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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

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6.7/10 • 269

2025-02-122h 4m

RomanceComedyDrama

She's starting a new chapter. Just as she is.

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.

Directors
Michael Morris
Writters
Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan
Editors
Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Abi Morgan, Mark Day

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Renée Zellweger

    Renée Zellweger

    Bridget Jones

  2. Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Chiwetel Ejiofor

    Scott Walliker

  3. Leo Woodall

    Leo Woodall

    Roxby 'Roxster' McDuff

  4. Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant

    Daniel Cleaver

  5. Jim Broadbent

    Jim Broadbent

    Colin Jones

  6. Gemma Jones

    Gemma Jones

    Pamela Jones

  7. Colin Firth

    Colin Firth

    Mark Darcy

  8. Sarah Solemani

    Sarah Solemani

    Miranda

  9. Josette Simon

    Josette Simon

    Talitha

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Feb 19, 2025

7/10

If only this had just had the courage of it’s convictions! It’s four years now since a land mine rendered “Bridget” (Renée Zellweger) a single mum with the lively “Billy” (Casper Knopf) and “Mabel” (Mila Jankovic) keeping her on her toes and giving her an excuse not to meet new people. It’s when she uses some chocolate buttons to lure her kids to the heath that she quickly finds herself stuck in a tree trying to rescue her children and in turn attracting the attention of their teacher “Wallaker” (Chiwitel Ejiofor) and the hunky ranger “Roxster” (Leo Woodall). Now she’d already met the whistle-obsessed tutor but the younger man, well he just sent her heart a flutter! A bit of internet flirting later and she’s “Bridget” reborn, reanimated and refocussed. Her friends are delighted, especially at his dog-rescuing skills. Thing is, though, there’s the age gap. There’s the children who miss their dad. There’s nerves and the ghastly millennial trait of “ghosting”. Meantime, “Billy” isn’t doing so well emotionally at school. This means that she must deal more with his teacher, and with the school in general - which leads to a revelatory school trip where it’s not just the marshmallows that get toasted. With choices galore, will anyone end up happy? Zellweger is in her element here and just exudes an enthusiasm for the part, and the kids also deliver quite naturally as they contribute to her daily maelstrom, but the whole selling point of this film just peters out and I found myself thinking her a rather cruel and selfish individual as a degree of more pedestrian predictability took over. Hugh Grant earthily livens up a few scenes but the old guard of Jones/Broadbent/Imrie don’t really feature enough to remind us of just why we ever really cared about “Bridget” in the first place. The television aspects with Neil Pearson are almost entirely devoid of humour and though Helen Fielding still has an entertaining grasp of what makes people tick and giggle, the spark has largely gone from the mix. Woodall is perfect eye candy and brings an engaging normalcy to his role but that rather sums this up - light and fluffy, worth a watch, but just a bit too cowardly for my liking.

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  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy poster
  • Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy poster
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50,000,000.00
Revenue
$129,727,367.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookfemale friendshipromcomsequel