Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

2004
R
1h 48m

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6.0/10

124K

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Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

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After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

124K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 11 nominations

Trivia
In the book, Bridget Jones is obsessed by Colin Firth from Pride and Prejudice (1995), and even gets to meet him for an interview. This plotline is omitted from this movie, where Firth played her love interest Mark Darcy. They did, however, film the interview scene with Colin dressed in his street clothes, and Renée Zellweger in character. The scene is included in the DVD extras.

Goofs
(at around 27 mins) During the Law Council quiz, in the final and deciding round, Contemporary Culture; the final question asked by the quiz-master which will decide if Bridget's team table will win or not is "What was the name of Madonna's first UK single?". Bridget is sure the answer is 'Lucky Star' while other team members are unsure and discuss that the answer may be 'Holiday'. Bridget then confidently gives the answer as 'Lucky Star'. Bridget is told she is wrong and her opponent gives the answer "Holiday", the quiz-master confirms this is indeed correct, thereby meaning that Bridget's team loses the quiz. Madonna's first UK single was, indeed, "Holiday", released in September 1983. Madonna's first single ever is "Everybody", released in October 1982, yet not in the United Kingdom.

Quotes
Daniel Cleaver: [Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy have just had a fistfight over Bridget] You know what, mate? If you are so obsessed with Bridget Jones, why don't you just marry her?
Mark Darcy: [turns away and starts to walk]
Daniel Cleaver: [pause] Cause then she'd definitely shag me.
[Mark dives again into the fountain]

Connections
Edited into Bridget Jones 2: T4 Movie Special (2004)

Soundtracks
Magic Moments
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by Perry Como
Courtesy of BMG Network Enterprises on behalf of BMG

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7/10

The book was better. The first movie was better.

But, oddly enough, I still liked this version of The Edge of Reason.

It's hard to put my finger on why -- because I'm not quite sure why some of the book's original plot lines were ommitted, and because I thought the Rebecca subplot was gratuitous -- but I did like it.

The first book was not-so-loosely based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." The first movie left a lot of that in, and even included a lot of "inside jokes" for those of us who are familiar with that delightful book and the filmed version starring Colin Firth as Fitzwilliam Darcy. "The Edge of Reason" was not-so-loosely based on another Jane Austen novel, "Persuasion," but any overt Austen references are completely wiped out here.

The character of Giles Benwick is based on an Austen character named Benwick who has recently lost his fiancée, but that is the only Austen reference from the book left. It's a shame, too, because I liked that particular subplot in both Austen's "Persuasion" and Fielding's "Edge of Reason."

Given that I've complained about several aspects of this film, I'm still rather surprised that I liked it. Could it be because Bridget is still Everywoman and because Mark Darcy is still the Perfect Man (and probably because he's still played by the ever-dishy Colin Firth)?

Who knows. All I do know is that it was cute, it was funny and it was entertaining. You can't ask for much else.