Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Writers (WGA):

Helen Fielding (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Same Bridget. Brand new diary.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Love | Prison | Thailand | Intern | Reporter

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations

Cast

Renée Zellweger	...	Bridget Jones
Gemma Jones	...	Mum
Jim Broadbent	...	Dad
James Faulkner	...	Uncle Geoffrey
Celia Imrie	...	Una Alconbury
Dominic McHale	...	Bernard
Colin Firth	...	Mark Darcy
Donald Douglas	...	Admiral Darcy
Shirley Dixon	...	Mrs. Darcy
Neil Pearson	...	Richard Finch
Rosalind Halstead	...	Receptionist
Luis Soto	...	Mexican Ambassador
Tom Brooke	...	Production Assistant
Hugh Grant	...	Daniel Cleaver
Alba Fleming Furlan	...	Girl in Rome

Also Known As:

Bridget Jones - Am Rande des Wahnsinns (Germany)
Bridget Jones - L'age 2 raison (France) (DVD box title)
Bridget Jones 2 (UK) (informal title)
Bridget Jones's Diary 2 (UK) (working title)
Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK | France | Germany | Ireland | USA

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:A | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Working Title Films

Trivia:

Bridget makes a comment about Mark wearing a wet shirt. Colin Firth made a famous scene playing Mr Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice" (1995) where he appeared to Elizabeth Bennet in a wet shirt after swimming in a lake.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bridget runs through the rain to Mark Darcy's house, her hair and clothes are soaking as she stands in the porch. From the next shot, she appears dry. Then she is soaking again. Then dry.

Quotes:

Rebecca: Bridget Jones!
Bridget Jones: No, I'm Bridget Jones!

Movie Connections:

References "Footballers' Wives" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Loaded

recycled gags -- a plot

It seems that, now, even romantic comedies have gone the way of cookie-cutter action flicks in their being too formulaic.

Spare yourself watching this movie. The gist is this: the new Bridget Jones is a blubbery, stupid, awkward woman. She goes on various trips and social outings, never failing to fall down, make stupid comments, spill things on people, put her makeup on wrong, etc etc ad nassssseum. Think slapstick comedy. Think the Curly from the 3 stooges, getting bonked on the head for the 212th time. It gets old fast.

In the first movie, I think a lot of girls could sympathize with her flub-ups and awkwardness because Bridget was also witty and intelligent, in spite of her shortcomings. Only this time around she's pretty much just a waste of space.

Oh, by the way, there isn't actually any plot development for the movie. Just endless scenes of Bridget making a fool of herself.

They always say sequels are worse than the original movie, but I've never seen one so much abysmally worse than the first.