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Strangely moving: Bridget Jones – Mad About the Boy reviewed

It may not have the sardonic bite of the first film, and it sometimes slips into sentimentality, but Zellweger is terrific

Deborah Ross
Renée Zellweger, terrific as squinty-faced Bridget with her cowboy walk and her way of smiling bravely while her eyes fill with tears © 2025 Universal Studios
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 15 February 2025
issue 15 February 2025

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the fourth outing for our heroine as played by Renée Zellweger and I was not especially hopeful. Who can still be bothered? Particularly after that silly Thai jail business (second film) and then all that flailing about in the mud at a music festival (third).

But this takes you right back...

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