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I have a confession to make: I didn't really enjoy Pretty Woman that much, and Four Weddings and a Funeral (not to mention Mickey Blue Eyes, Two Weeks Notice and About a Boy) didn't really do it for me. However, in Notting Hill, as far as I am concerned, everything comes together for Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, delivering a landmark in the gentle countryside of romantic comedy. This is not the only time that Julia Roberts plays a version of herself -- she knowingly sends herself up in Ocean's Twelve. And this is not the only time Hugh Grant has played this particular character -- heck, it's the good-natured but over-witty English fopp he always plays. But the pairing of these two well-honed characters is exactly right ... Read More:

3.Sense And Sensibility (Collector's Edition) [1996] starring: James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson directed by: Ang Lee February 06, 2006
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J'avais terriblement envie de revoir le film réalisé par Ang Lee, sorti le 28 Février 1996. Ca fait maintenant quelque chose comme six ou sept visionnages, en français, en VOST, en VO pure, et avec les commentaires audio, plus les scènes coupées, bref, 2h15 à chaque fois de pur bonheur, je ne m'en lasse pas.(Ce que fan veut dire...) Pour les amoureux de Jane, voici un long (très long) billet reprenant quelques points soulevés dans les commentaires audio assurés par Emma Thompson et la productrice Lindsay Doran. L'écriture Il faut savoir que ce film est une histoire qui vient de loin, à l'époque où Lindsay Doran regardait le show télévisé d'Emma Thompson (inédit en France); elle y a fait un sketch ... Read More:

4.Bridget Jones's Diary [2001] starring: Renee Zellweger, Honor Blackman, Embeth Davidtz, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant directed by: Sharon Maguire December 20, 2004
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The story of Bridget Jones first began as a diary collumn in a newspaper, rose to success in book form (then it's sequel) and then finally hit the movies in 2001 with Briget played quite perfectly by the lovely Renee Zellwegger. This modern take on Pride and Predjudice follows the female protagonist Briget Jones who decides to keep a diary of her life; unlike the Mary-Jane all too perfect characters in most stories and movies of today, Bridget is quite literally EVERY woman you've ever known. Bridget is a 30-something urban singleton on the look for love - perhaps in the wrong places. She's an ever so slightly overweight (Zellwegger put on weight specifically for the movie) office worker who reads self-help books religiously, and ... Read More:

5.Music and Lyrics [2007] starring: Campbell Scott, Brad Garrett, Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Johnston directed by: Marc Lawrence June 04, 2007
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Just sit back, watch and enjoy. No gun fire, violence or complicated plot, just a gentle romantic comedy. Any film that's enjoyable to watch and leaves you smiling gets my vote. More please!!!

6.Four Weddings And A Funeral [1994] starring: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas directed by: Mike Newell January 29, 2001
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Very entertaining stuff, a (mostly) superb cast and an absolutely cracking script. The whole thing is let down by Andie MacDowell. WHY does this woman get work? She couldn't act if she had a gun to her head. Her delivery of the line "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed" is so cringemakingly bad it's hilarious. In fact her entire performance is utterly dire. It'd be a 4* film if it had a different female lead. Anyone would do. Lily Savage would have been preferable, really.

7.Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason [2004] starring: Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie directed by: Beeban Kidron July 03, 2006
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Unfortunately, this is miles away from being as good as the books or the first film. They changed the plot so they could shoe-horn Hugh Grant into the film (and a not very good fight scene with Colin Firth as well). But so much worse is the sense that Bridget has been made into a figure of fun, rather than someone who was funny because we related to her. Not funny, not romantic, even Colin Firth is less lovely in this film.

8.The Remains Of The Day [1993] starring: John Haycraft, Christopher Reeve, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Caroline Hunt directed by: James Ivory October 22, 2001
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"Remains of the Day" will be regarded as one of the great film masterpieces of the Merchant-Ivory team, now tragically ended with the untimely death, earlier this year, of Ismail Merchant from cancer. Their films were the quintessential cinematic epics respectful of both the settings and characters adapted from both period and contemporary novels, blessed frequently with elegant scripts from their literary partner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and of course superb acting from their casts. "Remains of the Day" excels in all of these categories, as a spellbinding, faithful adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel, with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson as the star-crossed would-be lovers and servants of the pacifist Nazi sympathizer Lord Darlington (James Fox). Along with elegant acting ... Read More:

9.Four Weddings And A Funeral [1994] starring: Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas directed by: Mike Newell November 29, 2004
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Very entertaining stuff, a (mostly) superb cast and an absolutely cracking script. The whole thing is let down by Andie MacDowell. WHY does this woman get work? She couldn't act if she had a gun to her head. Her delivery of the line "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed" is so cringemakingly bad it's hilarious. In fact her entire performance is utterly dire. It'd be a 4* film if it had a different female lead. Anyone would do. Lily Savage would have been preferable, really.

10.About a Boy [2002] starring: Hugh Grant\|Toni Collette\|Rachel Weisz directed by: Chris & Paul Weitz December 02, 2002
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Having bought this DVD a couple of years ago because it came in a set with Love Actually and Notting Hill, I have only just gotten round to watching it. And my have I been missing out? About a boy is an incredible film and will appeal to all ages and both genders. Great family viewing as it is not littered with swearing like the majority of films around and no cringy 'oh my god i can't believe i'm watching this with my children/ parents' moments! All in all a fantastic performance from Hugh Grant, and a wonderful feel-good comedy (which is actually funny) that i am sure to watch again and again... just maybe not as much as i watch Love Actually cos that would be impossible! Highly recommended

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