This 2003 romcom seemed destined to be a hit. But it was too camp, too synthetic, too satirical: the exact qualities that make it a cult favourite today
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TALK OF THE TOWN: v.v. clumsy! Helen has a Bridget Jones moment in the mountains ○
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TALK OF THE TOWN: When the writer and creator of Bridget Jones, Helen Fielding, took a trip to a US mountain resort over the Christmas break, she experienced her own 'Bridget moment'.
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Barbour jackets and big pants make a comeback after Claudia Winkleman and Bridget Jones took over screens ○
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Barbour jackets and big pants flew off the shelves this year as Claudia Winkleman and Bridget Jones took over screens.
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‘So weird, but cute’: Bridget Jones immortalised as London welcomes statue of Britain’s favourite singleton ⊕
Helen Fielding and Renée Zellweger gather in Leicester Square as a new bronze marks 30 years of the diary-writing everywoman who redefined the romcom heroine
Bridget Jones, Britain’s best-loved and mo…
Renée Zellweger unveils new Bridget Jones statue in London ○
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Renée Zellweger unveiled a new Bridget Jones statue in London, joining other iconic film characters on the Scenes in the Square trail.
'She's cuter than me,' says Renée Zellweger on new Bridget Jones statue ⊕⊕
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A new statue celebrating the character was unveiled in London's Leicester Square on Monday.
Renée Zellweger shows off her lithe legs as she reunites with her Bridget Jones love interests Chiwetel Ejiofor and toyboy Leo Woodall at star-studded statue unveiling ⊕⊕
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Bridget Jones won the hearts of rom-com lovers around the globe, as the hapless, unlucky-in-love, permanently-dieting, accidentally-hilarious woman of the people.
Renée Zellweger stars as the iconic Bridget Jones ⊕
Romantic comedy. A neurotic thirtysomething resolves to take control of her life at last.