The Bridget Jones movie franchise now includes three sequels. The first two were 2004’s Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (in which Bridget ends up in a Thai jail) and 2016’s Bridget Jones’s Baby (in which Bridget finds herself pregnant at age 43,

She may never be on time or look quite as she would like to, but Bridget is a reliable box-office draw—even a quarter of a century after her first appearance. “Bridget Jones’s Diary” (2001) grossed almost $600m in today’s money;

Mad About the Boy’ is the best film in the series since the beloved original—and a testament to why there’s never really been another romantic comedy franchise like it.