She decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new.
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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. Alone after losing Mark, she attends an outdoor music festival and stumbles into the yurt of Jack Qwant (Dempsey).
Their movie doesn’t pretend to be anything other than lighthearted, R-rated fun, and I mention the rating because the Brits love to swear and talk about sex, a lot.
Bridget Jones’s Baby hits theaters Friday.
Zellweger never gets enough credit for the strength of her physical comedy which ranks right up there with Kramer on the television series “Kramer”. Sequels can be tricky, but ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ is a real treat for Bridget fans and newcomers alike. The actress was back juggling her affections for snobbish barrister Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) and her caddish boss Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
Do you have a sense of what it is about this trio of films, this franchise, that makes it successful? But Bridget Jones has the same problem as Adam Sandler and the rest of those Apatow-ish man-boys.
This is a comfortably lived-in role for Zellweger, who gives us the likable, self-deprecating protagonist with one foot almost always planted in her mouth.
I appreciated Emma Thompson’s character pointing out that Bridget doesn’t necessarily need either of the two men in this. He’s a single, not sleazy relationship guru who is immediately smitten with Bridget. It certainly would have been in character for the uptight Mr. Darcy.
And the years go by, and your family and friends understand that you have responsibilities, but they’re going to have the barbecue anyway and the wedding anyway, and the baby’s having a birthday anyway.
There were interesting conversations with Sharon Maguire, the director, about how she (Bridget) might have gotten her life together: She’s a little bit more mature; she’s progressed professionally, moved into property ownership in London and has achieved her ideal weight. Yes, the plot of the movie required that Bridget get pregnant, yet she could have discussed or planned more responsible contraception than 10-year-old vegan condoms found in the bottom of her bag. Points, though, to Emma Thompson, who plays Bridget’s obstetrician with a ideal blend of biting wit and bitter sarcasm, and who co-wrote the screenplay with Fielding and Dan Mazer.
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Those strengths are an adult comic style, with embarrassing slapstick moments as well as single-girl pathos that make up her search for a connection, for physical attraction, and maybe even for lasting love.
