Synopsis
After breaking up with Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones's 'happily ever after' hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong? Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack, the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.
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Cast
- Renée ZellwegerBridget Jones
- Colin FirthMark Darcy
- Patrick DempseyJack Quant
- Jim BroadbentMr. Colin Jones
- Gemma JonesMrs. Pamela Jones
- Emma ThompsonDr. Rawlings
- Sally PhillipsSharon "Shazza"
- James CallisTom
- Shirley HendersonJude
- Sarah SolemaniMiranda
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The script contains some genuinely uproarious laughs and is sharper than it needs to be, even if some of the jokes feel as old as Bridget’s condoms. - 80
Empire
Though the story occasionally stretches credibility, the warmth and wit so reminiscent of the original Bridget Jones's Diary propels you along, being due in large part to the return of one woman: director Sharon Maguire. You feel her filthy, funny thumbprints pressed on almost every scene. - 80
Total Film
A warm, witty and welcome return – intelligently evolved and an absolute hoot. As Bridget would say: ‘v.good’. - 75
TheWrap
She’s a woman gamely surviving the pitfalls and pratfalls of her own desperation and insecurities, and Zellweger creates a hugely sympathetic character. - 60
Variety
Despite Zellweger’s appealingly warm, vulnerable performance, the film itself is a mixed bag. - 60
Screen Daily
In its own deja vu way, Bridget Jones Baby is intermittently entertaining, mainly thanks to Zellweger’s performance. - 60
The Telegraph
It's a comeback you root for, then, even while it’s wobbling and occasionally falling in the mud. But goodwill gets it home. - 60
The Guardian
What sealed the deal for me – by a whisker – was the gigantic physical comedy that Dempsey, Zellweger and Firth uncorked as they try to get through the hospital revolving door as Bridget is about to give birth, the traditional romcom rush to the airport having been re-invented for this maternal drama.
