Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Widescreen Edition)
by Beeban Kidron
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Actor: Celia Imrie, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, James Faulkner, Renée ZellwegerDirector: Beeban Kidron
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; German (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
Published: 2005-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-22
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: The Edge of Reason brings you to the Edge of your Seat!
Summary: 5 Stars
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
This is no average romantic comedy. Strap yourself in for the riotous laughter that ensues in this comedy featuring the ever-talented Renee Zelleweger. Friends and enemies, old and new, throw in some truly unexpected twists and turns in this sequel to the extremely successful Bridget Jones' Diary. Watching the film is like catching up with an old friend. Scenes are put together like little vignettes drawn from her now infamous diary (which only makes one appearance in the film strangely enough). The filmmakers expect that you have seen the first one and are delivering fans all the Bridget they can handle. Viewers of the first film will feel as if they are on all the "in" jokes... as they play up all of Bridget's endearing neuroses... from her "appalling bad public speaking" to her relationship with the "scary stomach holding-in panties popular with grannies the world over".
Colin Firth (Mark Darcy) is totally off the "hot" charts in playing the leading man. He lets it all hang out personality-wise and romantically in the Edge of Reason. If you're not swooning over him already, this film will certainly put you over the edge! And Mr. Cleaver (Hugh Grant) does not disappoint as the boyish cad that we all hate to love, or is it love to hate?
The movie bets on its female fans having had a relationship with their own "Daniel Cleaver" and the scenes between Daniel and Bridget will make you squirm in your seat. Watching this movie is like being at a pajama party! You will laugh, squirm, yell and be driven to the edge of your seat and feel good doing it because so will everyone else in the theater. The movie is not so much about trials and tribulations of single-hood, it is about the pitfalls of the relationship decisions we make and how we can bond as women because of them. And this experience is reflected in the audience it brings together.
Women bond with Bridget because they know what she is going through and fans will continue to enjoy that relationship with the new movie. That's half of what makes the scenes so downright hilarious (the other half is Zelleweger's comedic talent). As for the guys, don't worry, there's a scene at the end that will make it all worthwhile for them.
What is lackluster about the film is that it is not as structured as the first, and Zelleweger starts it off a little weakly with a fuzzy accent in the beginning. Some fans might find that the smarminess subtracts from the experience and there is too much unfortunate mimicking of the original that came off a little forced. You won't really notice the relative lack of scene set up in this one because you will be too busy laughing and the filmmakers continue with some beautiful scenery and an excellent soundtrack.
This movie has a hard time being at all serious but don't we all need a laugh (or two or three hundred) these days? The Edge of Reason is a must see for any true Bridget fan; it does not disappoint. It will take you to the edge of your seat and make you laugh like no other film this year. 4 ½ stars.
Summary of Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Widescreen Edition)
BRIDGET JONES:EDGE OF REASON - DVD MovieAlthough 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