Bridget Jones: A Legend in Her Own Time
...time. Needless to say, Bridget comes off a bit crazy in both the film and the book. The movie, which was released April 13, 2001 opened at number three at the box office, earning the film $10,733,933 during the opening weekend at 1,611 theaters . The movie was given and R rating by the Motion Picture Association for adults language and adult content. This is to be expected since the film deals mostly with people in their early thirties, dealing with their adult lives and problems. The main character is obviously Bridget Jones herself. The movie starts out with her in her 32nd year of being a spinster, or single. The movie deals with her struggle of dealing with one Mr. Wrong, her boss, Daniel Cleaver to find Mr. Right, his arch rival, Mark Darcy. The character of Bridget Jones is appealing for a two simple reasons. First and foremost, she gets herself into the most ridiculous situations thinkable and end up embarrassing herself a great deal. Most women, who the film was largely targeted towards, can relate with her on this levels. Who else wouldn’t be embarrassed after falling down and knocking over a camera man while he had a tight shit up your skirt after sliding down a fireman’s pole on live television? It is these situations that people can relate to on some levels. Everyone has been embarrassed at pone point or another and that is part of the appeal of the character Bridget. People also related to Bridget who felt that they would also be trapped in spinsterhood forever and eventually, “die and be found two weeks later, half eaten by wild dogs.” Most single women think of this though all the time, perhaps not to the grim extent that Bridget has, but to some extent. I know many people who have compared their lives to Bridget’s in this aspect. The film also appealed to women because of the two main male characters. This film offered women two opposing male characters. If you didn’t like one, you probably would have liked the other, or maybe even both. Daniel Cleaver was one man that Bridget started dating in the film. He was her boss and they started their relationship sending irresponsible e-mails at the office. In this film, Cleaver is the “bad boy.” He appeals to the women who like the suave type, he is the kind of man who was the most popular, the best looking and the smartest in high school. He is the type of man that girls want to have fun with, but not settle down with. Cleaver represents the kind of man that most girls want, but seldom get. The other character, Mark Darcy, is at the other end of the spectrum in female fantasy men. Darcy is the nice guy. The kind of man ...