Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

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

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Writers:

Helen Fielding (novel), Andrew Davies (screenplay)

Stars:

Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

This story picks up four weeks after the first movie, and already Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). 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.

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Plot Keywords:

thailand | marriage proposal | prison | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | opposites attract | 

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Taglines:

The perfect boyfriend. The perfect life. What could posssibly go wrong?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

During filming in Thailand, the cast stayed on Nai Yang Beach, close to the airport in Phuket. They often drank at the little shack bars down on the beach, especially "Mama Mia's". In 2004, all of those bars and restaurants were destroyed in the tsunami. The pianist at the J.W. Marriott in Phuket, Stuart Hopkins, who was also a regular at the bar made extensive attempts to contact the cast. In June 2005, a large package arrived for his attention. It was from Renée Zellweger containing many things such as t-shirts, caps, and a big movie poster signed by her and other cast members. Over the years, the bars on the beach were re-built, and the poster still hangs proudly in Mama Mia's bar as of August 2009.

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Goofs

When Bridget stands in the window and the camera zooms out to show the London panorama, a graffiti is visible on the railway bridge but it is not there in other shots of the bridge.

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Quotes

Mark Darcy: [Bridget gets out of bed covered in a sheet and begins to fumble around] What on Earth are you doing?
Bridget Jones: Getting dressed.
Mark Darcy: Why're you dancing around in that tent business?
Bridget Jones: Because I don't want you to see any of my wobbly bits.
Mark Darcy: Well now that's a bit pointless, isn't it? As I happen to have a very high regard for your wobbly bits. In all circumstances.
Bridget Jones: [Bridget's head emerges from the sheet] Really?
Mark Darcy: Absolutely. I think it's high time we had another look.
[Bridget drops the sheet on the floor]

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason/Finding Neverland/Kinsey/After the Sunset (2004)

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Soundtracks

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Performed by Mary J. Blige
Courtesy of Geffen Records, a division of UMG Recordings Inc.
Part of the Universal Music Group

User Reviews

Dampener

Having seen the first version, I was looking forward to a good laugh. However this movie really failed to live up to it. Actually perhaps the movie cannot be blamed for it since the storyline itself is quite ridiculous, There was no reason for the Darcy- Bridget split in the first place. Nor the absurd antics with Hugh Grant (the prostitute was in pretty poor taste). The mid-life crisis which is so refreshing in the first movie sounds boring and repetitive.

Renee Zelwegger, looks haggard and unattractive. Also she seems to be overly neurotic - a trait that begins to grate on the nerves. Darcy is passable. Only Hugh Grant shines - he plays the role of the scoundrel with aplomb.

The only high point of the movie is the reprise of the Firth-Grant fisticuff. It is as ludicrous as the first - perhaps even better.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official Site (International)

Country:

UK France Germany Ireland USA

Language:

English German Thai

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Filming Locations:

Ashbridge, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$40,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,684,055, 14 November 2004

Gross USA:

$40,226,215

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$265,126,918

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, StudioCanal, Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1