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Colin Firth - news / articles


  • Firth's plans for Bridget Jones movie - 13 September 2009
    -Bridget Jones's Diary star Colin Firth wants the third installment in the movie series to be set in the future - to show the characters in old age.- -Firth starred in the first two movies alongside Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant, and it was recently reported the cas


  • Firth blasts 'catastrophic' surgery for actors - 9 September 2009
    -Colin Firth has lashed out at actors who go under the knife to remain youthful - insisting it is "catastrophic" for big screen stars to undergo cosmetic procedures.- -The 48 year old - who turns 49 on Thursday (10Sep09) - stars in the remake of Dorian Gray, the adap


  • Firth to play the Queen's father - 4 September 2009
    -Actor Colin Firth is set for the royal treatment after signing up to play King George Vi in a new movie.- -The Mamma Mia star will play Queen Elizabeth II's father in The King's Speech.- - The film chronicles the royal's efforts to correct a stammer after learning

Colin Firth - what members say


  • The English Patient
  • The English Patient review by A customer from Exeter, UK
    Rated - 5 stars The English Patient 13 August 2006
    ...bvious faces - Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, I was also surprised to see Colin Firth and Lost's Sayid as Kip. Beautifully shot, goregeous scenery, definitely worth ...  
  • Shakespeare In Love
  • Shakespeare In Love review by from Hertfordshire
    Rated - 5 stars Best. Film. Ever. 10 April 2006
    ...akepeare by Fiennes and hilarious appearances from the likes of Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Dame Judi Dence, Tom Wilkinson and Geoffrey Rush. The plot weaves beautifully,...  
  • Pride And Prejudice
  • Pride And Prejudice review by from Herts
    Rated - 5 stars Austen would be proud, does justice to her masterpiece 21 February 2004
    ...mour as well as the drama and emotion that makes Austen's work so powerful. Colin Firth has made Darcy his own, with his starchy, often emotionless performance, reflec...  

Colin Firth - filmography


  • Dorian Gray (2009)
    Starring: Ben Barnes,  Colin Firth,  Caroline Goodall
    Director: Oliver Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Parker has made an impressive career out of directing stylish adaptations of the Oscar Wilde plays THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and AN IDEAL HUSBAND, and now he continues his work with the reading-list favorite, Wilde's novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. In this drama, Ben Barnes (THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 220 members
    Due for release on 18th January 2010
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  • Dorian Gray - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Ben Barnes,  Colin Firth,  Caroline Goodall
    Director: Oliver Parker
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Oliver Parker has made an impressive career out of directing stylish adaptations of the Oscar Wilde plays THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST and AN IDEAL HUSBAND, and now he continues his work with the reading-list favorite, Wilde's novel THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. In this drama, Ben Barnes (THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
    Due for release on 18th January 2010
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  • Genova on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Catherine Keener,  Hope Davis
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A man (Colin Firth) moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,230 members
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  • Then She Found Me on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Helen Hunt,  Bette Midler,  Colin Firth
    Director: Helen Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, schoolteacher April Epner is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 4,790 members
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  • Mamma Mia! on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Meryl Streep,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Phyllida Lloyd
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Amanda Seyfried and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 45,897 members
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  • The Last Legion on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ben Kingsley,  Aishwarya Rai
    Director: Doug Lefler
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Empire is being held to ransom by the Barbarians. On the eve of the coronation of the 12-year-old Romulus Augustus, his mentor, the shaman Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley), predicts disaster. His worst fears are realised as the Goths sack the once-great city of Rome and capture the last Emperor and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 14,233 members
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  • Nanny McPhee on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Colin Firth,  Kelly MacDonald
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 46,947 members
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  • Trauma on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Mena Suvari,  Naomie Harris
    Director: Marc Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Awakening from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben’s (Colin Firth) world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben is out of hospital and, attempting to rebuild his life, he moves home and is befriended by Charlotte (Mena Suvari), his beautiful young ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 11,622 members
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  • Love Actually - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 267 members
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  • Love Actually on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 76,575 members
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  • Hope Springs on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Minnie Driver,  Heather Graham
    Director: Mark Herman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the novel 'New Cardiff' by Charles Webb, this is the story of British artist, Colin Ware who is heartbroken after receiving a invitation to the wedding of Vera, the love of his life. Colin moves to a little town in New England called Hope in order to deal with his grief and soon he falls ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 7,965 members
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  • Bridget Jones's Diary on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Renee Zellweger,  Colin Firth,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Sharon Maguire
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the screen adaptation of BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, Helen Fielding's international best-selling phenomenon, documentary filmmaker (and real-life inspiration for the character Shazzer) Sharon Maguire has managed a rare feat - a film as captivating as the novel. Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 42,641 members
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  • Fourplay on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Stephen Fry,  Jack Dee
    Director: Mike Binder
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This romantic comedy deals with the fleeting attractions between men and women. When American Ben arrives in London to become a writer on a well-known sitcom, he never dreamed that he would end up in a complex love quadrangle. Sitcom star Carly is married to show producer Allen. French make-up ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 40% from 3,107 members
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  • My Life So Far (1999)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Rosemary Harris,  Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
    Director: Hugh Hudson
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian (Rosemary Harris), her daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), her inventor husband (Colin Firth), their ten year old son (Robbie Norman), and his older sister (Kelly MacDonald). ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 26 members
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  • Fever Pitch on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ruth Gemmell,  Mark Strong
    Director: David Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When Paul (Firth), a middle-aged British teacher who nurses an obsession for the North London football team Arsenal, meets Sarah, a seemingly uptight young woman who is a single-minded professional, he is forced to drastically re-evaluate his life. Sarah loathes the sport, while Paul's entire life ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 4,130 members
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  • Hour of the Pig (1993)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Ian Holm,  Donald Peasence
    Director: Leslie Megahey
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 49 members
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  • Valmont on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Annette Bening,  Meg Tilly
    Director: Milos Forman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover look for an easy prey in a a beautiful young woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman,..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 651 members
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  • Apartment Zero (1988)
    Starring: Hart Bochner,  Colin Firth
    Director: Martin Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of movie stars. Although the theater owner obsequiously vies for the American's affections, he becomes aware ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 17 members
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  • Tumbledown on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Broke,  Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Produced in 1989, a mere seven years after the Falklands War, TUMBLEDOWN was extremely controversial at the time of transmission but became a ratings winner nonetheless. Colin Firth stars as Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, a Falklands veteran that returns home and continues to rage a war... with himself.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 213 members
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  • A Month In the Country (1987)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Kenneth Branagh,  Natasha Richardson
    Director: Pat O'Connor
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two war-weary young veterans, Birkin and Moon, have come to a peaceful Yorkshire town to escape the horrors of war that haunt their dreams. But their work at the village church takes an explosive turn as one ignites long-denied passion within the pastor's young wife which forces the other veteran ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 938 members
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  • Dutch Girls (1987)
    Starring: Bill Paterson,  Colin Firth,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Giles Foster
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills--gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 10 members
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Colin Firth - watch online


  • Genova to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Catherine Keener,  Hope Davis
    Director: Michael Winterbottom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £3.49
    Run time: 94 minutes
    The Italian town of Genova provides a fresh start for Joe and his two young daughters, a family seeking new lives after the sudden death of their mother. While Kelly, explores the underbelly of this mysterious new world, Mary, has just seen the ghost of her mother wandering the streets.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 8 members
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  • The Secret Laughter of Women to Watch Now (1998)
    Starring: Colin Firth,  Nia Long,  Caroline Goodall
    Director: Peter Schwabach
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC (TBC)
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    Run time: 95 minutes
    A beautiful young single mother, Nimi, feels the pressure from the expatriate Nigerian community in which she lives to get married. Coincidentally, her precocious young son has just met his hero, a cynical English comic book writer, and decides that he is the perfect match for his beloved mother. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 62 members
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Colin Firth facts

5 most recent films

A Christmas Carol - 3.5 stars
St Trinian's - The Legend of Fritton's Gold - 3.5 stars
A Single Man - 5.0 stars
Dorian Gray - 3.0 stars
Dorian Gray - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Pride And Prejudice - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Pride And Prejudice - 4.0 stars
Conspiracy - 3.5 stars
Love Actually - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Blackadder - Back And Forth / The Cavalier Years / Baldrick's Diary - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

My Life So Far - 2.5 stars
Apartment Zero - 2.5 stars
Dutch Girls - 2.5 stars
Dorian Gray - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
A Christmas Carol - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Rupert Everett - 6 times - show films
Hugh Grant - 5 times - show films
Stephen Fry - 5 times - show films
Jim Broadbent - 4 times - show films
Ben Barnes - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Oliver Parker - 6 times - show films
Anthony Minghella - 3 times - show films
Barnaby Thompson - 3 times - show films
Sharon Maguire - 2 times - show films
Pat O'Connor - 2 times - show films