Forty-something and single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy, Bridget decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. But her love life takes a turn when she meets a dashing American named Jack, the suitor who is everything Mr Darcy is not.

Forty-something and single again after breaking up with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), Bridget (Renee Zellweger) decides to focus on her job and surround herself with old friends and new. But her love life takes a turn when she meets a dashing American named Jack (Patrick Dempsey), the suitor who is everything Mr Darcy is not. In an unlikely twist, Bridget finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch...she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.