Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
- 2004 film
Comedy sequel with more embarrassments and romantic messes for the diary-keeping heroine. Hapless Bridget gets cold feet about her relationship. Stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones and more.
Streaming rank this week: 973
Press clippings
Helen Fielding: "I'm very protective of Bridget Jones"
HHer creation became the voice of a generation. The author talks about blue soup, Keir Starmer and calorie counting.
Hadley Freeman, The Sunday Times, 18th August 2024Lily Allen comments on Bridget Jones musical
Lily Allen has commented on what she hopes will happen to the songs that she has written for a Bridget Jones musical.
Tanyel Gumushan, What's On Stage, 5th February 2024Bridget Jones documentary coming to BBC Two
BBC Two will broadcast Being Bridget, a documentary celebrating 25 years of Helen Fielding's character.
British Comedy Guide, 24th November 2020Bridget Jones named most inspiring movie heroine
The iconic character - portrayed by Renée Zellweger - came out on top in a new study commissioned by Sky Cinema ahead of International Women's Day, which takes place on March 8.
Female First, 6th March 2020She has landed the Darcy (Colin Firth) of her dreams, but the course of true love isn't running too smoothly for Bridget. He's still a bit of a prig, and that charming Daniel (Hugh Grant) is still oozing about. The Thailand shenanigans (she's busted for drugs) are silly, but that down-to-earth Renée Zellweger charm sees this patchy sequel through, and paves the way for the follow-up, Bridget Jones's Baby, which is due on Friday.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 13th September 2016Renée Zellweger returns as the thirtysomething with more frothy romantic shenanigans in an inferior sequel to the first film. Bridget, having spent "eight blissful weeks" in a relationship with dashing Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), is single again. But thankfully her ex, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is at hand to provide distraction.
The Telegraph, 23rd December 2009Global success for Bridget Jones
The sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary has topped the international box office in its opening week, taking $26.7m (£14.4m) outside the US.
BBC News, 16th November 2004Keeping up with the Jones
What is it then that makes this female version of Mr Bean or Norman Wisdom so apparently appealing? It's partly because the audience knows that beneath the plump Bridget there is the svelte Renée Zellweger, an authentic Hollywood star putting on both weight and an English accent for our benefit.
Phillip French, The Observer, 14th November 2004