‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ Review: Renee Zellweger Back For Round 4 In A Romcom True To Itself And Its Irresistible Star

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Just in time for Valentines Day, Bridget Jones comes to the rescue in a season where the holiday of love has so far been dedicated to horror (Heart Eyes) and action (Love Hurts), the latter a violent Jackie Chan ripoff is the one Universal chose to release in theatres in the U.S., but the fourth go round with the delightful romantic comedy, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy is the one that Universal should have given the valentine to U.S.

exhibition. Instead is only being released in theatres internationally, and of course the U.K. for this very British movie. As for America?

Well, you better subscribe to Peacock because inexplicably it is going day and date straight to streaming. Studios still aren’t learning the lessons of last year’s surprise holiday season theatrical hit, Anyone But You, or for that matter the Bridget Jones franchise itself which has delivered over $800 million worldwide from three films beginning with 2001’s Bridget Jones Diary, 2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason, and 2016’s Bridget Jones Baby.

Along with its producer Working Title’s other movies like Love Actually, Notting Hill, About A Boy, and Four Weddings And A Funeral, Bridget Jones singlehandedly reinvented the romcom genre for a new generation thanks to Helen Fielding’s enormously popular books, and especially its star, Renee Zellweger whose spirit and zest for life and love fits seamlessly into a role that won her a first Oscar nomination and remains the character you can’t imagine anyone else doing.