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The return of Bridget

And a new film genre: the Filler Thriller

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Feb 05, 2025
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This is an old post, much rewritten and sprung free from behind the paywall. The imminence of Bridget’s return has impelled me to revisit it.

It is not the film itself that interests me. I have seen a clip on Instagram, in which Bridget is up a tree being flirted with by Chiwetel Ejiofor, which is enough to suggest that the fundamentals are still in plac…

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