Bridget's focus on single life and her career is interrupted when she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch ... she can only be fifty percent sure of the identity of her baby's father.

Plot Synopsis:
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The film starts with Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) sitting in her London apartment listening to "All By Myself" while holding a birthday cupcake. She is turning 43, and she finds herself alone. Instead of moping, she changes the song to "Jump Around" and starts getting funky.

Bridget narrates details how her birthday really began. First, she gets a phone call from her mom Pamela (Gemma Jones) that now that she is in her early 40's, her time to have a baby is running out. She goes to a church to the funeral of her former lover Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). A number of his former girlfriends are in attendance as well. As she sits with her friends, Bridget spots her old boyfriend Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) with his new wife Camilla (Agni Scott). After the funeral, Bridget and Mark run into each other to catch up for a brief, awkward moment as he introduces Bridget and Camila to each other, and then they part ways.

Bridget currently works as a television producer for her anchor friend Miranda (Sarah Solemani). Bridget speaks to Miranda as she interviews a guest, but Bridget takes a phone call during the segment, so Miranda repeats whatever Bridget says on the phone, which in this case makes Miranda's interview regarding the death of a fascist dictator seem unintentionally sympathetic. To complicate things further, a younger manager named Alice (Kate O'Flynn) is hired, and it's said that she's been known to fire people older than her.

Miranda invites Bridget to go out for her birthday, but she would rather spend it with her other close friends. Unfortunately, they're all too busy with their own kids. Not ready to get discouraged, Bridget decides to take Miranda up on her offer, and she joins her on a trip to a music festival. When they arrive, Miranda tells Bridget to sleep with the first man she meets. Bridget falls face-first in the mud, and she meets a handsome stranger named Jack Qwant (Patrick Dempsey), who helps her on her feet.

At night, Bridget and Miranda get drunk and bump into Ed Sheeran to take a picture for them, though he initially thinks they want one with him, but they don't even recognize him at first. They later attend his concert, with Miranda rolling around in a giant hamster ball. Bridget stumbles into a yurt that she thinks is hers and Miranda's, but it's Jack's. After some flirtation, they have sex. In the morning, Bridget wakes up in bed alone.

Upon returning home, Bridget attends the christening of her friend Jude's (Shirley Henderson) child. She runs into Mark again as they are both asked to be the child's godparents. Mark mentions that he and Camila are divorcing. They attend a party later, leading to them reconnecting and eventually having sex. Afterwards, Mark mentions he is traveling the next day. He wakes up the next morning to find a note from Bridget saying they shouldn't continue this relationship, citing reasons as to why it doesn't work between them.

A few weeks later, Bridget notices she is gaining weight. She talks to her friend Shazza (Sally Phillips) over her recent flings and mentions using expired vegan condoms. Bridget takes a pregnancy test at work with Miranda and discovers that she is pregnant. Although excited, she visits OB/GYN Dr. Rawlings (Emma Thompson) and realizes she has no clue as to who the father is.

Alice demands more news stories worthy of viewers at work. When Miranda discovers that Jack is a billionaire mogul that created a successful dating site (Qwantify Love), she tells Bridget and plans to have him on the show as a guest, but also to try and sneak a hair sample off the man to use in a DNA test. Jack appears on the show, thinking he's there to talk about his book and algorithms on finding love, but the ladies try to keep him on interesting topics, which makes the interview come off clumsy. After the show, Bridget and Jack meet again, with her admitting that she is pregnant, but never mentioning that the baby could also belong to Mark. Luckily, Bridget manages to get some hair from Jack taken by the stylist.

Bridget talks to her dad Colin (Jim Broadbent) about her situation. She apologizes for putting herself in this predicament, but Colin is very understanding.

Bridget goes to find Mark in a courthouse as he is representing a group of women in a highly publicized case. Later, she tells Mark about her pregnancy, but she fails to mention Jack, so Mark thinks the baby is his as well.

Jack starts to get involved in Bridget's life as he tries to support what he thinks is his baby. She also decides not to do the DNA test right away as she worries she may suffer a miscarriage. She even makes Dr. Rawlings to do appointments twice with both possible fathers to keep stringing them along.

Bridget's job holds an event to introduce new things in their work. She invites Jack but is surprised when Mark shows up as well. Bridget's presentation turns into a disaster when they record men mooning the camera, and the show suffers technical difficulties. After this, Mark and Jack end up meeting and get on as they admire each other's work, but Bridget is forced to admit to both men over dinner that they are potential fathers to her child, and she doesn't know who the legitimate father is. Jack doesn't seem to have a problem with this, but Mark leaves the restaurant feeling upset.

Mark tries out Jack's dating site and tries to see if he's a match with Bridget. Their result is less than 10%. He puts Jack and Bridget together and sees they have over 90% in compatibility, to his chagrin.

Over the next few months, Jack and Mark help Bridget out however they can as her pregnancy moves along, such as attending a pre-natal class where both men are mistaken as a gay couple with Bridget as their surrogate. Mark later finds that Jack brought Bridget to the hospital when she was experiencing cramps, leading to a heated discussion between the two where Jack says he wasn't "dressed for the occasion" when he hooked up with Bridget. Thinking Jack might really be the father, Mark steps out of the picture, albeit heartbroken.

Jack attempts to move his relationship with Bridget forward by suggesting they move in together so that he can take care of the baby with her. Bridget notes that it may get complicated if the baby turns out to be Mark's. Jack admits that he may have been responsible for Mark leaving when he suggested that the baby could be his (Jack's). Bridget goes to Mark's house to talk to him but leaves when she sees Camila there.

Bridget reaches her ninth month of pregnancy. At work, Miranda is supposed to interview a Korean general, but Bridget brings her the man's chauffeur instead, leading to a thoroughly unpleasant interview. Alice is preparing to fire Bridget for her screw-ups, but Bridget tries to take it a step further and quit herself. She immediately regrets it afterwards.

Now jobless and upset, Bridget goes out to get food. Her cards gets retained by an ATM machine, and she is left alone in the rain. Mark shows up and helps her. The two spend more time together, and he tells Bridget that he really is divorcing Camila, and she was there to pick up her stuff. They are about to kiss, but Bridget's water breaks. Mark's phone starts ringing, and, thinking it's a work thing, he smashes his phone out of what he thinks is a bold romantic gesture...except they needed the phone to call a cab.

Bridget and Mark ride a carriage to the hospital, only to get stuck in a traffic jam. Mark decides to carry Bridget to the hospital since the contractions are making walking difficult, but he starts to get tired because Bridget is so heavy. Jack shows up and helps take Bridget to the hospital. Bridget's parents and her work friends learn that she is going into labor, and they all celebrate.

At the hospital, both men try helping Bridget, but she leans more toward Mark. He promises to love her and the baby, no matter whose it is. Bridget ends up giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Her parents and friends show up to her room after. Dr. Rawlings then calls the men in for the DNA test. They wish each other good luck.

A year later, Bridget is getting married. As she walks up to the altar, Jack steps out with Bridget's son, William. It turns out she is really marrying Mark, and the baby is his. They all head onto the reception afterwards, with Bridget now feeling more fulfilled with her life.

The final shot shows a newspaper headline that states that Daniel Cleaver is, in fact, alive.

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D L from United Kingdom
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The first ever Bridget Jones movie felt magical to watch. I had so much more in mind for Bridget and I felt Bridget Jones had so much more potential but this was ruined in the sequel as well as Bridget Jones baby. It's disappointing and sad to see what will probably be the last Bridget Jones movie to fade away and end without a bang. It just didn't hit it for me and Bridget Jones baby feels like a cheap UK revival of a movie made purely for profit. Renee zellweger is one of my favourite actors - but Bridget Jones doesn't feel the same without Hugh grant. What an amazing movie made an absolute wreck of. I wouldn't recommend any Bridget Jones fan to see this. However - it does have a few laughs throughout the movie and is watchable if you aren't going to take it too seriously.

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brankovranjkovic from stevenage
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I like British made cinema or cinema with a strong British contribution, so I take no pleasure in my poor review. This chick-flick, ROM COM revolves around a group of characters, without any real depth, who move sluggishly through a predictable and boring plot, this time taking place several years after the 2nd instalment. The message here is that a woman is ultimately unhappy unless married, with a baby (to make her life complete), and so Bridget's quest continues.

Renee Zellweger returns with her fake British middle class accent, this time she's celebrating her 43rd birthday, and this time in search of (you'll never guess) – love, but also this time with the dilemma of pregnancy to one of two possible fathers.

Bridget's character narrates the 'important' points (as normal), and just to highlight where to laugh.

Colin Firth wheels out the same boring very 'proper' English character. The standard awkward atmosphere exists whenever Bridget is less than 20 feet from Darcy (YAWN!)

Patrick Dempsey is the (new) American character, who is a guru with a formula for love. Oh - and he's handsome, but to make him even more handsome he's a billionaire to boot. (REALLY?!)

There's lots of clichι scenes and jokes, some recycled from previous films, the film is very predictable, and I found boring. The secondary characters seem very 'tired' now, makes you wonder why they made such nonsense – money?

BEST BITS - Bridget didn't expect either man to take any responsibility for the baby, and she makes that clear. The soundtrack is good, and Ed Shearan is a good sport. The endearing message – 'True love will always find a way'.

WORST BITS - One memorable scene sees Bridget talking to a friend on her mobile while dropping the 'F' bomb several times, there are children in the background listening intently, the next scene shows Bridget arriving late at a christening, one of the same children shouts 'where the 'F' have you been?' not clever, not funny – SHOCKING!. Very dated jokes.

SUMMARY- The first film wasn't great but at least it was fresh and charming.

I sincerely hope there isn't a 4th instalment … 'Bridget Jones has yet Another Baby COZ I need the Money!'

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fieros from Slough, England
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Bridget Jones is tired, old, flabbier than she used to be – and I'm talking about the film, not the actress, Rene Zellweger, whose boobs look alright😀

Anyway, ..bad, bad, bad .

just bad ..

very poor!

They had to stick in Ed Sheeran ha! It must be bad when a film can't rely on it's own merits to get by – poor Ed

Also, a lot of product placement! INTEL, Pregnancy test Brand .errrr .there were more – watch out for them if you can be bothered to re-watch this film

I was just wondering at the time, maybe they had a hard time getting the film off the ground and that's why they needed to use a lot of product placement sponsorship to get funded? I dunno. Just poor man .

I tell you what, if it weren't for the reasonably fun soundtrack and the ONE good joke – which, of course, I forget just now . there really would be nothing going for it at all – apart from that I'd like to live in London, so it was nice to see the apartment and some London scenery – but is that what I should be paying attention to in a film???!!!

Okay, some really harsh criticism now .

The film relied far too much on it's predecessors to carry the weight of the current relationship with Mark Darcy – history notwithstanding, a film should be gripping on its own merit – grip us because of its newness and wit and spark and charm – not rely on old ground covered to keep us going it just feels like poor nostalgic reminiscences of how good the first one was which, I can't really remember how good the first one was .was it any good?😛

Secondly, it's just such an OLLLLLLD concept and not even done well – the drama feels very teenage-y for a woman who is now 43 and has not seemingly learned ANYTHING AT ALL from all her past missteps and is still chronically a five-year old in terms of her views about romance – good GOD – the writers seem to have not taken into account the past three films, or however many there are now . I mean, the character has actually grown .well, should be seen to have grown, through these films .

But, no, we see Bridget unrealistically as idiotic, clumsy, supposedly naive and immature as she was right at the beginning of the stupid saga!! BAH!

It's kind of a travesty against the character herself – it feels like the writers or whoever wrote this film just thought they could give us a "pop" Bridget – like the Abba version of Nothing Else Matters by Metallica – if there was one – this film is it ..blaaaahhhhh

Like, they've reduced Bridget to really basic components and she doesn't really have any soul in her any more as a character – nothing wrong with the acting really – I mean, it's a bit Two dimensional, but, really, it's the script that's the problem.

I mean, I really don't actually care by the end who's bloody baby it is.

It feels like a teenager playing drama queen through the medium of film – just playing around with older figures, and not dealing with the mature concept of an unclear father, nor fatherhood, nor family, nor relationship dynamics, nor romance ..nor anything really with any maturity. Even the festival dancers were lame and probably not paid enough to do a good job – the extras I mean! It just didn't do anything justice at all. The emotional thread of the film revolved around this naive concept of romance and happily ever after – it never

dealt with the depth of confusion or emotional difficulty Bridget might actually be having with the situation.

It just wasn't emotionally realistic is all I'm saying.

Plus .I mean .the ending??????? REALLLLYYYY???? Do movie producers expect us to swallow the whole

MARRIAGE + CHILDREN = HAPPILY EVER AFTER

tripe!? TRIPE TRIPE TRIPE!!!! GARBAGGGGE ..

I think the lesbian protesters in the film should have been given more say – they probably wouldn't like the idea that the fulfillment of a woman's life is marriage and children – or that it's a realistic way to achieve lasting happiness .

It just felt like an immature and kinda irresponsible treatment of what could have been a situation with a lot more emotional depth and interest.

Muhhhhr, Oh well. Go see sausage Party instead. It deals with relationship issues just a tiny bit more maturely! And the sex scene in Sausage party is much better

1/10 – and the 1 is for the soundtrack

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---- Warning: This review includes spoilers -----

In giving feedback, one shall always start with a positive, and so I will. As commented by a few people before me: strong cast! This series of movies always had a good selection of actors, and the addition of Emma Thompson brings her special delicious style of humor, which I enjoyed. And so endeth the account of positive aspect(s).

Browsed the headlines of other reviews to see whether I am the only one who finds fault with this production, and I am not.

Found comments like "Bridget Jones is fading". I agree, there is a continuous decline in quality from the 1st to the 3rd installment. The story lines got more and more silly, making one want to ask "did she lose contact with reality, or had she none to begin with?" And replacing Hugh Grant with Patrick Depsey?! Seriously?!

There were comments on the level of banality of the story like "Middle Class Lady has Middle Class Baby (who cares?!)" and indeed, who cares?! And it does not get rendered exciting by her not knowing who is the father, the potentials being her married ex and a complete stranger from a drunken chance encounter...

What REALLY lifted my eyebrow was the 43(!) year old pregnant woman who completely ignores the need for prenatal diagnostics (amniocenthesis) and NO ONE, including the gynecologist seems to be alarmed by this. Nor does she have any concern since she seems to lack any information about the possible outcomes (where we are again at the "does she have any contact with reality" context). So, what is the message here? Is it "ah well, even with a highly geriatric pregnancy, we need no prenatal testing, since - voila - all will be well, there will be the absolute perfect, most beautiful baby in the end anyway"????. Wellcome to Fairyland! Masks me wonder about plenty of things including identity of financiers...

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tylerhendy from London, England
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I hate myself for paying to see this and supporting not only a reboot, but something so boring unfunny and unoriginal.

I genuinely went in, trying to enjoy it. Forcing myself to smile and nod, next to my cackling girlfriend. I laughed hardest at the worst jokes, because of how terrible they were.

This is the epitome of lazy movie making, and a lazy and tired industry not willing to take risks with originality.

Upon reflection, you would have to pay me to go and see this for a second time - and the hourly rate would not be cheap, for the pain and suffering is incredibly hard to tolerate.

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"Bridget Jones' Baby" is a surprisingly funny, smart, adorable romantic comedy. Yes, really.

When I heard that there was going to be another Bridget Jones movie I thought, wow, that is going to be the worst film of the year. The previous two Bridget Jones movies combined comedic and romantic highpoints and low points.

In the first film, "Bridget Jones' Diary," there is the legendary "I like you just as you are" staircase scene, where the impeccable and quite possibly inhumanly perfect Colin Firth (as Mark Darcy) walks down a staircase that showcases his luscious long legs and tells plump, goofy, perpetually self-sabotaging Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) that he likes her just as she is.

If you've never seen the film, you can watch that scene – over and over – on youtube, where fans have posted multiple copies of it, and watched and re-watched it hundreds of thousands of times. How to find it? Just start typing "I like you just as…" and Google will finish the sentence for you. There's also a scene where Mark Darcy cooks dinner with Bridget Jones. If I die watching that scene, I will die happy.

The Bridget Jones movies also include hysterically funny fistfights between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant as the two men vying for Bridget's affections.

But for all their perfect moments, the Bridget Jones movies also included cringe-worthy, masochist, misogynist scenes where Bridget is made out to be the butt of highly humiliating jokes.

And "Bridget Jones Diary" was released *fifteen years ago.* Renee Zellweger was already in her thirties. Part of the point of the film was that she was a spinster who had not found a man and was desperate to do so. Fifteen years later, Renee Zellweger is 47, subject of a tsunami of articles and internet posts arguing that she has committed the unforgivable sin, in a woman, of aging. She is too damn old, fanboys and girls stamp and shout. She should be retired to a remote, cloistered nunnery; if she must venture out, it is only with a bag firmly affixed over her old-lady face.

Zellweger had plastic surgery and it ruined her, some allege. Others are enraged that she didn't have enough plastic surgery. Everyone is ready with pitchforks and torches to burn the lady for surviving past age 25.

And, finally, a romantic comedy about a woman in her forties who gets pregnant and does not know who the father is? Yuck.

In spite of all my misgivings, I went to the theater anyway, and "Bridget Jones' Baby" rapidly eliminated all my resistance. I laughed out loud throughout this movie, and I can't remember the last time I laughed so much during a first run Hollywood comedy. In "Bridget Jones' Baby," the emphasis is much more on comedy than it is on romance. Everything is played for laughs. The jokes are broad, low-brow, and slapstick. Don't expect sophisticated wit. Think nekkid bums and b00bs.

Bridget Jones is a TV producer. She is single. She and Mark made a go of it, but separated. He is now married to someone else. Bridget has a couple of one-night stands and relies on outdated, ecologically friendly prophylactics. Emma Thompson is her gynecologist. Go see this movie for Thompson's performance alone. If you don't laugh at her, I don't want to know you.

Patrick Dempsey is the other potential father. During every scene he's in, all I could think was, did his mother dip him in a magical river shortly after he was born? Dempsey is so obscenely handsome. He also comes across as being such a nice guy. He's just pure pleasure. His fireplace-warm and crackly good humor keeps the potentially awkward plot bouncing along, never getting too serious or painful.

I really think it's a human rights abuse that not every woman is issued her very own Colin Firth. He is arguably the perfect man. He may be the last living actor who can convincingly play a gentleman. Again, the film is played for laughs, but there is one scene that is heartbreakingly real. Firth is informed that Bridget is pregnant. He is so overwhelmed with emotion that he must leave the room. It's a small moment, but a poignant one, amidst the rest of the bedroom farce.

Renee Zellweger has aged, as have we all. But she's great. She inhabits Bridget, and steals our hearts.

The rest of the cast includes Bridget's funny, wacky mom, who is involved in an election meant to mirror current politics. Those brief scenes are as funny as the rest of the movie. Bridget's gang of friends are onhand, and seeing them feels as good as a reunion with your own old gang with whom you raised heck when you were young. As for the Hugh Grant character … go see the film. I don't want to spoil it for you.

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istara from Sydney
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Bridget Jones's Baby was consistently funny and also moving from start to finish. The audience at the showing I attended were laughing throughout.

The plot is well known (from the title and movie poster if nothing else!) but essentially Bridget Jones has split from Mark Darcy some years ago. She's been single for a while and has a one-night stand with a very handsome American (Patrick Dempsey) who turns out to be a billionaire internet entrepreneur. A few days later she gets drunk and hooks up with Marc Darcy after a christening. A few weeks later she takes a pregnancy test, and then has no idea who the baby's father is. She declines an amniocentesis so spends the entire pregnancy with the two potential fathers fighting over both her and the baby.

It's a very strong cast, Emma Thompson in particular is a wonderful addition as Bridget's obstetrician, as is Sarah Solemani who plays Bridget's friend and colleague, the TV presenter Miranda. The scenes at the TV station are very amusing.

You know you're in for a 100% happy ending with a film like this, so you can really sit back and enjoy the ride. There's only one way the plot could really end, but it does very well to keep you guessing nonetheless.

I have no idea why this movie only (as of writing this) only has an average review of 6.2. I can only imagine that the kinds of people who like to sneer at anything "feel good" or romantic simply spend their time trashing such films.

To sum up: it's a very entertaining and enjoyable film. It would probably be best to see the first Bridget Jones film first (you could easily skip the second) or at least have read the book, but even if this is your first "Bridget Experience", you'll have a good time watching it.

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terryperring104 from United Kingdom
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..We left before the end and frankly couldn't give a tinkers cuss whose baby it was. My girlfriend and I decided to go home and read some old Beano comics from the 80's, as that would be fresher, funnier and braver than this new stinker. Why? (Okay, a deep breath now...)...Bridgette Jones Baby was:-

Twee; predictable; safe; lack-lustre and tired; unimaginative; uninspired; badly written; poorly directed; ( And poorly photographed for that matter-not the best cinematography I've ever seen)- cont.. Gauche and just absolutely, embarrassingly and bewilderingly bad. Just as bewildering was the laughter from the audience, mostly females, and of a type. By that I mean the type who laugh at ANYTHING that is slightly different, in action or intention, to what is a social norm' expectation. The Type who would wet themselves laughing when, in Last of the Summer Wine, Compo falls into the canal for the umpteenth time, but most people would see it coming and yawn, 'oh no. Not again' Avoid this film if you have a well developed sense of humour. But DO go, if you like people falling into mud quagmires and you laugh at middle class people saying 'C**k or F*** 3/10 (and that's generous)

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thesuthernman from United States
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I literally think the writers and actors wanted to see how many times they could say the world f@*k in a film. OK, I'm sure you win the award for that one. You accomplished saying the word f@*k more times than any other film. That might be cutting edge if it were the sixties but it's 2016 and there is nothing funny, creative, or even remotely original about cursing. How about some funny poignant jokes? Man, this film and it's cast looked tired and done. Even the sound editing was horrible. The voice dubs were so obvious it was distracting. But worst of all was the writing. This film might have worked twenty/thirty years ago, but there is nothing unusual about all the things they think are pushing the societal norms.

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paulspencer-90394 from Borehamwood, hertfordshire
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I wanted to enjoy this film, as there is so little to laugh at in the world right now, but this movie only adds to the misery.

It was a bit like watching the deleted scenes from the other films. In the end I started doing an ethnic minority count, just to see what the white middle class writers think of England.

It turns out there are more ethnic minorities instar Wars than in this film. I think an Indian guy had a line, and an African nurse, but all the others were extras.

I began to wonder if the rest of the world think that this is what London is like, it was better than thinking about the story line. Again, it was 40 years out of date.

To say I might have missed the point because this was a 'womans' film would be insulting to women. The female writers had some good lines in relation to the pregnancy and childbirth, but the overall result was about as funny as being in labour.

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Certifications:
Argentina:13 / Canada:14A (British Columbia) / Chile:TE+7 / Hong Kong:IIB / Ireland:15A / Japan:G / Mexico:B / Netherlands:12 / Norway:A / Philippines:R-13 / Portugal:M/14 / Singapore:NC16 / South Korea:15 / Sweden:Btl / Switzerland:10 / Taiwan:R-12 / UK:15 / USA:R (certificate #50510)