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Zellweger has zip and she wears her character well, and there’s still gas left in the tank, which is rare for a three-quel.This follow-up to the enormously successful “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” which was smarter and funnier that its innate chick-flick tendencies would suggest, is more of a remake than a sequel.Ĭertain scenes, images and pieces of dialogue are nearly identical to the 2001 original - including Bridget’s mum’s Christmas turkey-curry buffet at the film’s start - which perhaps is intended to provide the audience with a sense of familiarity and comfort, but instead smacks of laziness. Yet it works because Zellweger makes it work, and director Sharon Maguire, who directed the first “Bridget Jones’s Diary” in 2001, provides a warmth and comfort that elevates it beyond its sitcom scenarios. (He’s believable as a millionaire, but not a billionaire.) And Qwant, the billionaire inventor of a dating app that looks like it uses 1998’s best technology, seems a bit too earthbound given his station in life. (Thompson also wrote the screenplay, along with Dan Mazer and Helen Fielding.)Īt times the script strains to keep Darcy interested in the process you’d think he wouldn’t put himself through all the hoops with Qwant hanging around. Emma Thompson adds some pizzazz as Jones’ obstetrician, who lightly scolds Jones for the absurdity of her situation but helps her keep up the ruse that either man could be the father. Sure, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” hits on familiar beats, but it has enough wit and laughs to help overcome the familiarity. Jones isn’t sure who the father is, a classic rom-com pickle that won’t win any originality points but is just fine for the purposes here. Flash forward a couple of weeks and, well, the movie’s title sort of gives away where this is all headed. Later, sparks fly when she runs into Darcy, and, they too, end up in bed together. Jones soon finds herself at a music festival - Ed Sheeran earns an extended cameo - where she meets Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) and winds up sleeping with him in his glam camping set-up.
She runs into him at the funeral of her playboy ex-boyfriend, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), and though she still has feelings for Darcy, she decides to move forward. Now 43, Jones is still single, and is stinging from her split with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). But the scene is a delight, dorky and adorable, which is a testament to how much we’ve missed Zellweger and Jones. To be sure, no one needs to hear “Jump Around” again, and if the song were to go into semi-retirement the way Zellweger did, no one would complain. It’s a perfect Bridget Jones moment, wallowing in her own self-pity, and she immediately snaps out of it by switching the stereo to House of Pain’s “Jump Around” and bopping around her apartment. “How in the hell did I end up here again?” she asks.
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It’s almost as if Zellweger went full method and locked herself away for the sake of the new movie’s opening scene, where Jones is sitting alone in her flat, a birthday cupcake in front of her, while Eric Carmen’s “All By Myself” blares on her stereo. She looks revitalized and real and ready to be back. It also marks the big screen comeback of star Renee Zellweger, who took six years off from the movies to focus on life outside of Hollywood.įew stars make the decision to walk away the way Zellweger did, and the time away works to the benefit of Zellweger and her character. “Bridget Jones’s Baby” marks the refreshing return of the lovably fumbling Brit, last seen on screen a dozen years ago in 2004’s “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.”