Bridget Jones Journey

Marci Kelley
SPC 3301
Bridget Jones’s Diary Movie Essay
The movie Bridget Jones’s Diary is about a single British woman in her early thirties who like many who hit 30 and are not married yet or have kids feels that she will die “fat and alone”. Bridget struggles with her self-esteem throughout the film. She states that she smokes too much, drinks too much and is overweight. All of these factors contribute to her low self-esteem and negative self-concept. Bridget’s self-concept and lack of communication competence are central to Bridget’s story and her interpersonal relationships with Mark Darcy and Daniel Clever. Both of these men court her and dump her in various ways throughout the film. Through her relationships with these two men you can see how Bridget’s character starts to develop self-confidence and a more positive self-concept despite her negative encounters with both Mark and Daniel.

You can hear the desperation in her voice when she writes in her diary “Right there, that was the moment I suddenly realized that unless something changed soon I was going to live a life where my major relationship would be with a bottle of wine and I’d finally die fat and alone found 3 weeks later half eaten by dogs”. You can also get a sense of her low self-esteem from that comment. Clearly Bridget has a need to fill a void in her life which is finding Mr. Right. Her mother realizes this and plays match maker by trying to set her up with Mark Darcy who is a lawyer and single. The two had also met briefly as children as Bridget’s mother was friends with the