(She runs to the buzzer.) Yes, who is it?īRIDGET - Oh, right - just give me a second. The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Rosie. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Joness Baby (2016). Summary and reviews of Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason by Helen. Don't go away - I've got something very important to say. Bridget Joness Diary is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Sharon Maguire and written. I'm really sorry (The door buzzer rings.) orry. MARK'S ANSAPHONE - If you have a message for Mark Darcy, please speak after the tone.īRIDGET - Hello. Here is my review for the second Bridget Jones movie, Bridget Joness: Edge of Reason. After a moment's agonizing indecision, she dials.) It's only been two months and I've gone and already done it! (She stares at the phone. In the following scene, Bridget returns to her London flat after a disastrous party.īRIDGET (voice-over) - Oh, God, I've done it, I've done it. In her review for The New York Times Book Review, Sarah Lyall called the novel sharp and humorous and said that Fielding had allowed her heroine to grow up into someone funnier and more interesting than she was before. : Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: A Novel (9780140298475) by Fielding, Helen and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. 12), complicates the lives of Bridget (Renée Zellweger) and Mark (Colin Firth) with a comely intern (Jacinda Barrett) to tempt him and the return of the rakish Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) to tempt her. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is followed by Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (Nov. New York Times bestselling author Reader and Blogger reviews: Move over.
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But since all parties were up for it, Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis and Adam Brooks blithely decided to second-guess Austen and write a sequel. out loud this much since I read Bridget Jones Diary many, many years ago. If you’d like to see more reviews for Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason you can slip over to RT.When last heard from, Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy had finally reached what Jane Austen might call a happy accord. I find that women especially, who enjoyed the first are FANATICAL about their love for the film, much like geeks like me who love Star Wars and will continue to see the new films no matter how good or bad the next one is. The reality is that the fans of the first film are going to see the second one pretty much no matter what the critics or I say.
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“Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a jolly movie and I smiled pretty much all the way through, but it doesn’t shift into high with a solid thunk the way Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001) did.” With Rene Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, James Faulkner. If you remember Bridget Jones’s Diary fondly, spare yourself this one.” Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason: Directed by Beeban Kidron. “Philosophers say that those who can’t remember the past are doomed to repeat it. “On those rare occasions when The Edge of Reason isn’t regurgitating material from Bridget Jones’ Diary, it is taking ill-advised excursions into unfunny slapstick and sappy melodrama.”
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“There’s a flatness in the writing, a slapdash feel to the directing and an over-reliance on what worked the first time.” Here’s what some of the critics are saying about it so far: It’s sad to see the response this one seems to be getting. The first film had a lot of charm and wit that kept me (who otherwise doesn’t really enjoy that kind of film) engaged and interested. I never used to like Renée Zellweger very much, but in recent years she’s begun to win me over (a fact that I’m totally sure helps her sleeps better at night), and I’ve ALWAYS been a big fan of Hugh Grant. This appears to be the case with Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that when a film is really kind of special, it’s sequel is bound to disappoint.