This is the latest instalment in our From the Vault feature series, in which we reflect on culturally significant movies celebrating notable anniversaries.
Released 25 years ago this month, the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary was a huge success, earning its star, Renée Zellweger, an Oscar nomination and spawning three sequels that helped the franchise gross nearly US$900 million worldwide.
A London-set romcom about one woman’s search for a “nice, sensible man”, it cleverly repackaged certain aspects of Britishness – chiefly stiff upper lips and self-deprecating humour – for a global audience.
