Renée Zellweger and Leo Woodall in “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.”
Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant’s new romantic comedy Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is new on streaming. Where can you watch the movie at home?
In Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, Zellweger reprises her title character for the fourth and final time. The Cold Mountain and Judy Oscar winner first played the character in Bridget Jones’s Diary in 2001, which was followed by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004. After a 12-year hiatus, Zellweger returned to the role in 2016 for Bridget Jones’s Baby.
Zellweger’s Bridget Jones movies are all based on the bestselling novels by Helen Fielding. Firth has starred alongside Zellweger in all four Bridget Jones movies while Grant has appeared in the first, second and fourth films in the series.
The logline for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy reads, “Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she’s pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son’s science teacher.”
Rated R, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy begins streaming exclusively on Peacock. You must be a Peacock subscriber to watch the film on the NBC Universal streaming platform. Peacock offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month or $79 yearly, as well as an ad-free package for $13.99 per month or $139.99 yearly.
Directed by Michael Morris, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy also stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and Isla Fisher. Fielding wrote the screenplay for Bridget Jones: with contributions by Abi Morgan and Dan Mazer.
Where Are The First Three ‘Bridget Jones’ Movies Streaming?
If viewers want to catch up with the previous three Bridget Jones films before seeing Renée Zellweger in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, there are options to see the film either on a streaming subscription service or rent the films on video on demand.
If you want to see Bridget Jones’s Diary on streaming video on demand, the film is currently on Max if you subscribe to the service. The film can also be purchased on VOD for $4.99 or rented for $3.99 on such digital platforms as AppleTV, Prime Video, Fandango at Home and Microsoft’s Movies Anywhere.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is streaming on Max and AppleTV+, but you will need to subscribe to either service to watch the film. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is not available to purchase or rent on VOD.
Bridget Jones’s Baby is streaming on Max and AppleTV+. Prime Video, AppleTV and Fandango at Home also offer the film to rent for $3.99, while AppleTV and Fandango at Home also have the film available for purchase on VOD for $9.99.
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy—which is a Peacock original film—begins streaming exclusively on Peacock on Thursday.
