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From the Pages to the Screen: #BridgetJonesBaby

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Our 5 Minutes for Books editor Jennifer Donovan is thrilled to be working with Universal Pictures on this giveaway featuring one of her favorite characters born from the pages.

I know I read the book Bridget Jones’s Diary when it was a phenomenon in the late 90’s. I don’t remember exactly how I felt about it.  I know I liked it, but I don’t think I loved it.  However, I DO remember how I felt when I watched the movie, and how I’ve felt every time I’ve watched it since.  I just recently shared it with my sister-in-law who had never seen it.

The character of Bridget Jones is funny and sweet and honest, but the movies take her to a new level.  I’ve never returned to the book or read any of the subsequent ones, but I can’t stop watching the movie.

Bridget Jones's Baby

This summer, some friends and I got out to see a movie, and a preview for Bridget Jones’s Baby came on. We booked a date to see it when it came out on September 16 then and there! Keep reading to see how you can pamper yourself and treat your friends to a girls’ night out.

In Bridget Jones’s Baby, the perfectly-cast Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger are joined by Patrick Dempsey and Emma Thompson, directed by Sharon Maquire who brought the characters to screen the first time.

After breaking up with Mark Darcy (Firth), Bridget Jones’s (Zellweger) “happily ever after” hasn’t quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. What could possibly go wrong?

Then her love life takes a turn and Bridget meets a dashing American named Jack (Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr. Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch…she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby’s father.

Get some friends together and decide who you want to be the father.

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  22. Without having seen the movie, do you think you’d be team Jack (Dempsey) or team Darcy (Firth)

    Not even close, Team Darcy.

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  25. I have honestly never seen any of the Bridget Jones movies, so I really don’t have an opinion. I’m just here for the giveaway.

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  46. I adore Patrick Dempsey & can’t wait to see how he is in this movie. However, I’m been with Bridget through both movies & believe that Team Darcy will power through.

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  104. i would choose team Dempsey. but i have seen the movie and it is really funny. i would have chosen Dempsey b4 the movie.

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  112. Definitely think I would be #TeamJack. REally want to see this movie and I had forgotten about it till I saw this post. Thanks for the reminder.

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  113. I think it’s going to be Darcy, but I’m Team Bridget–enough of these love triangles, Bridget, you deserve better!

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  114. I think I’d be team Jack! Usually you break up with someone because something really isn’t right in the first place.

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  181. I can’t not be Team Darcy! I love Colin Firth and he’s been my favorite character in the Bridget Jones series since the beginning!

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  200. Team Darcy! Have you ever seen that meme of Firth reading?? Love love love him. (And I’ll admit, Dempsey is tough competition but have to go with the classic 😉

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  223. Oh my for me, ‘twould be Team Darcy all the way! I really like colin firth… who knows why, but he’s adorable…

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  250. Without having seen the movie, do you think you’d be team Jack (Dempsey) or team Darcy (Firth)

    ill take darcy never seen any jones movie.but i know about them

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  282. “It’s raining men. Hallelujah it’s raining men.” Can’t wait for the fight scene!

    I’m going with Darcy.

    “Mr and Mrs Darcy. Lord and Lady Darcy!”

    I think I’ve watched the movies too many times…

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  307. I love them both, however I’d have to say #TeamDarcy because HELLO he was and will always be THE Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice) to me! ❤️

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  325. I plan on taking my mother to see BJB for her birthday (it releases on the same day!) and she is Team Darcy all the way!

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  343. Probably Jack. I’m not sure of the characters’ ages, but Darcy seems much older, and that might be disproportionate.

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