Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) returns in this third film to continue with blunders and stumbles and she’s hit her mid 40’s and accepted her life as a fun-loving spinster.
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Renee Zellweger has managed to keep up with her role as Bridget Jones, despite having been gone from the industry for years now.
If we’re lucky, we’ll get to check in with her again in another few years. But to add to her complications, Mark Darcy reenters her life after he announces his marriage is over. Two exceptions are Bridget’s father, Colin-filled with a depth of emotion that far exceeds Jim Broadbent’s criminal lack of screen time-and Bridget’s physician, Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson).
Certainly, there’s nothing a politician wants to publicize during their campaign than an un-wed daughter’s surprise pregnancy that possibly resulted from a one-night stand, right? Oscar victor Emma Thompson is Dr. Rawlings.
It is reasonable to wonder if what the world needs now is another Bridget Jones movie. I loved those scenes.
Zellweger is skinnier than she ever has been to play Jones, after gaining weight to play her in the first two iterations.
Based on the reviews made by different sites, they were all praises towards the new movie to the Bridget Jones installment, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” with Renee Zellweger reprising her titular role. But, as if we needed another reminder, a sequel from one of the more beloved movies from those better days just showed up. She only occasionally sees her friends since they’re all parents now. If we’re meant to take this as a serious obstacle to the relationship, perhaps the writers could have given Bridget a career less demanding than TV news producer.
In the final scene of “Bridget Jones’ Baby”, Bridget is seen walking in the church with Mark Darcy, while Jack Qwant is holding the baby according to Inquistr. I could give you an itemized list of other fantastical and contrived situations in the film that ask the viewer to go way beyond simple suspension of disbelief. That’s saying a lot, since the first film (“Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2001) was hilarious.
What follows is a slightly overlong sitcom as Bridget tries to juggle two potential dads until a paternity test can decide, but the cast makes even the routine stuff sparkle.
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That line is uttered by Bridget Jones’s obstetrician, played by Emma Thompson, deep into the second half of “Bridget Jones’s Baby”. So I don’t feel like she’s running around chasing after a guy this time.
