I don't really go to the world of Bridget Jones to feel sad. I am a fan of the original Pride and Prejud- ish novel and of the first movie, Bridget Jones's Diary, which is now years-old. That film was both a big step in the dreaminess journey of Colin Firth, who played Mark Darcy, and a massive change of direction for Hugh Grant, who played cad Daniel Cleaver and proved that he's at his best when he's playing at least a little bit of a jerk.
Unfortunately, that kind of life doesn't make for a lot of wacky single-person adventures, and that's what Bridget is for. And so — and if you are someone who has loved these characters for a long time, this is quite a blow — Mark Darcy has been dead for four years as this movie begins. Bridget is now a single mom raising her school-aged son and daughter, though she's got the help of a longtime friend: Daniel Cleaver played again by Grant , who has become her kids' beloved "uncle" and favorite babysitter.
He still calls her "Jones," he still teases her about her clothes, but they are friends now. They are people who have lived through each other's absurdities his especially , and they've earned an easy closeness. But Bridget's faithful friends are beginning to think she really needs to get out there and date. And the first man she meets on this journey is a sweet, lovely and much younger guy named Roxster Leo Woodall. And honestly, while I don't mean to spoil where this is all going, if this were the guy Bridget will spend the rest of her life with, I think they would have named him something else.
At any rate, Bridget begins an invigorating fling with Roxster, but while taking her kids to school, she also befriends one of their teachers, Mr. Wallaker Chiwetel Ejiofor , who is less flashy and exciting and a little more starched.
He is a man known as a "Mr. There is a lot of grief here. Bridget's grief, the grief of her children, the hole Mark has left for all three of them — loss and pain are not just the premise; they are much of what the movie is about.
