![]() ![]() The movie still has that effect on women today because, as costar Sally Phillips pointed out recently, working women today still face the same struggles and worries that Bridget stared down in 2001. Bridget Jones’s Diary, the story of a perfectly average woman stuck in a career rut who nevertheless is loved and celebrated “just as she is,” struck a chord with me in 2001 when I felt ashamed of my designated rung on the career ladder. It was at those moments in my life when I’ve whispered a “Come the fuck on, Bridget” to myself in disdain. In the 20 years since Bridget Jones’s Diary made its big screen debut, there has been one infamous line from the Pride & Prejudice-inspired rom-com that has become a catchphrase among my friends: “Come the fuck on, Bridget.” It’s a quick, throwaway line in the third act of the movie spoken by Bridget’s (Renée Zellweger) queer BFF Tom (James Callis) when she’s fumbling with her house keys, and it would be almost forgettable were it not for the volumes it speaks about our heroine’s inherent clumsiness.Īt one point or another in our lives, we have all beat ourselves up for our perceived shortcomings-like Bridget, we may resolve to drink less, lose weight, quit smoking, find a better job, or abstain from messy affairs with scoundrels, only to purposefully abandon all those resolutions. Colin Firth as Mark, left, Renée Zellweger as Bridget, and Hugh Grant as Daniel in Bridget Jones’s Diary (Photo credit: Miramax) ![]()
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