“A BRIDGERTON Spin On ‘Cinderella’”
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What You Need To Know:
BRIDGERTON’s Season 4 premiere sets off the stage for an entertaining and romantic season, accompanied by the show’s usual beautiful sets and costumes, as well as fun orchestral covers of today’s hit pop songs. The episode features moral themes, stressing the importance of family, friendship, and marriage, but also contains several objectionable elements, such as a same-sex kiss, implied sexual activity, nudity, gossip, and gambling. MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
Content:
A light moral worldview, featuring depictions of strong friendships and family relationships, as well as discussions about the importance of marriage; mother is vocal about and disapproves of son’s debaucherous lifestyle, a Romantic worldview where characters give in to their own desires;
No foul language;
No violence;
A character is shown waking up in bed with a woman with another woman in the room, two married characters are shown kissing in bed, two male characters kiss; conversation about pentacle, two scenes of implied sex with one married couple, an unmarried couple kiss;
Two scenes depict brief male nudity; upper male nudity,
Characters are shown drinking at a ball and at a club, but not to excess;
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characters gossip throughout the show, and devotedly read another character’s gossip column, two characters bet on whether another character will marry before the social season is over, one character lies about her identity to sneak into a ball.
More Detail:
Benedict Bridgerton is struggling to balance his duties to the family with his desire to focus on his artistic work. Making matters worse? His mother has made it clear that she intends for him to finally marry this year.
While attending his mother’s masquerade ball, intended to kick off London’s social season, Benedict catches sight of a beautiful stranger who seems different from the other debutantes competing to marry him.
The pair feel sparks, but she leaves before the end of the night, when everyone is meant to remove their masks. Benedict knows nothing about this woman but can’t shake his attraction to her. However, the mystery woman, Sophie, has secrets of her own that might keep them from meeting again.
The Season 4 premiere of BRIDGERTON sets the stage for Benedict and Sophie’s love story, giving viewers just enough details to get them hooked, and ready to watch the next episodes. The show’s production value is high, with beautiful sets and costumes, as well as fun orchestral covers of today’s hit pop songs.
BRIDGERTON Season 4 Episode 1 has a mixed worldview. The episode features many moral elements, including depictions of strong friendships and family relationships, as well as discussions on the importance of marriage. However, the episode features some objectionable content, including a same-sex couple kissing, implied sexual activity, nudity, and light immorality, such as gossiping and gambling. MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution.
