Right then, so Bridget Jones is back, eh? Fifty-two years old and still "mad about him". Who’s "him" this time? Well, apparently whoever swipes right on Tinder.
Honestly, I thought after Colin Firth kicked the bucket on that ‘humanitarian’ jaunt, she’d have learned a valuable lesson: avoid blokes who make a habit of going off to war-torn countries.
And let’s be honest, did anyone really buy the whole "tragic hero" thing? Firth was about as convincing as Rowan Atkinson playing Hamlet. Then again, maybe I just remember him as Mr. Bean, always ready to set his trousers on fire with a bit of misplaced dinner party charm.
Speaking of charm, they’ve roped in Chiwetel Ejiofor. Wonderful actor, a bit of gravitas, you know. But honestly, I can already picture him stuck in a rom-com playing the "responsible" love interest. Vanilla. Maybe he’s run out of interesting roles since "12 Years a Slave" and thought, "Right, I’ll play the sensitive teacher, bring a bit of (£3,000) tweed to the table. That’s what the world needs."
And of course, good ol’ Renée Zellweger. She’s back to squeezing herself into that infamous granny pants, which is
probably more elastic surgery than actual fabric at this point. Bless her heart, I suppose she needs the work. We all know Hollywood doesn’t cast women past forty unless they’ve got a distractingly large set of fangs.
I’m just not convinced. The whole pre-Valentine’s release feels a bit desperate, doesn’t it?
Is anyone actually clamouring for more Bridget Jones? Is there a huge surge of twenty-something women out there screaming, "I NEED to see a woman in her fifties navigating Tinder! That’s MY STORY!
Maybe they’ll learn a valuable lesson from this film: sometimes love really IS a battlefield. Especially when it’s littered with the discarded corpses of bad relationship choices and the ghosts of Hugh Grant characters from films past.
Anyway, I’m off to join Leo Woodall on Tinder. I hear he likes older women.
And just remember folks, watching a film about someone else’s romantic tragedies? That’s probably more Jacobi-level sad than actually experiencing them yourself.
Right, off you go.
(waving dismissively)
Good luck finding love, you lot. You’re gonna need it.
Solène Delinger 5:47 p.m., November 13, 2024
Renée Zellweger is back in the shoes of the endearing Bridget Jones for the fourth and very final part of the saga entitled “Mad about him”. The trailer for the film shows us Bridget, now 52 years old and mother of two children, but still looking for true love.
Bridget Jones is still looking for true love! According to the very first images from the fourth film in the saga revealed this Tuesday, November 12, our favorite heroine is once again single after the death of her husband Mark (Colin Firth), who died four years ago during a humanitarian mission in Sudan .
Bridget Jones discovers dating apps
The Londoner, now 52, is raising her two children alone. Overwhelmed by events, she finds comfort in her lifelong friends who push her to find love again. The quinqua, still wonderfully interpreted by Renée Zellweger, then discovers a universe in its own right: that of dating applications.
Several men catch his eye: the young Oxster, 29 years old, played by Leo Woodall (seen White Lotus) and his children’s teacher Mr. Wallaker, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor (seen in 12 Years a Slave).
On the casting side, Emma Thompson makes her comeback in the role of the gynecologist and Hugh Grant dons the costume of Daniel Cleaver, Bridget’s former lover. The production was entrusted to Michael Morri. Bridget Jones: Full of Laziness will be released on February 12 in France, just before Valentine’s Day.