Bridget Jones's Baby
Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 16, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 42 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
14
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottSep 15, 2016
Delivers a rare perfect ending to a perfectly likeable trilogy. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 5, 2016
What sealed the deal for me – by a whisker – was the gigantic physical comedy that Dempsey, Zellweger and Firth uncorked as they try to get through the hospital revolving door as Bridget is about to give birth, the traditional romcom rush to the airport having been re-invented for this maternal drama. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 5, 2016
It's a comeback you root for, then, even while it’s wobbling and occasionally falling in the mud. But goodwill gets it home. Read full review
60
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganSep 5, 2016
In its own deja vu way, Bridget Jones Baby is intermittently entertaining, mainly thanks to Zellweger’s performance. Read full review
60
VarietyCatherine BraySep 5, 2016
Despite Zellweger’s appealingly warm, vulnerable performance, the film itself is a mixed bag. Read full review
58
The Film StageConor O'DonnellSep 16, 2016
In spite of its slightly excessive runtime and a handful of millennial-pandering beats, Bridget Jones’s Baby is brought to term by the buckets of undeniable charm and charisma present in its performances. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerSep 14, 2016
In other words, 12 years have elapsed since the last Bridget Jones movie. A skinnier, more put-together Bridget isn’t necessarily a more interesting character; she’s a little more "Sex And The City" this time out, however incrementally. Read full review
50
Washington PostAnn HornadaySep 15, 2016
Even considering its optimistic, open-ended conclusion, Bridget Jones’s Baby feels like an affectionate, slightly overdue goodbye to characters whose time has inevitably passed. Read full review
50
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSep 15, 2016
Of all the performances in a patchy production, only one achieves perfection. We get to see it through the modern medical miracle of ultrasound. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSep 15, 2016
The film is sprinkled with “f” bombs, which fails to disguise that the enterprise is based on a surprisingly dated notion of what’s racy. Also, you simply may not find Bridget quite as adorable as the filmmaker’s clearly believe her to be. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenSep 14, 2016
Despite an abundance of mostly tepid jokes that keeps the comedic tone at a quiet simmer, Bridget Jones’s Baby doesn’t jell. Ms. Zellweger floats through the picture, charming but strangely detached from her suitors. Read full review
50
IndieWire Demetrios MatheouSep 5, 2016
Once again excelling, Zellweger has much to do with the safe transition of this new Bridget, maintaining all the old quirks and sweetness, but in a believably more mature shell. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinSep 5, 2016
There are crisply folded lines, and pleasingly peppery performances from the supporting cast especially, but where its beating heart should be there is a splinter of ice, the sense that no one involved is really doing this for that much love. Read full review
40
SlateDana StevensSep 15, 2016
Still, the movie’s mores can feel cluelessly retro as the ever-dithering Bridget lurches between one man and another. Read full review
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