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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

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Reviews Counted:146

Fresh:38

Rotten:108

Average Rating:4.6/10

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

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Nov 19, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $40,203,020

Synopsis: Working Title Films' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason stars Oscar® winner Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth all reprising the roles they originated in Bridget Jones's Diary. In this... Working Title Films' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason stars Oscar® winner Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth all reprising the roles they originated in Bridget Jones's Diary. In this follow-up to the worldwide hit, we find Bridget where we left her--blissful and besotted in the arms of gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy (Firth). Mark is accomplished, supportive and tolerant of (nearly) all of Bridget's tiny jealousies--why wouldn't every woman in London, including Mark's new long-legged, drop-dead, "I-always-say-the-right-thing-at-all-times" intern, want to lure him away from the plumpish, opinionated, sometimes inappropriate Bridget? With the entry of the leggy threat, Bridget's pink clouds begin to turn gray as her attacks of self-doubt sorely test her relationship with Darcy. And just when it seems that the waters couldn't get any more choppy, Bridget's former boss, womanizing heartthrob Daniel Cleaver (Grant), sails into view. Ms. Jones careens from embarrassing situation to romantic misunderstanding, still managing to muddle through in this continuation of the trials and tribulations of the working woman who has become the symbolic heroine of 'singletons' everywhere. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason provides a hilarious and touching look at the answer to the question, "What happens after the happy ending?" Based on author Helen Fielding's best-selling novel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the film stars Renée Zellweger (returning to the role that earned her first Oscar® nomination), Hugh Grant and Colin Firth all under the direction of Beeban Kidron from a screenplay written by Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis and Adam Brooks. It is produced by Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Jonathan Cavendish; it also stars Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Jacinda Barrett, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Jessica Stephenson, Celia Imrie and Neil Pearson. Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin serve as executive producers. The film was shot on location in London, Thailand and Austria. [More]

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Jacinda Barrett, James Callis, Shirley Henderson

Director: Beeban Kidron

Director: Beeban Kidron
Screenwriter: Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, Adam Brooks
Producer: Eric Fellner, Jonathan Cavendish, Tim Bevan
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: Universal Pictures

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In an opening scene, Bridget, a London television reporter, sky-dives right into a pig pen. That pretty much sums up the film's attitude toward its heroine.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
11/11/04
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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Zellweger once again manages to exude both grace and gravity while baring a self-doubting woman's body and soul -- `wobbly bits,' as Bridget would say, and all.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
11/11/04
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

Since she doesn't like herself, why should we? In the end, it is unclear just what her boyfriend played by Colin Firth, temptation played by Hugh Grant and a third party who shall be left nameless see in her in the first place.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
11/11/04
Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

It is, I'm afraid, time to retire Bridget Jones. Send her off to Happily-Ever-After Land with her vodka and Silk Cuts and handsome human-rights lawyer and let her get on with her amiable, dizzy, neurotic and now thoroughly annoying life.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
11/11/04
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

Philosophers say that those who can't remember the past are doomed to repeat it. If you remember Bridget Jones's Diary fondly, spare yourself this one.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/11/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Novelist Helen Fielding created a lovable, klutzy, endearing character in Bridget Jones, and Zellweger, diving into the role with gusto, is an ideal match for her.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
11/11/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Cute, cloying and catastrophically predictable.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
11/11/04
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Misbegotten comedy sequels have a way of resembling souring relationships. All those adorable idiosyncrasies that initially melted your heart can curdle into the very irritating habits that send you packing.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
11/11/04
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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We're left with a protagonist repeatedly shooting herself in the foot for no halfway sympathetic reason.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
11/11/04
Phoebe Flowers
Phoebe Flowers
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Another small jewel in the crown of unabashedly commercial, cheerfully middlebrow, eminently exportable British fluff.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
11/11/04
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

News flash: Love ain't easy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/11/04
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

The movie catches occasional fire when Bridget suddenly says what's really on her mind. The rest is silliness.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
11/11/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

Has a single saving grace -- Grant in a small role as a salacious reporter.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
11/11/04
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

It's essentially TV for the big screen, but shot well, paced well, directed well, and nailed by Zellweger.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
11/11/04
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

One sequel where a pressing need to find out what happened to the protagonist is absent, replaced by an attempt to cash in on the financial success of the first picture.

Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | comment Comment
11/11/04
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason has its problems, but it made me laugh from start to finish, so how bad could it be?

Full Review Source: WaffleMovies.com | comment Comment
11/11/04
Willie Waffle
Willie Waffle
WaffleMovies.com

If there's a silver-lining to any of this, maybe the film could become a bestselling educational DVD, under the title, 'Mistakes to Avoid While Making a Sequel.'

Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum | comment Comment
11/11/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

The entire original cast is back this time around... the original plot is back, too.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/10/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Something for the ignorant boors with the Y chromosome, something for the ignorant boors without it.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
11/10/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Edgier than its predecessor, with zippier quips and more irreverence.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
11/10/04
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star
 
 
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