Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason [WS]

Director: Beeban Kidron Beeban Kidron

Overview

Based on author Helen Fielding's sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks after the original film left off, with Bridget (Ren?e Zellweger) emotionally satisfied at long last with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her barrister boyfriend. Stability in Bridget's life, however, quickly becomes a contradiction in terms. Though Mark is openly supportive of Bridget's eccentricities -- and there are many -- she is nonetheless threatened by Mark's young, nubile intern, not to mention irked at finding out that he is, among other less desirable qualities in her eyes, a conservative voter. Complicating issues further is the reentrance of her ex-lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), whom Jones, perhaps mistakenly, thought she had finally gotten over. Before long, the situation escalates into another series of embarrassing circumstances for Bridget, who is faced once again with a crippling feeling of self-doubt and has only her diary and friends to combat it.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/22/2005
UPC:	0025192671920
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	R
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	36,767

Special Features

Closed Caption;An alternate beginning and more of Bridget's comic mishaps in never-before-seen deleted scenes; Who do you fancy? Mark or Daniel? Find out in the "Who's Your Man?" quiz; What happens when a big lawyer and a big liar face off for Bridget's affections? A comic look inside "The Big Fight" reveals all; Mark and Bridget Forever? Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth discuss the ups, downs and wobbly bits of their relationship; A hilarious interview from serious journalist Bridget Jones and actor Colin Firth

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Renée Zellweger	Bridget Jones
Colin Firth	Mark Darcy
Hugh Grant	Daniel Cleaver
Jim Broadbent	Dad
Gemma Jones	Mum
James Faulkner	Uncle Geoffrey
Celia Imrie	Una Alconbury
Dominic McHale	Bernard
Donald Douglas	Admiral Darcy
Shirley Dixon	Mrs. Darcy
Neil Pearson	Richard Finch
Rosalind Halstead	Receptionist
Luis Soto	Mexican Ambassador
Tom Brooke	Production Assistant
Jacinda Barrett	Rebecca
Sally Phillips	Shazzer
James Callis	Tom
Shirley Henderson	Jude
Alba Fleming Furlan	Girl in Rome
David Verrey	Giles Benwick
Mark Tandy	Derek
Jeremy Paxman	Jeremy Paxman
Jessica Hynes	Magda
Trevor Fox	Hairdresser
Alex Jennings	Horatio
Ian McNeice	Quizmaster
Philip Gardner	Toastmaster
Wolf Kahler	Commentator
Lilo Baur	Chemist
Hannes Flaschberger	Chemist Customer
Sabina Michael	Chemist Customer
David Auker	Clive
Patrick Baladi	Steward
Paul Nicholls	Jed
Catherine Russell	Camilla
Campbell Graham	Hamish
Joan Blackham	Shirley
Alex Fixsen	Cameraman in Aircraft
David Cann	Cameraman in Field
Lucy Robinson	Janey
Stephanie O'Rourke	Sexy P.A.
Flaminia Cinque	Scary Corset Lady
Lilo Bauer	Chemist
Paul Humpoletz	Chemist Customer
Joe Caffrey	Homeless Man
Rong Kaomulkadee	Thai Chef
Ting Hu	Thai Prostitute
Michelle Lee	Thai Police Woman,Thai Jail Girl
Hon Tang	Thai Jail Guard
Suthas Bhoopongsa	Dudwani
Jason Watkins	Charlie Parker-Knowles
Vee Vimolmal	Phrao
Melissa Ashworth	Thai Jail Girl
Oliver Chris	Director in Gallery
Sam Hazeldine	Journalist
Amanda Haberland	Journalist
Neil Dudgeon	Taxi Driver
Peter Gordon	Porter
Sam Beazley	Very Old Man
Arturo Venegas	Mr. Hernandez
Frances Jeater	Miss Gallagher
Christopher Adamson	Man in Corridor
Richard Braine	Vicar
Harry Gregson-Williams	Composer
Stuart Roslyn	Composer

Technical Credits

Andrew Davies

Helen Fielding

Richard Curtis

Adam Brooks

Beeban Kidron	Director
Andrew Davies	Screenwriter
Tim Bevan	Producer
Jonathan Cavendish	Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer,Producer
Debra Hayward	Executive Producer,Producer
Helen Fielding	Screenwriter
Cesare Landricina	Producer
Hugo Adams	Sound Effects
Stuart Brisdon	Special Effects
Richard Curtis	Screenwriter
Stacy Mann	Casting
Adam Brooks	Screenwriter
Michelle Guish	Casting
Glenn Freemantle	Sound/Sound Designer
Nick Foley	Sound/Sound Designer
Simon Hayes	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Renée Zellweger packed on the pounds once again to play the pleasantly plump protagonist of Helen Fielding's bestselling novels in this delightful sequel. Some viewers didn't find Edge of Reason quite as funny as Bridget Jones's Diary, perhaps because Bridget's fate -- romantically speaking -- is never in much doubt. However, the sequel is richer in incident and offers Zellweger's character more expansive opportunities to make a fool of herself. The story opens with Bridget working on a popular TV show while she's happily involved with diplomat Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). But after they have a fight over practically nothing, she impetuously decides to accept an assignment that takes her to Thailand, where she runs into former employer and erstwhile cad Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) and winds up in prison on a drug-smuggling charge. Even in her most hapless, dimwitted moments Bridget remains an appealing young woman, thanks largely to Zellweger's skill in making her believable and sympathetic. She isn't the first person who's made a wrong turn on the road to love, and even at her most foolish she retains an endearingly girlish charm. Grant and Firth repeat their characterizations from the first film with uncanny fidelity, although we personally think that getting them into another brawl over Bridget is a bit of a stretch. But this is Zellweger's movie all the way: she makes us love her even when she's embarrassing herself horribly, and that takes some doing. A lesser actress would never be able to pull it off with such aplomb.