If you ask me, few things are as comforting as a good Bridget Jones film. Except, it seems, when it comes to the newest instalment, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. That's not to say that people aren't loving the new film — it's just that, according to the internet, it's really, really sad.

After nearly a decade between films, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy officially hits Australian cinemas today, February 13 (just in time for Valentine's Day). It takes place four years after we last encountered the characters, and is brimming with all the quirk, charm, and self-deprecating wit we've come to know and love from the franchise. What we didn't expect — nor did the internet, it seems — was for the film to make us feel quite so much. It finds Bridget newly-bereaved, after her husband, Mark Darcy, has met an untimely end with a landmine in Sudan. In this new chapter, she must navigate motherhood and new love, all the while coming to terms with her own immense grief. Yes, there's the enticing layer of Leo Woodall as Roxter, Bridget's impossibly attractive and much-younger potential suitor. There's also Bridget's charmingly chaotic and self-deprecating inner dialogue guiding us through the story. But at it's core, this is really a film about the devastating ache of losing a loved one.

Speaking to RUSSH at the film's Sydney premiere, director Michael Morris said it was this life change that inspired him to make the movie. "Is there a real compelling story to tell? Is there a reason to bring her back? Because none of us wanted to do it just because we could. We wanted to make sure that there was something there," he said.

"So there's two real answers, I suppose. One is where she is in her life, she's gone through something really big, Mark has passed away. So that feels like a really important and interesting time to bring this character back. And the second thing is that the dating world has changed so wildly from the last time we saw her in it that that felt like something we had to look at.

But don't just let us — or Morris — tell you. Below, we've rounded up the best (and most chaotic) internet reactions to Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy, courtesy of Letterboxd. Keep scrolling for more.