Mad About The Boy: Bridget Jones is back - but is she still relevant?

Mad About The Boy: Bridget Jones is back - but is she still relevant?

Bridget Jones's Diary saw Renee Zellweger nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of a single, female 30-something looking for love. Now, three decades and multiple films later, she's back. Will Bridget have the same appeal in 2025 as she did in 2001?

Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy: Swipe Right For Nostalgia, Left for Your Dignity

Two rom-com lovers—one a millennial beauty editor with an encyclopedic knowledge of Y2K lip gloss trends, the other a Gen Z word wizard who can craft the perfect thirst tweet in under 280 characters—step into a dimly lit theatre, popcorn in one hand and sheer excitement in the other. The screen flickers to life, and suddenly, it’s like 2001 all over again. Bridget Jones is back, bumbling through love, life, and awkward social encounters with the…

Behind the scenes of filming Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy movie in Herts

Bridget Jones is back in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, with the movie filmed on location in London, the Lake District and at Sky Studios Elstree.

Mad About The Boy: Bridget Jones returns with more of the same

While she may be heralded as an icon of the late 90s, it appears every decade has needed Bridget Jones. The success of Helen Fielding’s novels led to a big screen adaptation and sequel in the 2000s, before 2016 saw star Renee Zellweger return in Bridget Jones’ Baby. Now, nearly 25 years on from the first film, this unlikely franchise returns in an adaptation of Fielding’s third book, Mad About The Boy. The film finds Bridget (Zellweger) in her f…