By Travis Johnson
Britain – and by extension, the world’s – favourite every-woman is back for a third round of problems and experiences that all female kind can relate to. Like having to choose between McDreamy and Mr Darcy – who hasn’t wrestled with that old chestnut?
Bridget Jones’s Baby sees the titular heroine over 40 and pregnant, but who’s the father – old flame Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) or new fling and doubtless object of British ridicule, Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey)? Luckily Emma Thompson’s snarky obgyn is on hand to dispense dry wisdom.
Helen Fielding’s embattled London singleton struck a resonant chord with an entire generation of women, who will surely turn out in droves when the third Bridget Jones movie hits Australian cinemas on September 15, 2016.
