Bridget Jones' Baby is more of the same in Bridget Jones' cinematic journey into her lovelife. A little better than Edge of Reason, but not much, Baby reunites most of the original cast expect for Hugh Grant who is sorely missed & given a possibility of return by film's end but at this point do we even care? Bridget Jones has gone from a character in control of her destiny to someone whose whims are determined by others as evidenced in the two follow-ups. A shame really...

No movie should get a rating higher than 1 star, that makes a joke about genocide. It's neither smart, neither funny, it's just completely tasteless and awkward. I for one certainly don't believe, that movies necessarily need to have a positive message, but laughing over genocide is just too awful to appreciate anything else that this movie might offers.

Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) comes to terms with her 43rd birthday and her permanent childless single status. Bridget attends Daniel Cleaver's funeral after his disappearance. Surprisingly, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) shows up with his wife. Everybody is married with children, even the gays. Bridget is dragged to a music festival by best friend Miranda (Sarah Solemani). She sleeps with Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey), the first guy she meets, who turns out to be an internet dating billionaire. Later at a christening, she hooks up with fellow godparent Mark Darcy who claims to be getting a divorce. She has a surprise pregnancy and the father could be either man.This has plenty of single Bridget Jones fun. I'm glad that Zellweger gave up getting bigger to do a bunch of fat jokes. It's not breaking any new grounds but it is fun for fans. Emma Thompson has fun being the doctor. It's a comedy and I laughed a couple of times.

I thought the first Bridget Jones movie was cute enough (barely) and expected pretty much this issue to be along the same lines but quickly found it to be unnecessarily vulgar and profane. I'm fine with the use of 4-letter words when they're motivated by the character and/or plot, however, the foul language in BJB is gratuitous, ridiculous, and distracting. And I haven't even gotten to the plot or acting yet! BJB is supposed to be a comedy but I didn't chuckle during the whole film. Renee Zellweger needs the right vehicle to display her talents and I don't think the BJ movies do her that service. Her co-stars are more than capable to carry the movie, assuming they are served with a reasonable story. Also, I think BJB story line misses Hugh Grant's character and the way the writers made his convenient death at the beginning of the movie is a little silly and contrived. All-in-all, BJB was a disappointment and it didn't need to be.