History YMMV / BridgetJones

** A similar incident occurs (in the book, anyway) when Bridget's mother {{Handwave}}s the possible reasons for Mark's ex-wife's adultery: "Well, of course, she was Japanese. A very cruel race..."[[note]]An attitude like that is perfectly correct for a character of that age; British people of the [=WW2=] or immediately post [=WW2=] generations do '''not''' tend to like the Japanese. They merely distrust Germans; a generation that saw what the Japs did to prisoners of war and how they chose to fight a war means that the Japs are utterly, totally, loathed. Bridget's mother is typical of this older generation of Brits. [[/note]]

* UnknownRival: Bridget and Natasha. Bridget (Lizzy Bennett style) didn't care much for Mark and like [[Literature/PrideAndPrejudice Caroline]], Natasha would snub and insult Bridget just to show her up in front of Mark [[note]] who was obviously falling for Bridget by then, Fitzwilliam Darcy style[[/note]]. [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double-Subverted]] with Bridget and Mark ultimately getting together.

** A similar incident occurs (in the book, anyway) when Bridget's mother {{Handwave}}s the possible reasons for Mark's ex-wife's adultery: "Well, of course, she was Japanese. A very cruel race..."[[note]]An attitude like that is perfectly correct for a character of that age; British people of the [=WW2=] or immediately post [=WW2=] generations do '''not''' tend to like the Japanese. They merely distrust Germans; a generation that saw what the Japs did to prisoners of war and how they chose to fight a war means that the Japs are utterly, totally, loathed. Bridget's mother is typicasl of this older generation of Brits, [[/note]]

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Jacinda Barrett's portrayal of Rebecca Gillies isn't very revolutionary in LGBT representation in Cinema, [[https://twitter.com/JacindaBarrett/status/426602915176796160 but it seemed to be a big welcome to any quest]][[FairForItsDay ioning young people to see a positive portrayal of an LGBT person coming out]]. It gets even more heartwarming with projects like the ''Website/ItGetsBetterProject'' years after the film came out.

* HollywoodHomely: There have been some film reviews regarding Creator/ReneeZellweger's weight gain for the role, assuming that Bridget was meant to be less attractive rather than just a regular person, there was a [[http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/history-of-actors-going-ugly-for-the-role.html particularly egregious article mentioning her and a few questionable examples of stars "getting hideous to play regular people"]] and one ''People'' magazine article about the third book referred to her as "frumpy", of course most viewers and readers would disagree with such an assessment (by Hollywood and Vogue types) that a fuller Renee would have trouble finding someone that likes her. As most British people would call this "total bollocks", it classes as an example of ValuesDissonance.[[note]]E problem for a British-set film dealing with a very British source novel, trying to be true to the source and setting but aware it needs to sell in the USA.[[/note]] A meta example being that someone said that Creator/RachelWeisz is too beautiful for the role.

** To some, the third film's plot with Bridget finally becoming pregnant can come off as this when Renee Zellweger is 47 years old in it, making her look a tad too old for pregnancy, though Zellweger still played the role so familiarly and endearingly that most viewers and critics could overlook it. She can also pass off as a woman in her earlier forties (as Bridget is in the film), though the film itself doesn't shy away from constantly poking fun at Bridget's age in relation to her pregnancy.

** A similar incident occurs (in the book, anyway) when Bridget's mother {{Handwave}}s the possible reasons for Mark's ex-wife's adultery: "Well, of course, she was Japanese. A very cruel race..."