Is skirt off sick?” This one question, asked by Daniel Cleaver of the titular character in Bridget Jones’ Diary, kick-started a doomed office romance that by today’s enlightened standards would, at best,

Now, Grant has returned as the (sometimes) loveable rogue in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, which sees the title character return to the dating scene four years after the tragic loss of her true love Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).

It is an adjustment to see Bridget Jones in a sad story on-screen. But in Mad About the Boy, Zellweger is still in touch with Bridget's tireless efforts to connect with her own sunniness, which have taken on new meaning.