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There is something about Australian comedy movies, and Australian cinema in general that just hits differently. Maybe it's because of our past links but the humour of Australia is more relatable to us Brits than America humour I think. Australians don't always portray life as being idyllic or glamorous either.

Muriel's Wedding is an absolute favourite film of mine. It's hilariously funny and tragically sad, almost in equal measure. I also love the almost garish 1990s colour of the scenery and the costumes. It really works especially in the dead end town of Porpoise Spit where Muriel lives with her family - 3 layabout siblings, depressed mother and corrupt father.

Muriel dreams of a better life, she's shy, bullied by her so-called friends, and unemployed. She sits in her bedroom listening to ABBA songs as she wants her life to be as good as one. She dreams of getting married and having the perfect wedding.

I'm not going to spoil the plot as most of us have seen the film anyway, but life does not run smoothly, and whilst Muriel does get her glamorous wedding other aspects of her life fall apart, her dishonesty comes after her and her marriage ends because she and her husband admit they don't love each other and it really is only a marriage of convenience anyway. Daniel Lapaine is superb as her unwilling and disapproving husband, who eventually does find himself attracted to Muriel/Mariel, but realises it isn't going to last beyond the original agreement.

What is so good about this film is that whilst it is very, very funny, the sadness and tragedy is mixed in wonderfully and doesn't feel like it is being thrown in for drama's sake, it's natural. It's also incredibly life affirming, that you can follow your dreams and have a better life. Toni Collette is absolutely amazing as the lead, playing her to start off with as shy, socially awkward and depressed, but who eventually triumphs, stands up to her deadbeat father, and eventually stops the lying and dishonesty, discovering her true self. I do make it sound like a fairy tale and it is in many ways, but one that works brilliantly.

The Bridget Jones films have been around for 24 years, giving us laughter and tears as our favourite singleton navigated dating and eventually gets her Mark Darcy.

This fourth and final outing undoes some of this by bringing Bridget back as a widow. It's been four years since Mark Darcy's death, and during that time Bridget has grieved and put all her focus onto her children. She hasn't gone back to work and she hasn't had much of a life outside of home and school etc. But her friends, and her father before he himself passed away have encouraged her to get back to living and to get back out there and date.

As with other Bridget films her affections are directed towards two men - the very much younger park ranger Roxter who she has a fling with, and her children's teacher Mr Waliker.. I won't spoil what happens.

This Bridget film is different to the previous 3 - tonally it is very different, and isn't the same wall to wall comedy as the audience is maybe used to. A lot of it is very sad indeed, which I guess is to be expected given what has happened, but at the same time when it's funny, it's classic Bridget Jones movie funny. Some of the best comedy comes from Hugh Grant who returns as cad Daniel Cleaver, who is now older, but probably not wiser, and plays a sort of big brother/uncle figure to Bridget's children Billy and Mabel. He's a bad influence, but wonderfully charming and charismatic. The supporting cast we have all known and loved in the series are present, and providing their usual mix of life and love advice.

This film feels like a goodbye to the series, and definitely one for the fans. There are little references to the previous films scattered throughout this one, look out for them.

It's hard to compare this film to the 3 that came before it because it is different, but at the same time it has the same fundamentals that run through the series - funny, sad, uplifting, hopeful.

Thank you to Renee Zellweger for being Bridget. We love you just as you are.