Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Beeban Kidron

Writers (WGA):

Helen Fielding (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Same Bridget. Brand new diary.

Plot:

The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Intern | Prison | Thailand | Parachute

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Bridget Jones - Am Rande des Wahnsinns (Germany)
Bridget Jones - L'age 2 raison (France) (DVD box title)
Bridget Jones 2 (UK) (informal title)
Bridget Jones's Diary 2 (UK) (working title)
Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (France)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK | France | Germany | Ireland | USA

Language:

English | German

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:Btl | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:A | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Indonesia:Dewasa

Filming Locations:

Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

Working Title Films

Trivia:

The book that Jed and Shazzer read on the plane is "The Beach" by Alex Garland that also partially takes place in Thailand.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the skydiving scene when Bridget is under canopy she is seen holding a Metal D Handle in her right hand. Metal D handles are only used for the reserve parachute, the reserve D handle is still clearly in place on her left webbing. The parachute deployed is clearly a main parachute deployed using a BOC hand deploy pilot chute - not a rip cord.

Quotes:

Dad: Ciggy?
Bridget Jones: No. No thanks. I've given up again.
Dad: Shame. I find them very useful. I take great comfort in the fact that they might kill me before things actually get worse.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Soundtrack:

What the World Needs Now is Love

recycled gags -- a plot

It seems that, now, even romantic comedies have gone the way of cookie-cutter action flicks in their being too formulaic.

Spare yourself watching this movie. The gist is this: the new Bridget Jones is a blubbery, stupid, awkward woman. She goes on various trips and social outings, never failing to fall down, make stupid comments, spill things on people, put her makeup on wrong, etc etc ad nassssseum. Think slapstick comedy. Think the Curly from the 3 stooges, getting bonked on the head for the 212th time. It gets old fast.

In the first movie, I think a lot of girls could sympathize with her flub-ups and awkwardness because Bridget was also witty and intelligent, in spite of her shortcomings. Only this time around she's pretty much just a waste of space.

Oh, by the way, there isn't actually any plot development for the movie. Just endless scenes of Bridget making a fool of herself.

They always say sequels are worse than the original movie, but I've never seen one so much abysmally worse than the first.