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Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (2004)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 150
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 109

Edge of Reason is a predictable continuation to the Bridget Jones story, with too much slapstick and silliness.

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 35
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 25

Edge of Reason is a predictable continuation to the Bridget Jones story, with too much slapstick and silliness.

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Based on author Helen Fielding's sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks after the original film left off, with Bridget (Renée Zellweger) emotionally satisfied at long last with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her barrister boyfriend. Stability in Bridget's life, however, quickly becomes a contradiction in terms. Though Mark is openly supportive of Bridget's eccentricities -- and there are many -- she is nonetheless threatened by Mark's young, nubile

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Drama, Romance, Comedy

Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, Adam Brooks

Mar 22, 2005

$40.2M

Universal Pictures

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Critic Reviews for Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason

All Critics (160) | Top Critics (35) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (112) | DVD (31)

A sequel that should have been buried six feet under.

November 18, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Observer | Comment
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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The humiliation of Bridget Jones is done so many times that it's not funny and it's not clever and it's not interesting.

November 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | Comment
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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The talented cast give the flabby script some much-needed muscle.

November 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Comment
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Unfortunately, Zellweger and Firth don't ignite many sparks, and Bridget's neuroses, rather than endearing her to us, can be off-putting.

November 12, 2004 Comment
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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So clumsy and crass that it makes you doubt the pleasure of the first movie.

November 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Salon.com | Comment
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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It's a pleasing enough romp, and if you're starved for romantic comedy (where have they all gone?) this will ease your hunger pangs.

November 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Teresa Wiltz
Washington Post
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Repeat of first film lacks charm. Not for kids.

December 22, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media

There's a big empty space where the heart of this movie should be.

January 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Shirley Sealy
Film Journal International

Frankly, I feel like a lot of the intangible 'heart' of the first movie is replaced here with an ongoing conversation about sex.

September 8, 2006 Comment
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

An over the top, ham-fisted replay of the original.

April 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema | Comment
Mark Pfeiffer
Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Director Beeban Kidron spends most of her time re-working the original movie's formulas.

April 8, 2005 Comment
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal
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I love Bridget Jones. As good as the first one, I would even say better. An exceptional sequel. Extremely hilarious! She never fails to impress. Renee Zelwegger plays her perfectly. The skiing scene is my favourite. So funny!

June 23, 2011
murphmann93
Bethany Murphy

Super Reviewer

Funnily enough, I have marked this up half a star from my original rating. I remembered this as being a lot worse than it actually was. Oh, it had it's moments, alright, don't get me wrong. The skiing trip and the spell in prison come to mind quite quickly, but it had it's funny moments and the familiarity of the

January 4, 2008
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Nicki Marie

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