Movies:
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
DVD Release: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [WS]
- Release Date: 2005
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- An alternate beginning and more of Bridget's comic mishaps in never-before-seen deleted scenes
- Who do you fancy? Mark or Daniel? Find out in the "Who's Your Man?" quiz
- What happens when a big lawyer and a big liar face off for Bridget's affections? A comic look inside "The Big Fight" reveals all
- Mark and Bridget Forever? Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth discuss the ups, downs and wobbly bits of their relationship
- A hilarious interview from serious journalist Bridget Jones and actor Colin Firth
DVD Release: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [P&S]
- Release Date: 2005
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- An alternate beginning and more of Bridget's comic mishaps in never-before-seen deleted scenes
- Who do you fancy? Mark or Daniel? Find out in the "Who's Your Man?" quiz
- What happens when a big lawyer and a big liar face off for Bridget's affections? A comic look inside "The Big Fight" reveals all
- Mark and Bridget Forever? Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth discuss the ups, downs and wobbly bits of their relationship
- A hilarious interview from serious journalist Bridget Jones and actor Colin Firth
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy
- Movie Type: Romantic Comedy
- Themes: Opposites Attract, Romantic Betrayal
- Director: Beeban Kidron
- Main Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones
- Release Year: 2004
- Country: UK/US
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based on author Helen Fielding's sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks after the original film left off, with Bridget (Renée Zellweger) emotionally satisfied at long last with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her barrister boyfriend. Stability in Bridget's life, however, quickly becomes a contradiction in terms. Though Mark is openly supportive of Bridget's eccentricities -- and there are many -- she is nonetheless threatened by Mark's young, nubile intern, not to mention irked at finding out that he is, among other less desirable qualities in her eyes, a conservative voter. Complicating issues further is the reentrance of her ex-lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), whom Jones, perhaps mistakenly, thought she had finally gotten over. Before long, the situation escalates into another series of embarrassing circumstances for Bridget, who is faced once again with a crippling feeling of self-doubt and has only her diary and friends to combat it. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie GuideReview
Helen Fielding had the sense to be self-deprecating in the title of her second Bridget Jones novel, and director Beeban Kidron considers that her license to concoct a film that's altogether unreasonable indeed. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason once again makes hay of the title character's tendency to go fanny up, flogging the slapstick until it's as wet as Renée Zellweger after repeated puddle drenchings. Zellweger gamely regained the pounds for another go-around, but the audience was less eager this time, leaving the film lost in the 2004 holiday shuffle. The embarrassments heaped upon Jones have taken on a perfunctory quality by this second installment. She continually finds herself stammering in front of Darcy's coterie of international dignitaries, and when the out-of-control Jones haplessly skis into the midst of a professional downhill race, it's hack-level stuff. However, there is a point at which the absurdity (a bizarre second-act plot twist that shouldn't be ruined) goes to such lengths, the joke seems intentional, enough for the film to rebound toward something more sublime. Colin Firth and Hugh Grant again play the candidates for Bridget's affections, though Firth's character is so stiff and unsmiling, the audience almost roots for Grant's lothario to win their inevitable tussle in a public fountain. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie GuideCast
- Renée Zellweger - Bridget Jones
- Hugh Grant - Daniel Cleaver
- Colin Firth - Mark Darcy
- Jim Broadbent - Bridget's Dad
- Gemma Jones - Bridget's Mum
Jacinda Barrett - Rebecca; James Callis - Tom; Shirley Henderson - Jude; Sally Phillips - Shazzer; Neil Pearson - Richard Finch; Jessica Stevenson - Magda; Paul Nicholls - Jed; Christopher Adamson - Man in Corridor; David Cann - Cameraman in Field; Neil Dudgeon - Taxi Driver; James Faulkner - Uncle Geoffrey; Alex Jennings - Horatio; Wolf Kahler - Commentator; Ian McNeice - Quizmaster; Catherine Russell - Camilla; Mark Tandy - Derek; Arturo Venegas - Mr. Hernandez; Jason Watkins - Charlie Parker-Knowles; Paul Humpoletz - Chemist Customer; Joan Blackham - Shirley; Celia Imrie - Una Alconbury; Simon Andreu Trobat - Mr. Santiago; David Auker - Clive - Man on Plane; Donald Douglas - Admiral Darcy; Richard Braine - Vicar; Sabina Michael - Chemist Customer; Lilo Bauer - Chemist; Pui Fan Lee - Thai Jail Girl; Lucy Robinson - Janey; Shirley Dixon - Mrs. Darcy; Sam Beazley - Very Old Man; Oliver Chris - Director in Gallery; Patrick Baladi - Steward; Flaminia Cinque - Scary Corset Lady; Celia Imre - Una; Amanda Haberland - Journalist; Campbell Graham - Hamish; Dominic McHale - Bernard; Alex Fixsen - Cameraman in Aircraft; Rosalind Halstead - Receptionist; Luis Soto - Mexican Ambassador; Tom Brooke - Production Assistant; Alba Fleming Furlan - Girl in Rome; David Verrey - Giles Benwick; Stephanie O'Rourke - Sexy P.A.; Jeremy Paxman - Himself; Trevor Fox - Hairdresser; Phillip Gardner - Toastmaster; Hans Flaschberger - Chemist Customer; Joe Caffrey - Homeless Man; Rong Kaomulkadee - Thai Chef; Ting Ting Hu - Thai Prostitute; Michelle Lee - Thai Police Woman; Hon Ping Tang - Thai Jail Guard; Suthas Bhoopongsa - Dudwani; Vee Vimolmal - Phrao; Melissa Ashworth - Thai Jail Girl; Sam Hazeldine - Journalist; Peter Gordon - Porter; Frances Jeater - Miss Gallagher
