Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason

Beeban Kidron (2004)

103min

15 Certificate

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by Brian Pendreigh

After the huge success of 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary, the makers of this sequel took no risks by deviating from a winning formula. The sequel again opens with gormless but lovable Bridget (Renée Zellweger) arriving for a Christmas family reunion. Except now she is no longer single, having hooked dishy but taciturn lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). It's not long, however, before they're squabbling over such personal foibles as Mark's habit of folding his boxer shorts before going to bed, so Bridget heads off to Thailand to compile a travel programme with handsome cad Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). The characterisations are once more excellent, so it's unfortunate that the scriptwriters (including Richard Curtis and the book's author, Helen Fielding) felt it necessary to revisit jokes from the original. However, if you can ignore the many similarities, you may still laugh your socks off.

Summary

The disaster-prone journalist seems to have finally found the perfect boyfriend. However, when the couple start to squabble over their personal habits, she decides to decamp for a while to Thailand and write a travelogue. Unfortunately, she has reckoned without the reappearance of a duplicitous old flame - and a spell behind bars in a Thai prison. Romantic comedy sequel, with Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones.

Cast & Crew

Bridget Jones Renée Zellweger

Daniel Cleaver Hugh Grant

Mark Darcy Colin Firth

Bridget's dad Jim Broadbent

Bridget's mum Gemma Jones

Rebecca Jacinda Barrett

Shazzer Sally Phillips

Jude Shirley Henderson

Tom James Callis

Magda Jessica Stevenson

Richard Finch Neil Pearson

Quizmaster Ian McNeice

Commentator Wolf Kahler

Jed Paul Nicholls

Steward Patrick Baladi

Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Paxman

Taxi driver Neil Dudgeon

Director Beeban Kidron

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: UIPGuidance: Swearing, drug abuse, sex scenes.Available on: video, DVD and Blu-rayReleased on: 12 Nov 2004

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