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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

  • 2004
  • R
  • 1h 48m
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6.0/10
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Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
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After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.

  • Director
    • Beeban Kidron
  • Writers
    • Helen Fielding
    • Andrew Davies
    • Richard Curtis
  • Stars
    • Renée Zellweger
    • Colin Firth
    • Hugh Grant
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    117K
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    • Director
      • Beeban Kidron
    • Writers
      • Helen Fielding
      • Andrew Davies
      • Richard Curtis
    • Stars
      • Renée Zellweger
      • Colin Firth
      • Hugh Grant
    • 277User reviews
    • 152Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 nominations

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    Renée Zellweger
    Renée Zellweger
    • Bridget Jones
    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Mark Darcy
    Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant
    • Daniel Cleaver
    Gemma Jones
    Gemma Jones
    • Mum
    Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent
    • Dad
    James Faulkner
    James Faulkner
    • Uncle Geoffrey
    Celia Imrie
    Celia Imrie
    • Una Alconbury
    Dominic McHale
    • Bernard
    Donald Douglas
    Donald Douglas
    • Admiral Darcy
    Shirley Dixon
    Shirley Dixon
    • Mrs. Darcy
    Neil Pearson
    Neil Pearson
    • Richard Finch
    Rosalind Halstead
    Rosalind Halstead
    • Receptionist
    Luis Soto
    Luis Soto
    • Mexican Ambassador
    Tom Brooke
    Tom Brooke
    • Production Assistant
    Alba Fleming Furlan
    • Girl in Rome
    Jacinda Barrett
    Jacinda Barrett
    • Rebecca
    Sally Phillips
    Sally Phillips
    • Shazza
    James Callis
    James Callis
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    • Director
      • Beeban Kidron
    • Writers
      • Helen Fielding
      • Andrew Davies
      • Richard Curtis
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    • Trivia
      In the book, Bridget Jones is obsessed by Colin Firth from Pride and Prejudice (1995), and even gets to meet him for an interview. This plotline is omitted from this movie, where Firth played her love interest Mark Darcy. They did, however, film the interview scene with Colin dressed in his street clothes, and Renée Zellweger in character. The scene is included in the DVD extras.
    • Goofs
      (at around 27 mins) During the Law Council quiz, in the final and deciding round, Contemporary Culture; the final question asked by the quiz-master which will decide if Bridget's team table will win or not is "What was the name of Madonna's first UK single?". Bridget is sure the answer is 'Lucky Star' while other team members are unsure and discuss that the answer may be 'Holiday'. Bridget then confidently gives the answer as 'Lucky Star'. Bridget is told she is wrong and her opponent gives the answer "Holiday", the quiz-master confirms this is indeed correct, thereby meaning that Bridget's team loses the quiz. In actual fact, both answers are incorrect. Madonna's first UK single was entitled 'Everybody', released in December 1982.
    • Quotes

      Daniel Cleaver: [Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy have just had a fistfight over Bridget] You know what, mate? If you are so obsessed with Bridget Jones, why don't you just marry her?

      Mark Darcy: [turns away and starts to walk]

      Daniel Cleaver: [pause] Cause then she'd definitely shag me.

      [Mark dives again into the fountain]

    • Connections
      Edited into Bridget Jones 2: T4 Movie Special (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Magic Moments
      (Burt Bacharach/Hal David)

      Performed by Perry Como

      Courtesy of BMG Network Enterprises on behalf of BMG

    User reviews277

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    Disappointment = not a strong enough word.
    First, the positives – Colin and Hugh are still hitting their marks. Even though he might not know why, Mark positively adores Bridget. Colin gets that and twinkles, melts and warms in all the right places. Same goes for Daniel– he's drawn to his Bridge for some inexplicable reason. Hugh Grant really ought to be looking for a patent for that mojo he works so well. All of the original actors are back as Bridget's parents and her "dating war command" of pals and all have a natural, easy chemistry that works. But, the negatives, they are a-plenty.

    Biggest problem here was the complete tone change. In the first film, we were on the ride with Bridget...seeing things through her eyes, groaning as she put her foot in her mouth again and cheering for her to finally get it right. However, in this movie, it feels like someone stuck her up on a stage and spent 2 hours throwing pies and tomatoes at her cause it seemed real cool. She's not in on the joke here, she IS the joke. Her few extra pounds are no longer just a part of the package – they are the end-all of her worth as a person. It feels like the folks behind this film don't even LIKE the character – they just think it's real cool to humiliate her as often as possible. It doesn't even look like they bothered to send Renee to makeup or wardrobe – she (as Bridget) was pleasantly plump in the first film, but never dowdy. The character is downright frumpy in this movie with a perpetual case of bed head and clothes that look like castoffs from Mayberry. And Renee plays into it with her acting choices – Bridget was frazzled in the first movie but still retained her dignity most of the time. She's a perpetual victim in this one, though, and even though Renee is still cute as a button and incredibly endearing, some of Bridget's spark is gone.

    What happens after the happy ending? Couple realizes that they are each real, flawed people. And the movie makes it seem like Mark is at that point – never tries to change Bridget, never gets angry and her constant mishaps amuse more than annoy. But, as each of Bridget's tantrums unfolded, I kept asking myself why in the WORLD the man was still there. Bridget's keen on him but doesn't trust him. She likes to be with him but is suspicious of his actions without any real cause. Now, we know she's an insecure character and feels like she's not classy enough to fit into his world. And if the movie built from that, maybe we'd have a different story. But the obstacles they face are external. The characters never make decisions on their own – something or someone else makes them feel a certain way or forces them into a course of action that decides what will happen next. And Bridget's reactions almost make it seem like somehow, over the course of the last 'six weeks', she's regressed to a girl in the schoolyard stomping her feet when her boyfriend does something she doesn't like.

    Another problem – the utter lack of subtlety. Why include one fat joke when 3 or 4 plus a butt shot can fit into the scene? Why spend most of the movie dropping hints about a reveal when you can beat the audience over the head with it in one of the final scenes? Why have Daniel make one joke about stealing Mark's wife when he can drop another one 30 minutes later? Oh look, matching Christmas jumpers – how cute. Most of the funny in this movie comes from certain 'episodes' as opposed to the dialogue. I loved the ski trip and Bridget's 'magic mushrooms' in Thailand. But, when the characters are actually talking to each other, they just aren't that funny. Most of the jokes are reruns from the first movie that feel stale. The naughty jokes are kicked up a notch but everyone in my packed theater, including me, either grimaced or sat stone-faced through most of them. Note to filmmakers: dirty has to actually BE funny to be funny.

    This feels like a movie about a woman made by men who think wet clothes, girl-on-girl action and butt close-ups get it done. I read some interviews that said that Renee would only do a second film if it took care of Bridget and held up the standards of the first. I almost wonder if someone slid her this script on the first day of shooting as a rewrite once she'd already signed on the dotted line. This felt like a bleached, harsher version of the first– the warmth is gone. I know there was a different director and I really don't think the new kid gets why Bridget was/is such a phenomenon. As much as I was looking forward to this film, I wish they'd never done it.

    Oh, and also, as a P.S. – if I was a Thai woman right now, I'd be suing Working Title and Miramax for defamation of character for their version of 'Fun with Stereotypes'.
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    • Release date
      • November 19, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Germany
      • Ireland
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official Site (International)
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Thai
    • Also known as
      • Nhật Ký Tiểu Thư Jones 2: Bên Lề Lý Luận
    • Filming locations
      • Phuket, Thailand
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • StudioCanal
      • Miramax
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    • Budget
      • $40,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,226,215
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,684,055
      • Nov 14, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $265,126,918
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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