ThrillMessage
There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Freeman
This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
Python Hyena
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004): Dir: Beeban Kidron / Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Jacinda Barrett: Worthwhile sequel to the 2001 masterpiece about behavior and communication. Setup addresses the aftermath of the first film addressing the relationship between journalist Jones and barrister Mark Darcy. She believes he is having an affair with a colleague, which results in many wayward situations that land her in hot water, particularly when she ends up in prison for a crime she did not commit. Structure isn't as tight but it is well directed by Beeban Kidron. Renee Zellweger is hilarious as Jones who often says and does things that warp her communication skills. Colin Firth is fine as Darcy who tries to understand Jones. It isn't difficult to see where this is all headed. Hugh Grant returns as Daniel Cleaver in attempts of continuing his sexual conquest with Jones however, his scrap with Darcy was funny the first time out. Here it is just a terrible repeat without the same level of comic payoff. Jim Broadbent as Jones's father isn't as broad this time out. Jacinda Barrett has the cardboard role as the woman whom Jones believes Darcy is involved with despite the fact that her facts are clogged. The film asks questions regarding what to do after you find true love and realize that forgiveness can happen even when you foil up beyond reason. Score: 6 ½ / 10
SnoopyStyle
It's soon after the first movie. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is now dating Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). She is insecure and jealous of his co-worker Rebecca (Jacinda Barrett). Egged on by her friends and enemy, she breaks up with him. Then she's forced to work on Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant)'s show and goes to Thailand. Bridget Jones goes to Thailand and gets imprisoned for trafficking drugs. Hilarious?It's a lot of self destructive behavior from Bridget Jones. It's the worst of TV sitcom writing. If only the characters would just talk to each other, the misunderstands would all go away. It is bad for a big screen movie. It would probably work better as a TV sitcom. Then she gets thrown into a Thai prison. Colin Firth plays his character with a little too much anger. Zellweger does a lot of fat jokes. Hugh Grant is actually a breath of fresh air delivering some lighter moments. In the end, there is nothing here worth your time.
SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain
A comedy that is an exact retread of the original. I don't like movies that backtrack. Here we have Bridget Jones suddenly doubting Darcy's fidelity. This leads to misunderstandings, where she is soon, once again, torn between Darcy and Cleaver. The film redoes the same jokes, with funny Christmas sweaters, and another Firth and Grant fight. These are also the funniest moments. At some point the film goes off the rails in such a confusing fashion. Jones ends up arrested because of drug possession and she winds up in a Thai prison. This sounds like some depressing drama, but it's OK, because she teaches the inmates how to have fun with a song and dance number and she also gives them chocolate. If a movie makes a Thai prison look good, I'm pretty sure it fails overall. It also has a climax where they play 3 songs back to back, I assume to sell that ever important soundtrack. A guaranteed hit on Mother's Day I bet.
Rozinda
It's very watchable so gets 4 stars but not as good as the earlier movie even though that wasn't particularly good.Hugh Grant is as brilliant as before as the caddish Wickham part, but Bridget is far more off the mark as the "Elizabeth" character even than she was in BJ's Diary. As for "Darcy", what on earth is he with this Bridget for? I doubt it's all Zellweger's fault even though I think she's totally miscast for the original very English wry humour of the newspaper Bridget - Zellweger simply can't do it. I can't understand why a British actress wasn't selected for this part or at least someone who could put over the humour as per British. But give Zellweger her due, she does try very hard and if I hadn't known the original BJ and Austen's P&P before it, she'd do as a different type of Bridget - a bit dim which Elizabeth and the original BJ weren't. No way, however, is this Bridget Elizabeth Bennet, but then the whole idea is that she isn't yet somehow the amazing Darcy adores her... There are some very funny sequences, especially out in Thailand and Zellweger's failure to be right for Bridget isn't a serious problem with the movie. The problem is why Darcy has ever fancied her in the first place - I'm not trying to insult this Bridget, just to point out that the relationship between these two characters is, as it was in the earlier movie, completely unrealistic. They are chalk and cheese! Possibly Firth is to blame for this - he is just too priggish and his whole lifestyle and career are so apart from hers that when he unbends to admit to wanting to be with/loving Bridget,it's not possible to believe him. Strange how this relationship fails because of the actors whilst Firth's excellent in a romantic theme in Love Actually. Bridget in this movie is even more embarrassing to stuffy Mark than she was in the first movie. It doesn't make sense that she makes a totally unnecessarily complete ass of herself in front of his clients time and again, and yet his career isn't suffering and he doesn't seem to mind! Whereas Hugh Grant as Daniel - brilliant! He always seems to know exactly how to put over a part. Is that he always acts the same part? I don't know or care, he's just riveting and so funny and charming on screen no matter what he acts in. Every time Bridget rejects him I wonder why as they are far better suited than her and that stuffy lawyer even though Daniel's a jerk! The theme of Daniel introducing cities/travel in his own womanising way is a very clever idea, I loved it. He'd make any travel ad thrilling! Bridget's experience with parachuting was scary. Neil Pearson is very amusing as her ruthlessly unsympathetic boss.One big surprise at the end is the girl who appears to be having an affair with Mark. What a brilliant twist! Marvellous! I never expected it for a moment. It lifted the movie's otherwise very ordinary ending!!
