"Lose your heart and come to your senses." Rich Mr. Dashwood dies, leaving his second wife and her daughters poor by the rules of inheritance. Two daughters are the titular opposites.

"It's Monday morning, Bridget has woken up with a headache, a hangover and her boss." A British woman is determined to improve herself while she looks for love in a year in which she keeps a personal diary.

"Same Bridget. Brand new diary." The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy...