8 Reasons You Won’t Want to Miss Bridget Jones’s Baby
By G.G. Andrew
Renee Zellweger pose during the photocall premier of their movie ‘Bridget Jones’ Baby’ in Madrid, on September 9, 2016 (Photo by Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Music
The opening credits roll on the first movie, 2001’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, with the ballad “All By Myself” playing while Bridget is curled up on her couch, drunk and singing along miserably. Bridget Jones’s Baby starts out much the same way—but then Bridget flips off the song and puts on House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” which she starts rocking out to. It’s the first signal that this is a different kind of movie, and a different Bridget–one who’s not going to be wallowing quite so much, or at least one who’s wise enough to know that sad songs don’t make for merry nights.
The rest of the soundtrack is equally great, from angry songs that coincide with Bridget clashing with the new management team at work to a sweet, almost magical-sounding instrumental that plays when sparks reignite between Bridget and her ex—and maybe the one that got away—Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).
In one hilarious scene at a reception, Bridget is wearing fairy wings and bopping around with a bunch of kids to “Gangnam Style” when she bumps into Mark. She tries to talk to him about the song, and he, awkwardly stiff and adorable as ever, launches into a translation of what “Gangnam” means, its location in South Korea, and the history of the area. “Suddenly seems less catchy,” Bridget responds with a nervous laugh.
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