MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Up 112 this week

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

5.7
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 5.7/10 from 46,023 users   Metascore: 44/100
Reviews: 253 user | 143 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com

After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she's dreamed of having.

Director:

Writers:

(novel), (screenplay), 3 more credits »
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 189 titles created 7 months ago
 
a list of 269 titles created 15 Jun 2012
 
a list of 30 titles created 17 Jun 2011
 
a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 447 titles created 09 Jun 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) on IMDb 5.7/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X  

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Director: Marc Lawrence
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt
The Holiday (2006)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Pretty Woman (1990)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.

Director: Garry Marshall
Stars: Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

When a woman's long-time friend says he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself... and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Director: P.J. Hogan
Stars: Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive and ladies' man who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Andie Anderson covers the "How To" beat for "Composure" magazine and is assigned to write an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." They meet in a bar shortly after the bet is made.

Director: Donald Petrie
Stars: Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

When attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship...but the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Two business rivals hate each other at the office but fall in love over the internet.

Director: Nora Ephron
Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear
27 Dresses (2008)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

After serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, a young woman wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man she's secretly in love with.

Director: Anne Fletcher
Stars: Brian Kerwin, Katherine Heigl, James Marsden
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.4/10 X  

A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Luketic
Stars: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Bree Turner
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

A young woman with a Southern background runs away from her husband in Alabama and reinvents herself as a New York socialite.

Director: Andy Tennant
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
Mum
...
Dad
...
...
Dominic McHale ...
...
Donald Douglas ...
Shirley Dixon ...
...
...
Receptionist
Luis Soto ...
Mexican Ambassador
...
Production Assistant
...
Alba Fleming Furlan ...
Girl in Rome
Edit

Storyline

The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, strange contractor, and the worst vacation of her life. Written by lcheala@imdb.com

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

love | prison | thailand | intern | old flame | See more »

Taglines:

Same Bridget. Brand new diary. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

| | | |

Language:

| |

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison  »

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$652,772 (Japan) (18 March 2005)

Gross:

$4,258,523 (Japan) (15 April 2005)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

Goofs

When Bridget apologizing to and thanking Mark Darcy for getting her out of prison, she is carrying a small pink handbag. When they go out to the corridor, the purse is missing. See more »

Quotes

Bridget Jones: Janey Osbourne. Talking to her is like swimming in a sea and being stung repeatedly by an enormous jellyfish.
See more »

Connections

Followed by Bridget Jones's Baby See more »

Soundtracks

"Crazy in Love"
(Carter/Harrison/Knowles/Record)
Performed by Beyoncé Knowles (as Beyoncé)
Courtesy of Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd
Contains a sample of "Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)"
Recorded by The Chi-Lites
Courtesy of Brunswick Record Corp
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
The book was better. The first movie was better.
14 November 2004 | by (Florida, USA) – See all my reviews

But, oddly enough, I still liked this version of The Edge of Reason.

It's hard to put my finger on why -- because I'm not quite sure why some of the book's original plot lines were ommitted, and because I thought the Rebecca subplot was gratuitous -- but I did like it.

The first book was not-so-loosely based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." The first movie left a lot of that in, and even included a lot of "inside jokes" for those of us who are familiar with that delightful book and the filmed version starring Colin Firth as Fitzwilliam Darcy. "The Edge of Reason" was not-so-loosely based on another Jane Austen novel, "Persuasion," but any overt Austen references are completely wiped out here.

The character of Giles Benwick is based on an Austen character named Benwick who has recently lost his fiancée, but that is the only Austen reference from the book left. It's a shame, too, because I liked that particular subplot in both Austen's "Persuasion" and Fielding's "Edge of Reason."

Given that I've complained about several aspects of this film, I'm still rather surprised that I liked it. Could it be because Bridget is still Everywoman and because Mark Darcy is still the Perfect Man (and probably because he's still played by the ever-dishy Colin Firth)?

Who knows. All I do know is that it was cute, it was funny and it was entertaining. You can't ask for much else.


60 of 98 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Skip this turkey and rent the Audiobook read by Barbara Rosenblat! ltldog2
Discuss Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?