Bridget Jones first captured the hearts of the public as the main character in Helen Fielding's bestselling novel "Bridget Jones - Chocolate for Breakfast". The worldwide bestseller was soon turned into the equally successful movie of the same name. The title character, the single, working Bridget Jones from London, not only captivated audiences with her romantic adventures, but also with her inimitable flair for putting her foot in her mouth. But Bridget's talent for triumphing against all odds ultimately led to her marrying star lawyer Mark Darcy and becoming the mother of a son. Happy at last!
But in BRIDGET JONES - MAD AFTER HIM, Bridget is alone again: since Mark died four years ago, she has been looking after 9-year-old Billy and 4-year-old Mabel as a single mother. She raises the two children with the active support of her loyal friends - and even her former lover Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant, Love Actually) lends a hand from time to time.
Encouraged by her chosen family of Shazzer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother and her gynecologist Dr. Rawlings (Oscar®-winner Emma Thompson, Sense and Sensibility), Bridget throws herself back into work and starts to get more involved in life again. As she tries to juggle her career, family and love life, she soon finds herself confronted with all kinds of challenges. Not only does she have to stand up to the prejudices of the supposedly perfect mothers at school, she also has to deal with the advances of a much younger man (Leo Woodall, The White Lotus) and survive a series of embarrassing encounters with her son's overly rational science teacher (Oscar® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave). But Bridget Jones wouldn't be Bridget Jones if she didn't overcome all these hurdles in a chaotic but charming way. (Source: distributor)