Bridget Jones’s Baby Dvd

Bridget Jones’s Baby is a 2016 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson, based on the fictional columns by Fielding. It is the third film in the franchise and a sequel to 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The film stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, who after becoming pregnant is unsure if Mark Darcy (Colin Firth, also reprising his role) or Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey) is the father. The film marked Zellweger’s return to the screen after a six-year hiatus.

Filming began on 2 October 2015 in London. The film was released theatrically on 16 September 2016 in the United Kingdom and United States and on 5 October in France. A critical and commercial success, the film received generally positive reviews and grossed over $211 million worldwide on a budget of $35 million.

Plot

On her forty-third birthday, Bridget Jones attends the funeral of her ex, Daniel Cleaver, presumed dead after a plane crash. She sees her ex Mark Darcy with his new wife Camilla.

Bridget now works as a television producer and is close friends with young and wild coworker Miranda. After spending the night of her birthday alone, Bridget decides to embrace her single life, accepting Miranda’s offer to go to a music festival where she meets a handsome man called Jack after she fell embarrassingly into some mud. Later that evening a drunk Bridget crawls into a yurt she thinks belongs to her and Miranda, but actually belongs to Jack. Despite the surprise, Jack invites her to stay and the two have a one-night stand. In the morning, finding the bed empty, Bridget leaves, unaware Jack is out getting breakfast for both of them.

Returning home, Bridget goes to the christening of Jude’s youngest child, where she is the godmother and Mark has been asked to be the godfather at the last minute. Mark tells her that he and his wife are divorcing and Camilla was only at the funeral for moral support. Realising they are still in love, Bridget and Mark spend the night together. Mark says he is travelling for work early the next day, so Bridget exits before he wakes up, leaving behind a note telling him that reconnecting with him is too painful.

A few weeks later, Bridget realises she is pregnant. She decides that she wants to keep the baby despite being single, as it might be her last chance to have a child. After a visit to the clinic of Dr Rawlings, she realises that the father could be Mark or Jack. She is unable to contact Jack until Miranda spots him in a TV ad and they realise he is Jack Qwant, a billionaire inventor of a dating website.

Miranda conspires with Bridget to have Jack as a guest on their news show so that they can take DNA samples to work out if Jack is the father. Although Bridget tries to stay incognito, Jack recognises her and asks her why she left after their night together. She apologises and decides to tell him that she is pregnant and that he is the father, without mentioning Mark. Initially taken aback at the responsibility of having a child with a stranger, Jack throws himself into the role of being a father. Bridget also tells Mark the news who is so thrilled at the prospect that she cannot find the courage to tell him about Jack. Dr Rawlings tries to administer an amniocentesis DNA test, but Bridget decides not to go ahead with it while her child is still in the womb as she is terrified by the risk of miscarriage.

Bridget invites Jack to a work event, and is startled when Mark shows up as well. The two men meet, and the three go out to dinner, where Bridget finally admits that she is unsure who the father is. Although disappointed, Jack takes the news well, but Mark is upset and walks out though he eventually becomes supportive as well. Mark and Jack eventually become jealous of each other and try and outdo each other. Jack and Mark pretend to be in a gay relationship to avoid embarrassment when the trio attend prenatal classes, which irritates Mark. He becomes increasingly more envious of Bridget and Jack’s close relationship and is devastated when Jack lies and states he and Bridget had sex without condoms, making it more likely for Jack to be the father. Mark leaves and ignores Bridget’s calls. Jack asks her to move in with him, but he eventually confesses to Bridget what he told Mark. Upset, Bridget rushes to talk to Mark, but sees his wife arriving at his house, so she walks away.

Nine months into her pregnancy, Bridget finds herself locked out in the rain. Mark arrives and breaks into the flat for her. After Bridget asks him about his wife at his flat, he informs her that she was there to pick up the last of her things. Just as they are about to kiss, Bridget’s water breaks. When his phone rings for work, Mark throws it out the window, which, although romantic, leaves them without a means to call help. They eventually make it to the hospital with some help from Gianni and Jack. Later Jack apologises to Mark for his behaviour. Bridget gives birth to a healthy baby boy, and her friends and parents come to visit them. Dr Rawlings takes Mark and Jack away to perform the DNA test, and they genuinely wish each other luck.

A year later, Bridget is walking down the aisle at her wedding to Mark. It is revealed that the father of Bridget’s baby is Mark Darcy. Jack Qwant attends as a guest and shows no sign of resentment or jealously, happily playing with Bridget and Mark’s son William. Bridget expresses her peace and happiness that everything worked out alright. Later a newspaper lying on a bench reveals that Daniel Cleaver has been found alive.

Cast

Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones
Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, QC
Patrick Dempsey as Jack Qwant
Jim Broadbent as Colin Jones, Bridget’s father
Gemma Jones as Pamela Jones, Bridget’s mother
Sally Phillips as Sharon “Shazzer”
James Callis as Tom
Shirley Henderson as Jude
Julian Rhind-Tutt as Fergus, Shazzer’s husband
Ben Willbond as Giles, Jude’s husband
Sarah Solemani as Miranda, Bridget’s friend and Hard News’s anchorwoman
Neil Pearson as Richard Finch, Bridget’s colleague
Kate O’Flynn as Alice Peabody, Hard News’s manager
Joanna Scanlan as Cathy, Hard News’s make-up artist
Emma Thompson as Doctor Rawlings
Celia Imrie as Una Alconbury, Pamela’s friend
James Faulkner as Uncle Geoffrey, Una’s husband
Enzo Cilenti as Gianni, the owner of an Italian restaurant
Jessica Hynes as Magda, Bridget’s friend and a lawyer’s wife
Dolly Wells as Woney, Bridget’s old friend
Agni Scott as Camilla, Mark’s former wife
Shirley Dixon as Geraldine Darcy, Mark’s mother
Donald Douglas as Admiral Darcy, Mark’s father
Nick Mohammed as Ariyaratna, the Area manager for DTC technological solutions
Patrick Malahide as George Wilkins, foreign minister
Katia Elizarova as Glamorous Looking Woman, ex-girlfriend of Daniel Cleaver
Tom Rosenthal as Josh, a researcher of Hard News
Beattie Edmondson as Laura, young assistant of Bridget
Laura Checkley as Susan, floor manager of Hard News
Darren Boyd as Jeremy
Bruce Wang as General Lu Tong
Chooye Bay as General Lu Tong’s driver
Janet Henfrey as Mavis Enderbury
Rafferty Railton as Spike, Shazzer and Fergus’ son
Abigail Kimber as Ruby, Shazzer and Fergus’ daughter
Amy Jayne as Poppy, Jude and Giles’ daughter
Ed Sheeran as himself
Erron Gordon as Hard News director