By Emilio Frenk
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Emma Thompson.
Rating: Good.
Renée Zellweger portrays Bridget Jones for the third time, the character that catapulted her career and this indeed was an unexpected and great returnin “Bridget Jone’s Baby”.
The movie takes place 12 years after the events of“Bridge Jones: The Edge of Reason” and tells the story of the now Producer of the main news show in London Bridget Jones who is now single again after her breakup with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).
One dayBridget goes to an english rock festival and has an encounter with Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) an american mogul and has a one night stand with him.
The following day after a baptism she encounters with Darcy and has another nightstand as well.
After both nightstands, Bridget ends up pregnant without knowing who the father is of her future child. Now Bridget will have to tell both men who will try to win her heart at any costs.
Once she has the baby, Bridget will have to decide if she wants to spend her life with Mark or Jack.
Honestly I didn´t had any high hopes for this third installment after the failure of Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason and I was wrong. This movie not only is funny but has a lot of heart in it and the reason why this third movie of the series works is because the original director of “Bridget Jone´s Diary” Sharon Maguire directs this movie and the script written by Helen Fielding also plays a huge role in this movie.
The premise of this third movie works and it´s not a carbon copy of the second film which was a disaster.
Renée Zellweger not only is a fantastic actress but also can perform really good comedic roles and her portrayal of Bridget Jones is again played with a lot of heart and her performance has many similarities to the first film.
The character of Patrick Dempsey as the love mogul works as well and it´s the opposite of Hugh Grant´s character, which was annoying and was not enjoyable. Dempsey´s character even though is a rival to Colin Firth´s character he is not as mean as Grant´s from the first two films but also is a very human and deep character.
Even though the movie is two hours long it never bores and it brings smiles to our faces.
“Bridget Jone’s Baby” is one of the biggest surprises of this year. I mention this because if the second part of a movie didn´t work the chances of a third are going to be even worse but here was not the case and it works at all levels.
I consider “Bridget Jone´s Baby” a feel good movie since I guarantee that once you leave the theater you are goint to leave with a huge smile on your face and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.