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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
- Review Date: March 19, 2005
- R
- Genre: Comedy
- 2004
Common Sense Media says
Repeat of first film lacks charm. Not for kids.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this movie has explicit sexual references and situations including prostitution and a pregnancy scare, very strong language, a great deal of drinking and smoking, hallucinogenic mushrooms, a character who is a drug dealer, and a lot of very irresponsible behavior handled in a light-hearted fashion with not much by way of consequences. There is some comic violence.
What's the story?
In the first movie, Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) learned that she could be loved just as she was. Now she has to figure out whether she can love herself. As the sequel begins, she has had six blissful weeks with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the man of her dreams. But happily ever after does not work for movies, so something has to go wrong. Bridget's insecurities lead her to break up with Mark just as all-but-irresistible bad boy Daniel (Hugh Grant) lands a job on her television news program. When they are assigned to work together on a travel piece about Thailand, Daniel expresses an interest in Bridget and her giant panties. Bridget will have to choose between two men and two notions of herself. And along the way she will do all the Bridget things we love to see, mostly meaning making a fool of herself by squeezing into a too-tight dress, speaking out at the wrong time, or managing to give the camera a close-up of her rear end.
Is it any good?
BRIDGET JONES: BEYOND THE EDGE OF REASON is pretty much the same movie as the first, but both the heroine and her story have lost a good deal of their charm. What we loved about Bridget was the spirited way she took on the world. She may have been awkward, but she had so much heart that we, like Mark, loved her just the way she was. Not so much anymore, no matter how much we want to. She comes across as not just graceless but thoughtless and careless.
The incidents in the film are just repetitions of the first (discussions of large panties, ugly Christmas sweaters, completely inept Mark/Daniel fight scene) or outlandish variations that fall a little flat. In one case, Bridget is imprisoned in a Thai jail. There is simply no way to handle a scene like this in a romantic comedy, and the efforts to make Bridget's prison experience charming by having her loan out her Wonderbra and teach her cellmates Madonna songs are a little creepy. Still, Firth, Grant, and Zellweger are always fun to watch, the script has some funny moments, and it's always fun to see Bridget find a way to a happy ending.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about why it was hard for Bridget to trust Mark's feelings for her. They could also talk about the problems Bridget encountered in Thailand.
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Kid, 11 years old
October 24, 2010
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One F word too many.
Not the best in the franchise
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FUNNY!!!!!
I thought and still think this movie is funny, i saw this movie when i was 9 or 10 and i thought it was funny
then and i still do
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i saw some of this movie on tv. i didn't get to see it all becase i missed the beggning and we left the house before it ended. it was ok, put iffy for young children.
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| Studio: | Universal Pictures |
| Director: | Beeban Kidron |
| Cast: | Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Renee Zellweger |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Run time: | 108 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 11, 2004 |
| DVD release date: | March 22, 2005 |
| MPAA rating: | R |
| MPAA explanation: | language and some sexual content |
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