Although it's been three years since we last saw Bridget (Renée Zellweger), only a few weeks have passed in her world. She is, as you'll remember, no longer a "singleton," having snagged stuffy but gallant Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) at the end of the 2001 film. Now she's fallen deeply in love and out of her neurotic mind with paranoia: Is Mark cheating on her with that slim, bright young thing from the law office? Will the reappearance of dashing cad Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) further spell the end of her self-confidence when they're shoved off to Thailand together... for a TV travel story? If such questions also seem pressing to you, this sequel will be fairly painless, but you shouldn't expect anything fresh. Director Beeban Kidron and her screenwriters--all four of them!--are content to sink matters into slapstick, with chunky Zellweger (who's unflatteringly photographed) the literal butt of all jokes. Though the star still has her charms, and some of Bridget's social gaffes are amusing, the film is mired in low comedy--a sequence in a Thai women's prison is more offensive than outrageous--with only Grant's rakish mischief to pull it out of the swamp. --Steve Wiecking [show more]
I did not see the first Bridget Jones film as I thought it was for the younger woman (I am a recycled teenager - i.e. over 50!) A neighbour gave me the film to watch and what a pleasant surprise - it was a totally feel-good film; sometimes I laughed out loud and I enjoyed first-class performances from Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth. I have never seen Hugh Grant in a film before, and although I think he is a good looking man, his acting skills are not much better than a wooden dummy in a shop window! A plus for the film is the music; spot on for what was happening on the screen. I was suffering from tooth ache the night I watched this film and it definitely took my mind of things for a while.
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Same Bridget, but brand new diary. Having finally found the perfect man in gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), 30-something ex-singleton Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is now faced with the even bigger challenge of keeping him. When her self-doubts return and her womanising ex-lover Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) reappears uninvited, Bridget gets entangled in a comic mix of bad advice, miscommunications and total disasters that could only happen to her.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Two features In 'Bridget Jones's Diary' based on Helen Fielding's novel Bridget Jones is a pretty and neurotic thirty-something 'singleton' (in her vernacular) who vows to take control of her life after being humiliated by handsome stand-offish barrister Mark Darcy at her parents' New Year's party Determined to lose weight and cut back on vices like wine cigarettes and workaholic-alcoholic-misogynistic men Bridget begins a diary to chart her progress Unfortunately the PR executive hits a snag when her boss gorgeous cad Daniel instigates a sexy e-mail flirtation Despite her tendency to bungle book launch parties and any situation involving the ever present ever-disapproving Mark Darcy Bridget's winning combination of charm vulnerability and wit intrigues not only the seductively dangerous Daniel but also the arrogant barrister Also includes the sequel 'The Edge Of Reason' and a bonus disc
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