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Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (2004)

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27

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.

27

Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 37
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 27

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

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Drama, Romance, Comedy

Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, Adam Brooks

Mar 22, 2005

$40.2M

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All Critics (160) | Top Critics (38) | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lisa Ann Cockrel
Christianity Today

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

April 13, 2005 Full Review Source: Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema
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
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal
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A comedy that is an exact retread of the original. I don't like movies that backtrack. Here we have Bridget Jones suddenly doubting Darcy's fidelity. This leads to misunderstandings, where she is soon, once again, torn between Darcy and Cleaver. The film redoes the same jokes, with funny Christmas sweaters, and another Firth and Grant fight. These are also the funniest moments. At some point the film goes off the rails in such a confusing fashion. Jones ends up arrested because of drug possession and she winds up in a Thai prison. This sounds like some depressing drama, but it's OK, because she teaches the inmates how to have fun with a song and dance number and she also gives them chocolate. If a movie makes a Thai prison look good, I'm pretty sure it fails overall. It also has a climax where they play 3 songs back to back, I assume to sell that ever important soundtrack. A guaranteed hit on Mother's Day I bet.
June 9, 2012
kiriyamakazou
Luke Baldock

Super Reviewer

Warning spoilers! Second part, she gets her man, ends up in a Thai prison, loses her man, gets him back again. Fave scene - fighting in the fountain. Hilarious! Great cast.
July 7, 2007
thmtsang
Candy Rose

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    1. Bridget's Dad: Ciggy?
    2. Bridget Jones: No, no, thanks. I've given up again.
    3. Bridget's Dad: Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact they might kill me before things get worse.
    – Submitted by Sora Z (4 months ago)

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