Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy film review — merry widow charms the pants off young hunk

Financial Times

Financial Times

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Theirs was a (pre-Challengers) three-way chemistry so intoxicating that filmmakers gave it another go with 2004's Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, trying desperately to recreate the crowd-pleasing moments from the first film, from daffy duels to winsome confessions of love.
Mashable
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The actors are mostly going through the motions, there is so little chemistry between each of the two lead pairings they resemble a panda being forced to mate with a flamingo, and Renée Zellweger’s performance is starting to look eccentric.
Guardian
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However, tragedy has struck as Bridget has been widowed for a couple of years and is now a menopausal single mother with two kids.
Daily Express
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The fourth Bridget Jones film is the best since the 2001 original, and aptly enough is the most grown-up of the quartet, exploring bereavement and grief but never at the expense of wit and charm.
Daily Mail

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