Movie · 2025 · Romance, Comedy, Drama · 2h 4m · R · English
Curator score: 4.2/10 (260.2K ratings)
She's starting a new chapter. Just as she is.
Overview
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son's science teacher.
Ratings
Curator score: 4.2/10
IMDb: 6.5/10
Letterboxd: 3.29/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
Metacritic: 72
TMDB: 6.4/10
Director
Michael Morris
Production
StudioCanal, Miramax, Working Title Films
Cast
Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth, Sarah Solemani, Josette Simon, Nico Parker, Mila Jankovic, Casper Knopf, Leila Farzad, Shirley Henderson, James Callis, Sally Phillips, Celia Imrie, Neil Pearson, Dolly Wells, Claire Skinner
Where to watch
Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Curator Review
Verdict
A warm, funny, and unexpectedly moving continuation of Bridget’s story, balancing widowhood, dating-app chaos, and familiar rom-com embarrassment with real grief. It works best if you want a grown-up comfort movie that still has emotional weight.
Best for
fans of the Bridget Jones films
viewers who like romantic comedies with grief and healing
audiences looking for middle-aged dating humor
people who enjoy British ensemble comedy-drama
Skip if
you want a light, consequence-free rom-com
you dislike franchise sequels centered on loss
you prefer sleek, modern romance over messy, self-deprecating humor
Overview
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy treats its heroine’s life stage with more tenderness than most studio rom-coms bother to offer. The film leans into widowhood, parenting, and the awkward absurdities of re-entering the dating world, but it never loses the franchise’s essential appeal: Bridget’s humiliations are funny because they are human, and the movie understands that embarrassment and resilience often arrive together.
Worth noting
What makes it work is the tonal balance. It has the expected flirtation, comic misfires, and broad supporting-character energy, but it also makes room for genuine grief and the strange, uneven process of starting over. The result is less frothy than the earlier films, but more emotionally mature, with enough wit and romantic charge to keep it buoyant.
Bottom line
It’s not a reinvention, and some of the plot mechanics are pure comfort-food rom-com. Still, the film earns its sentiment, and the lead performance keeps it grounded in charm rather than nostalgia alone. If you’ve ever wanted a sequel that lets a beloved rom-com heroine age, mourn, and still be ridiculous, this is an easy yes.
Top Letterboxd reviews
Levi Fifita-Lamb (3★) · 15668 likes
Glad to see Hugh Grant still being an absolute slut 24 years later.
Jordana (4★) · 8152 likes
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astupidfraser (3.5★) · 6408 likes
Watched this in a cinema packed full of horny 50 year old women the way the filmmakers intended
laura ☽ (3.5★) · 6133 likes
bro jumped in the pool to save the dog that was SWIMMING 💀🙏
Stella Cheersmith (4.5★) · 5661 likes
DAMN YOU BRIDGET JONES FRANCHISE for killing off Mark Darcy and then making a film that is actually a really poignant and genuine exploration of grief and yet somehow still full of the classic, laugh-out-loud BJ humour as well as quiet, prosaic moments and snippets of joy and wonderment at the world and also one of the Top Ten Most Romantic Speeches of All Time...
DAMN YOU 😭
2001 · Comedy, Romance, Drama · 1h 37m · R · Curator 4.8/10 (1M ratings) · Where to watch: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
The essential starting point: same self-mocking voice, romantic chaos, and British workplace-comedy energy, but with the original spark of the character’s rise.
1994 · Comedy, Drama, Romance · 1h 57m · R · Curator 4.9/10 (488.6K ratings) · Where to watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
For viewers who like romance mixed with grief, ensemble wit, and the bittersweet feeling of adulthood catching up.