Bridget Jones's Diary Trailer - Directed by Sharon Maguire and starring James Faulkner, Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie , Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Paul Brooke. Bridget Jones's Diary is a romantic love story comedy from the best selling novel of the same name by Helen Fielding. A chaotic Jones meets a snobbish lawer named Marc and soon he enters into her world of imperfections.