Bridget Jones’s Baby
“Great end of a great trilogy”
Bridget Jones is every woman’s spirit animal. She is imperfect, terrible at dating and just a mess, but she is perfect just the way she is. Every woman wants to find their Mr Darcy so we are so excited to see the end of the trilogy.
Although I must admit I was nervous about having the new film as it has been 12 years since the Edge of Reason and 15 since the original Bridget Jones’s Diary! I can’t believe it had been that long and leaving that amount of time is a risky strategy but they managed it in a great way.
From the beginning of the film I loved the throwbacks to the previous films, especially with the use of the song “All by myself” (Carmen, 1975).
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(Maquire, Bridget Jones’s Baby, 2016)
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(Maquire, 2001)
Another lovely touch was with the infamous Christmas Jumpers. As well as having all these little throwback they have also brought Bridget into the 21st century. Her hand written diary is now digitalised in an IPad and she uses FaceTime instead of talking on the phone to her mother.
Unfortunately there were some issues that I cannot forgive. The first being Bridget’s birthday. In the first film Bridget’s birthday is the 9th May and magically in this film her birthday is the 9th November. This is something so simple why the screw up? Another issue I found was Americanisms. At one point in the film they mention Jerry Springer, but in England we would not use Jerry Springer we would use Jeremy Kyle (The English Jerry Springer), maybe I am just being picky but this is something that stuck in my mind ages after the film ended.
Overall there is great chemistry between the three main characters which the audience seemed to love from the laughing out loud. Don’t change for anyone Bridget, we love you “Just the way you are”.
4/5
Works Cited
Carmen, E. (1975). All By Myself [Recorded by E. Carmen].
Kidron, B. (Director). (2004). Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [Motion Picture].
Maquire, S. (Director). (2001). Bridget Jones’s Diary [Motion Picture].
Maquire, S. (Director). (2016). Bridget Jones’s Baby [Motion Picture].
Director: Sharon Maquire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey
Crew: Emma Thompson (writer), Helen Fielding (Writer)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Rating: 15