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BIZARRE: 5 - What They Never Told You

What are the critics saying about Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy?

Renée Zellweger is back but Hugh Grant takes the plaudits for reprising his role

Evening Standard

A Cinematic Icon Gives One Last Bow In The Most Delightful Fantasy Epic Of The Year

If you are kind and polite, you’ll find joy in even the weakest Paddington movie. 'Paddington in Peru' goes to great heights, even if it relies a bit much on physical comedy.

Inverse

‘Comedy and art should push up against a line’: Rich Peppiatt on class, controversy and Kneecap

Ex-tabloid reporter shares how an encounter with Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan led to his acclaimed film about an Irish-language rap trio

The Guardian - UK

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Renée Zellweger blasts backlash to 'toxic' Bridget Jones from critics

The film character has come under scrutiny for being obsessed with her weight and wanting to find a man

Evening Standard

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – giant laughs for Hugh Grant but weepie sequel is strangely dazed

Renée Zellweger looks as if she’s thinking of something else in weird fourquel that sees our heroine choosing between new suitors Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor

The Guardian - UK

Mad About the Boy is the best Bridget Jones sequel yet – and Renée Zellweger remains sensational

4/5 Zellweger’s Bridget is now a widow – and romanced by both Leo Woodall’s younger man and Chiwetel Ejiofor’s kindly teacher – and this sequel, adapted from Helen Fielding’s third book in her series of novels, is vulnerable, honest and very funny

The Independent UK

‘Pre-sales are bigger than Barbie’: Bridget Jones 4 set to break box office records – despite no US cinema release

The fourth instalment, Mad About the Boy, on course to become biggest homegrown hit of the year in the UK, but will only be available on streamers stateside

The Guardian - UK

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Bridget Jones is back – here’s where to watch all the films so far

The fourth and final film in the much-loved rom-com series is hitting cinemas this Valentine's Day

The Independent UK

Producers scrapped Scottish Bridget Jones love interest character

Leo Woodall has revealed that he prepared to play Bridget Jones’ young love interest as a Scot before the producers “changed their minds”.

The National (Scotland)

Where is ‘Mad About The Boy’ set? All the Bridget Jones filming locations you can visit in London

Here are the settings behind Bridget’s single (and sometimes not-so-single) life in the UK capital

The Independent UK

5 great free movies to stream on Tubi, Pluto TV, Plex and more this week (February 3)

From dystopian sci-fi thrillers to beloved indie dramas, there’s plenty to watch on the best free streaming services this week.

TechRadar

Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall recalls embarrassing Hugh Grant moment

Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall has opened up about an embarrassing Hugh Grant moment at the film’s premiere in Paris.

The Independent UK

Is it time to stop bashing Bridget Jones? Hapless everywoman has evolved – and so have we

A fourth film about Helen Fielding’s creation will be released on Valentines’s day, and this time it’s gen Z that has fallen in love with her

The Guardian - UK

Leo Woodall: Bridget Jones’ love interest character was meant to be Scottish

The actor prepared to play the role as a Scot until the producers changed their minds.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Big knickers, bad decisions and old bats: Renée Zellweger on the return of Bridget Jones

Nearly 25 years after the first film, the actor, her co-stars and the writer Helen Fielding discuss the ultimate singleton, love and loss – and the final resting place for Bridget’s massive knickers

Evening Standard

Renée Zellweger shines at otherwise car-crash Bridget Jones premiere

The star of Bridget Jones looked tremendous — but last night’s violently pink carpet marked the continuing decline of premiere style

The Independent UK

Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunite and share joke at Bridget Jones UK premiere

Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunited and shared a joke on the red carpet at the Bridget Jones UK premiere.

Evening Standard

Jim Broadbent knew Renee Zellweger was ‘special’ from first Bridget Jones film

Broadbent was speaking at the world premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy in London.

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Evening Standard

Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant hit the pink carpet at London premiere of Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

The cold and drizzle could not deter the stars from turning out to celebrate the return of everyone’s favourite fictional singleton

The Guardian - UK

‘Denzel was scheming, powerful and sexy!’: readers’ worst Oscar snubs

Hugh Grant’s horror creep, a real prisoner playing himself and a conflicted Daniel Craig missed out in a contentious year of Academy Awards nominations

International Business Times

Film's Hapless '90s Singleton Bridget Jones Returns

Hollywood star Renee Zellweger on Wednesday will mark the return of Bridget Jones -- the Chardonnay-swigging, calorie-counting hapless 1990s singleton -- at the world premiere of the franchise's upcoming film "Mad About the Boy".

The Independent UK

Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant reunite for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy premiere

Film releases in cinemas internationally on 12 February 2025

TechRadar

How to watch 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards online — live stream the film and TV awards ceremony tonight from anywhere

Prepare for a star-studded evening as the CCAs honor the best in film and TV from last year. Read on for how to watch 2025 Critics’ Choice Awards online anywhere.

The Independent UK

John Cleese calls Piers Morgan ‘lazy’ and ‘sloppy’ as he weighs in on Hugh Grant row

Morgan and Grant have been engaged in a war of words over Rupert Murdoch

The National (Scotland)

Hugh Grant calls for criminal investigation into owners of The Sun

HUGH Grant has called for police to open a new criminal investigation into the owners of The Sun after Prince Harry settled a legal case this week.

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