The wittiness and snarkness of Bridget are back and stronger than ever, and her plight continues to make you root for her. (As for 50, that might be time to face facts.) And so, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” seems fairly plausible. Zellweger deservedly nabbed an Oscar nomination as Best Actress; award talk evaporated, however, for the 2004 sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
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The “Bridget Jones’s Baby” star has revealed she took some college classes during her four-year break from acting in 2010.
She has a good time with Jack and goes on her way.
This leads to chance steamy encounters with a handsome stranger named Jack (Patrick Dempsey) and her ex Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).
The complication in “Bridget Jones’ Baby” started when, during one outing with her friend, she met Jack Qwant, portrayed by Patrick Dempsey, an American tech magnate whom she quickly became intimate with.
You’ve seen this plot done before, but you’ve never seen it in such a genuine, charming way. This dilemma gets tedious as the movie drags on over two full hours, and while Zellweger is still immensely likable as Bridget, her antics are not as endearing as they were 15 years ago.
“I was just so happy to be back in her world”. But there’s something lost in what Bridget Jones meant to a lot of women.
Let’s not kid ourselves, though; as amusing as this movie is, it’s equally as predictable.
This relatable (if somewhat aspirational) character comes not just from Zellweger’s performance, but also from the assured direction of Sharon Maguire, who helmed “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2001, as well as the fast, fresh, and very amusing screenplay.
“Bridget Jones’ Baby” will hit the big screen on Sept 16.
Still, Bridget Jones’s Baby is a fun distraction.
Speaking of cute and hilarious, Bridget herself is still a breath of fresh air as a character.
‘The guys just changed places so we got both things done.
“It was great, I got to know my classmates really well”.
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Frankly, the most interesting aspect of this recent trend toward long-delayed sequels (think “Finding Dory” and “Independence Day: Resurgence”) is what it says about the perceived appetite for nostalgia, as well as films whose theatrical afterlife is robust enough to make studios eager to cash in on known commodities think it’s time for a return engagement. The jokes reference beloved scenes from the first film, but it never feels like a re-hash of old material (they even manage to draw laughs from a dated reference to “Gangnam Style”). Well, he or she is sort of the McGuffin of this movie, because the real issue is who the father is, since Bridget proves to be a bit careless in the birth-control department.
