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• Arts and culture
• Comedy

• 2016
• Sharon Maguire
• 117 mins
• 15

Summary

Romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey. Forty-something Bridget is still viewing life through a glass of Chardonnay and getting on with being single until life takes a twist when she discovers she's pregnant. All she has to do now is find out who the father is.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

Over a decade after Miss Jones said "yes" to her Mr Darcy, she is alone, again, in a total hoot of a threequel. Renée Zellweger reprises her Oscar-nominated role with gusto, as Bridget celebrates her 43rd birthday with a cupcake and plenty of wine, older but no wiser despite putting her newsroom career first for a change. Anchorwoman gal pal (Sarah Solemani, doing an outrageously saucy take on Fiona Bruce) urges her to get "dirty" at a music festival and, after bunking up with Patrick Dempsey's suave American, Bridget is reordering priorities again. But, whoops, unresolved issues with Darcy (Colin Firth, stoic as ever) means she doesn't know who the daddy is when she gets pregnant. Helen Fielding's third Bridget Jones novel had fans up in arms, so director Sharon Maguire (who made her big-screen debut with Bridget Jones's Diary in 2001) works instead from a script based on Fielding's 2005 columns for The Independent. Fielding also shares screenwriting credit with Emma Thompson (rib-tickling as Bridget's doctor) and Dan Mazer (Borat), who bring a more satisfying mix of dry wit and slapstick than 2004's The Edge of Reason. Even if the machinations of the plot are unlikely, Bridget's insecurities about impending motherhood and her career are relatable, and the film itself is a bundle of joy.

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6.4/10

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Cast

rolenameBridget JonesRenée ZellwegerMark DarcyColin FirthJack QwantPatrick DempseyBridget's dadJim BroadbentBridget's mumGemma JonesDr RawlingEmma ThompsonMirandaSarah SolemaniShazzerSally PhillipsJudeShirley HendersonTomJames CallisUna AlconburyCelia ImrieEd Sheeranc FergusJulian Rhind-TuttCathy, makeup ladyJoanna ScanlanRichard FinchNeil PearsonGeorge WilkinsPatrick MalahideJeremyDarren BoydMagdaJessica StevensonWoneyDolly Wells

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rolenameDirectorSharon Maguire

Details

Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2016-09-16

Languages

English | Italian

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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