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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025 124 min United States of America, United Kingdom, France R 18+
★7.1
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Michael Morris
🎭 Based on
«Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy»
byHelen Fielding
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Description
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.
Budget:
$50M
Worldwide:
$140.43M
Starring
Renée Zellweger
Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Actor
Leo Woodall
Actor
Awards
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 7 wins & 28 nominations total
Key opinion
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is a polarizing departure from the series' roots, trading classic rom-com whimsy for a somber, melancholic exploration of grief and aging. While some viewers appreciate the emotional depth and Renée Zellweger’s mature performance, others find the tonal shift jarring, the comedy forced, and the narrative direction disrespectfully stagnant.
| Acting | Renée Zellweger delivers a deeply resonant and melancholy performance that successfully evolves Bridget into a complex, aging heroine. | |
| Emotion | The film’s focus on the heavy, existential reality of loss and middle-aged grief provides a sincere emotional core that moves many long-time fans. | |
| Theme | The departure from lighthearted rom-com tropes into a somber, drama-heavy narrative creates a divide: some find it therapeutic and mature, while others find the experience tedious and tonally inconsistent. | |
| Humor | Opinions on the comedy are split; while some welcome the familiar awkwardness, many critics find the humor forced, juvenile, and a pale imitation of the original films' charm. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative choice to kill off Mark Darcy off-screen is seen by some as a lazy, disrespectful shortcut to manufacture drama rather than a meaningful character arc. |