Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy: Book vs. Movie
Michael Morris’s Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025) adapts Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel. Widowed and raising two children, Bridget returns to work and dating while the family adjusts to life without Mark.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Helen Fielding
- Year
- 2013
- Pages
- 496Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 11 hr 22 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Samantha Bond
- Series
- Bridget Jones, book 3
Widowed and raising two young children, Bridget Jones tries to make room for a life beyond school routines and memories of Mark. A romance with the much younger Roxster sends her back to analyzing messages and worrying about her appearance, now alongside attempts to write a screenplay and master Twitter. Her diary follows the awkward overlap of grief, sexual excitement, and the everyday demands of being the parent who remains.
- Director
- Michael Morris
- Writer
- Abi Morgan, Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 2 hr 5 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Four years after Mark’s death, Bridget returns to television work while raising their son and daughter with help from friends and an unexpectedly dependable Daniel Cleaver. A younger man, Roxster, brings romance back into her life, while her son’s science teacher Mr. Wallaker challenges her first impression of him. Between school obligations and new dates, Bridget tries to move forward without making her children feel that their father is being left behind.
Other books in this series
- 1
Bridget Jones's DiaryMovie · 2001Details
- Director
- Sharon Maguire
- Writer
- Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 1 hr 37 min
- Cast
- Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent
London publishing assistant Bridget Jones decides to change her life after another miserable New Year’s gathering. Flirtatious emails with her boss Daniel Cleaver lead to a romance, while her mother keeps pushing her toward the apparently disapproving Mark Darcy. As work embarrassments and family upheavals accumulate, Bridget begins to question Daniel’s account of his history with Mark and the judgments she made when she met them.
- 2
Bridget Jones: The Edge of ReasonMovie · 2004Details
- Director
- Beeban Kidron
- Writer
- Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis, Adam Brooks, Andrew Davies
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 1 hr 44 min
- Cast
- Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent
Bridget is finally with Mark Darcy, but his polished professional circle and closeness to a colleague make her doubt that she belongs in his life. Meanwhile, a television job pairs her with Daniel Cleaver for a trip to Thailand, bringing an old temptation back within reach. Attempts to prove she can manage without Mark lead her into a predicament far beyond another disastrous date.
- 3Bridget Jones: Mad About the BoyMovie · 2025You are here
- 4
Bridget Jones's Baby: The DiariesBridget Jones's Baby · Movie · 2016Details
- Director
- Sharon Maguire
- Writer
- Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, Emma Thompson
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 2 hr 3 min
- Cast
- Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Jim Broadbent
Bridget’s forty-third birthday leads to a festival weekend and a night with American businessman Jack Qwant, followed soon afterward by a reunion with Mark Darcy. When she discovers she is pregnant, she cannot tell which encounter led to it. Both men want to support her, turning appointments and preparations into a competition that Bridget must manage alongside a television career under pressure from new bosses.
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