Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [M]

Having finally found the perfect man in gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy, 30-something ex-singleton Bridget Jones is now faced with the even bigger challenge of keeping him. As her self-doubts return and her womanising ex-lover Daniel Cleaver reappears uninvited and up to his old tricks, poor Bridget becomes entangled in a series of disasters that could only happen to her. 

Admittedly not as good as the first one, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is still a fun, feel-good romantic comedy that is filled with more blunders, more perverts, and a brand new diary.

Having finally found her happy ending and perfect man in gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy, 30-something ex-singleton Bridget Jones is now faced with the even bigger challenge of keeping him. As her self-doubts begin to return and her womanising ex-lover Daniel Cleaver resurfaces uninvited and up to his old tricks, poor Bridget becomes entangled in a series of romance blunders and disasters that could only happen to her.

It is the truth universally known that the sequel is never going to be as good as the first movie. There have been a few scattered throughout history, but in general the second movie never scales the lofty heights of its predecessor. This was the case with the second Bridget Jones.
Although the film stars all the original cast members and everything is still in keeping with the first movie, the writers seemed to clutching at straws as far as the story goes. The basic story was solid and everything, but there were situations that just became a little bit too much. They were still believable, one had famously happened around the same time as the film was being made, but it was just not as simple as the first movie. There was more crammed into it.
All the performances were very much the same as the first movie so there is not much to report on in that area… aside from the fact that Hugh Grant doesn’t have the sexy hair. In this one he just looks a little older and mature, which is not entirely in keeping with the character really.
Starring Renee Zelwegger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Tom Callis, and Shirley Henderson, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a fun romantic comedy filled with winter sports, exes, romantic blunders, misunderstandings, and the music of Madonna. It’s a movie that I can definitely watch again and enjoy thoroughly, but ultimately it was not as good and heart-warming as the first one.