STARRING: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Embeth Davidtz, Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie.

LINE ON THE POSTER: For anyone who's ever been set up, stood up or felt up.

WHAT HAPPENS: Based on the Helen Fielding book of the same name, Bridget Jones's Diary follows the trials and tribulations of the eponymous heroine in her search for love as a career girl in her 30's living in London. When a chance meeting with hunky barrister Mark Darcy (Firth) at a cringe-worthy family Christmas party leaves Bridget feeling empty and hollow due to his incredibly rude remarks, she decides that she will diet, find a man and improve her life all round. However it's all ups and downs as the drinking, smoking and eating fast food continues when things go wrong and she falls for the wrong man, the sleazy and nasty Daniel Clever (Grant, playing brilliantly against his normal nice guy roles)...pretty much normal life really. Will she ever be able to have a dream life with Mr Right?

ANY GOOD?: Yep, this a perfect companion and the flip side to the sparkling golden coin that was High Fidelity, another wonderful romantic comedy book adaptation. It's romantic and extremely funny in places and had the legs to carry it all the way through its running time. Zellweger was excellent as the dowdy and plain Jones, with a perfect Home Counties plumy English accent and a sexy charm that made her thoroughly believable. Most of the humour was founded upon the unbelievably embarrassing situations Bridget gets into, they will make you cringe but if you're not laughing you've got problems. Firth looked the part as the dreamboat lawyer Mark Darcy but the highlight was Hugh Grant as the love rat Daniel Clever. Grant dispels his nice guy image to play a slimy yuppie obsessed with himself and no one else...his scenes steal the show. Put aside the fears that this is one just for the girls as it's probably the best British comedy since Notting Hill.

BEST BIT: When Bridget arrives at her Aunt's Tarts n' Vicars party in a Playboy bunny costume to find all the other guests have been told that the theme has been toned down...ooh the embarrassment.

INTERESTING FACT: In the original book, Bridget was obsessed with the Jane Austen character Mr Darcy, who was very popular due the BBC version of the Pride and Prejudice. The actor Colin Firth, plays love interest Mark Darcy in the film and he also played Mr Darcy in the TV series...déjà vu????

LIKED IT, TRY: High Fidelity, Notting Hill, Sliding Doors or Keeping the Faith