As an English single career woman, Bridget Jones not only introduced the world to her romantic adventures, but added “Singletons”, “Smug-Marrieds” and “f***wittage” into the British lexicon. Bridget’s ability to triumph despite adversity led her to finally marry top lawyer Mark Darcy and to become the mother of their baby boy. Happiness at last.
But in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan. She’s now a single mother to 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel, and is stuck in a state of emotional limbo, raising her children with the help of her loyal friends and even her former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant).
Pressured by her Urban Family – Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynaecologist Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) – to forge a new path toward life and love, Bridget goes back to work and even tries out the dating apps, where she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man.
Now juggling work, home, and romance, Bridget grapples with judgement from the perfect mums at school, worries about Billy as he struggles with the absence of his father, and engages in a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher.
Nearly 25 years on from the original Bridget Jones film, join us in welcoming back this imperfect modern heroine to the big screen with a cast to die for: including (of course!) Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Jim Broadbent & Celia Imrie. We can supply the wine, but you’d best bring your own hankies. Just remember, when the going gets tough, Bridget always steps up!
