| Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Widescreen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Beeban Kidron
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MCAD26719D
ISBN: 1417034564
UPC: 025192671920
EAN: 9781417034567
ASIN: B00005JNDZ
Theatrical Release Date: November 19, 2004
Release Date: March 22, 2005
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Not that bridgets counting but its been 6 wonderful weeks 4 fabulous days and 7 precious hours with 1 flawless boyfriend mark darcy. But when mischevious and devilishly charming daniel cleaver arrives ont eh scene claiming to be a reformed man can bridget find a way to make true love last forever? Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: Renee Zellweger Colin Firth Run time: 107 minutes Rating: R
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Although it's been three years since we last saw Bridget (Renée Zellweger), only a few weeks have passed in her world. She is, as you'll remember, no longer a "singleton," having snagged stuffy but gallant Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) at the end of the 2001 film. Now she's fallen deeply in love and out of her neurotic mind with paranoia: Is Mark cheating on her with that slim, bright young thing from the law office? Will the reappearance of dashing cad Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) further spell the end of her self-confidence when they're shoved off to Thailand together for a TV travel story? If such questions also seem pressing to you, this sequel will be fairly painless, but you shouldn't expect anything fresh. Director Beeban Kidron and her screenwriters--all four of them!--are content to sink matters into slapstick, with chunky Zellweger (who's unflatteringly photographed) the literal butt of all jokes. Though the star still has her charms, and some of Bridget's social gaffes are amusing, the film is mired in low comedy--a sequence in a Thai women's prison is more offensive than outrageous--with only Grant's rakish mischief to pull it out of the swamp. --Steve Wiecking
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 Reason Has Nothing To Do With It October 29, 2004
112 out of 127 found this review helpful
So many sequels, so little time. Should you spend some of that time with this sequel to the popular and funny Bridget Jones' Diary? If you have a taste for the light and frothy, certainly. If we were discussing the book, The Edge of Reason, I would say "no"--- there are far better books, and better sequels, out there. But this is that rare case where the second book was rushed out to capitalize on the wild popularity of the first, and disappointing----- while this movie, not so rushed, is only casually based on and certainly better than the book.
Although neither book nor movie quite live up to the first, fans of the first movie will be well entertained by the second. And I, for one, am immensely glad that at least one horribly painful scene in the book is not even hinted at in the movie: Mr. Darcy keeps most of his dignity intact.
Can you enjoy this movie without seeing the first Diary? Yes, you learn enough of the characters early that this movie can stand on its own. However, I would bet that if you even smile during this one, you will want to rent or buy the first. You'll laugh out loud.
Especially if you love Colin Firth and Hugh Grant, as I do, this sequel is time well spent. I can't spell out why Colin Firth is so attractive, but there it is: he is. He is a much greater presence in this movie than the first--- after all, he (as "Mark Darcy") and Bridget have a real relationship as the movie opens. Of course they ---uhmm--- "mess" it up ("language, Bridget!") with misunderstandings, jealousies, and very funny mishaps. I am not a huge fan of humor based on one character's running the continuum from private embarrassment to public humiliation; yet Bridget, who constantly manages to embarrass herself and others in public, is such a good sport and so charming as Everygirl, that we laugh or groan with her in recognition of those moments in ourselves, and not at her. There are some great laughs in this movie.
Some of them come with Hugh Grant, who seems to have lost the weight that Renee Zellweger gained. Too thin but still devilishly attractive, Hugh's rakish character Daniel Cleaver hangs around to take advantage of the misunderstandings between Bridget and Mark Darcy-- even if he has to "hang around" Thailand to do it. Cad that he is, when Bridget really becomes a damsel in distress, he evaporates into thin air. That's all right. We know there will be some rough times in between, but surely Mark Darcy, human rights lawyer, will come cantering in on a white horse to save Bridget from Thai prison, right? Not quite. But with a few comic kinks, close enough.
I don't expect Renee Zellweger to receive another Oscar nomination for this one. She is fun, she is appealing, and she is good, but this is not the script for it. I've heard the British objections to her inconsistent, not to say hokey, accent, and while they have some merit here, I do applaud her for bravely diving into Everygirl-dom, a little overweight, a little embarrassed and embarrassing, but with self-awareness enough to make her a cult favorite of all of us "Singletons". She's effervescent, and she's resilient. Gotta love her.
If the movie was shot on location, it largely lost the advantage of it in Thailand, but that is a mere quibble. A stronger criticism: the first movie's soundtrack was marvelously energetic and witty--- who could forget "It's Raining Men"? This one, however, tries too hard: too many oldies which are favorites because they are very good songs, but which have been used in too many soundtracks. Even slightly new arrangements don't imbue them with the freshness the movie deserved. However, the costumer showed some wit in this episode, as well as underscoring some of the broader humor.
Not serious, not deep, not an exercise for the intellect, "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" is enjoyable and bubbly, and a darned good time. B--
3 1/2 Stars: The Age of Reason November 14, 2004
23 out of 41 found this review helpful
Bridget (Renee Zellweger) is back with Mark (Colin Firth) and Daniel (Hugh Grant) in tow: looking resplendent in a variety of wacky outfits, which only accentuate not hide her weight concerns.
But some of the fun and gloss of the first installment is gone, however. Zellweger is still chipper and a blast as Bridget. It's just that the plot and everything surrounding her is just a bit off.
Many scenes, in particular the Skiing sequence, reminds me of a similar one from a 1960's Doris Day movie: which is OK if it is done in the same light, snappy vein, but it isn't... it just falls flat. Humorless.
One scene that does work is the fountain scene/fight between Darcy and Daniel. It's silly, awkward and dumb.... but very very funny.
But to tell the truth, what we all want to see anyway is some kind of resolution to the Bridget-Darcy-Daniel triangle. Am I right? And we get one...finally. But like life it takes awhile to get there.
"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" is humorous and sometimes even downright funny. But with all the talent involved here, this last of the Bridget Jones movies should of at least been all the things that the first one was: warm, emotional, caring and hilarious.
 Insufferable chick flick November 16, 2004
17 out of 32 found this review helpful
I got dragged to this hideous feature by two female friends who had seen and loved the first film. I hadn't, but I was filled in on the background before it began, and references were explained to me.
Basically, it's a romance involving an insecure fat girl (Renee Zellweger) and the two men who are competing for her affection. She is in love with an human rights lawyer (Colin Firth) whom she has been with for two whole months but finds herself occasionally drawn to a funny, charming, but ultimately slimy TV show host (Hugh Grant.)
I couldn't for the life of me figure out why anyone would be fighting over this woman. She's an idiot. She constantly humiliates Firth's character in front of his professional colleagues. She is completely inept at nearly everything. And none of this is even remotely cute or endearing. Conversely, I couldn't understand what she saw in her boyfriend, who has all the personality of the desk I'm sitting at. Oh, right, the shagging was good. We are reminded of that many, many times over. Grant's character is a jerk, but at least he's funny.
Zellweger is incredibly annoying, with her fake English accent and exaggerated mannerisms. Roger Ebert says he wanted to tickle her under her chin. I wanted to punch her in the eye. Do women actually relate to this character? That's so very sad.
Hugh Grant is the only entertaining thing in the movie. His scenes were the only times I genuinely laughed.
The film is nauseatingly sweet at the worst of times, and predictable as well. If you can't see what's coming when someone asks the main character to carry a souvenir item from Thailand in her luggage, then you just haven't seen enough movies. By the time Bridget is singing Madonna songs in a Thai prison, you'll be wanting to ram skewers into both your eyes and ears.
This isn't the worst film I've ever seen, but it is unquestionably the worst film I've seen in theaters in the past year.
 This is total rubbish. June 29, 2005
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I don't usually review films that I only saw by chance and then didn't like, but I'm making an exception here, as "Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason" is a true disaster all round. I saw the first movie and found it mildly amusing, so when this turned up I thought I'd give it a go, but I'm sorry I bothered.
Basically, the Bridget Jones in this film is a total idiot, who messes up everything in her life including her pride, her love life, and her career. Not in a funny or endearing way, though, which would encourage sympathy. And not in a zany Lucille Ball-type way either, that would get you laughing. No, just in a totally stupid and pointless way that makes you want to hit her. Every embarrassing faux-pas or misunderstanding the character stumbles through (and there are dozens) just makes you want to switch off and leave her to it. She messes up every single aspect of her relationship, her job, and her holiday by saying and doing the most brainless and unfathomable things, in ways that a real person would never do. Or if they did, they wouldn't have any friends...and certainly not Hugh Grant and Colin Firth fighting over them!
Rene Zellweger playes Bridget as a totally unloveable, boring and socially inept loser...I don't think this is the actress's fault, or even due to the original charcter in the Helen Fielding novels, but more due to the terrible script and direction. Why does Bridget walk everwhere like a constipated duck, for example? Why does she laugh and sigh at every stupid blunder she makes, and just waddle on to the next stumbling point? Even when she's lost the love of her life, it's all summed up with a shrug and a rueful smile. Come on, girl, try and make us care! I sure didn't!
If that wasn't bad enough, the last third of the movie almost made me shout at the screen...Dopey Bridget is duped into smuggling a massive stash of cocaine out of Thailand, and gets caught trying to board a plane at Bangkok airport. She then gets thrown into a Thai women's prison. This notoriously unpleasant predicament really doesn't belong in a (supposedly) frothy comedy like this is, but it just gets worse, as have-a-go Bridget gets all (and I mean ALL) the inmates on her side which results in a huge sing-along scene and lots of laughing and hugging. Sorry, I don't think so somehow. This sugar-coated representation of the notoriously brutal Thai prison regime left a nasty taste in my mouth...not alleviated in the slightest when Bridget gets an anticipated (but blatently unlikely) full pardon and early release, just because her lawyer boyfriend pulls the right strings.
The above illustration is the worst example, but I didn't find any of Bridgets other antics entertaining or affecting in the slightest either. She's somehow got a high profile TV reporters job, but she can't even do it. Everyone makes jokes about her weight and she just thinks it's funny. With a central and supporting cast of usually reliable performers, it's tragic how lame this film has turned out. There's nothing apparent to make you understand or care about any of the lead characters actions. And that means a waste of 90 minutes in my book. Make better use of your time and give this one a miss.
Garbage November 18, 2004
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
Prepare to be disappointed. The first film was tolerable entertainment, the sequel is boring offensive trash. Ploddingly written, with little wit and a barrage of expletives, this is a complete waste of your time. It is revolting in its stereotyping of the Thai people - how misguided is it to have Bridget, the ultimate fantasy figure, compare her problems to the real ones of a Thai woman, in jail, a prostitute, beaten and forced to take heroin by her pimp? Is the child sex trade in Thailand good material for a 'joke', as occurs when Bridget is on a plane seated next to a beer-swiling boor? Wake up audience! This is not harmless light entertainment, it is drearily cynical garbage.
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Aside from the racial slurs, there is the predictable sexual stereotyping. Bridget's suitors are rich, intelligent, and, especially in Darcy's case, powerful. Bridget is less than rich, less than intelligent, and a victim to the point of feeling 'unworthy' - much of the alleged humour is prised from her acute embarassment. The men use their powers to gain Bridget's affection, which is largely equated with sexual favours, and dreams of marriage and babies. Her career is belittled, any success seen as accidental, theirs presented as important, glamorous, and well deserved. Of course it's possible to milk some laughs from all this, but haven't we seen all this many times before? Isn't it tedious?
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Grant has his character down pat, and he provides the few genuine laughs. Renee is made to look as unattractive as possible - one wonders whether the men behind the film have deliberately done this, again quite cynically - all very well to say it's 'brave' of the actress, but why are the men presented normally. Colin Firth - why is he bothering with this? The minor characters, especially Bridget's so-called friends, are repulsive and unbelievable - her parents are similarly embodiments of a single joke repeated ad nauseam.
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In terms of basic plotting, it is also very weak. For the first half of the film it's only Darcy and Bridget. He is all wonderful, she is all paranoia. It takes Cleaver, Hugh Grant, to add any drama, hackneyed those this may be. All this provoked many a yawn in the cinema audience.
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Don't be fooled by those fond of the first film - this is despicable rubbish.
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