Bridget Jones is pornography for fat chicks
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Director: Beeban Kidron. Writers: Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis and Adam Brooks. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding. Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Jacinda Barrett. Running time: 108 minutes. MPAA Rating: R, for language and some sexual content. A Universal Studios/Miramax Pictures/ Studio Canal release.
Official website: http://www.bridgetjonesmovie.com/
You know, I just wished Renée Zellweger picked a body size and just stick with it.
Sure, it’s hard not to admire her when she packed on the pounds to her diminutive frame when she played the chubby title character in “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” But once the talks of making a sequel began so did Zellweger’s gorging to become plump again. The problem is that while the bulk is there, the charm of her character has disappeared.
In “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,” our hero is whiny and annoying because her insecurities get in the way of her relationship with Mark (Colin Firth). Bridget wants to get married to Mark even though they’ve been going out for six weeks. She doesn’t assume that anyone can possibly love her and really, who could? Not only does Zellweger go through the same motions that earned her an Oscar nod in “Diary,” but she also looks terrible. Must have been all of that fast weight gain she did (or bad lighting).
Anyways, Bridget paranoid delusions cause her to break up with Mark and for some odd reason, somewhat run back to scumbag Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant, smug as always). In the middle of all of this mess, you can guarantee that Bridget will make stupid faces and get caught up in humiliating situations.
Is there anything new to this sequel? Well, there’s the soundtrack and…not much else I’m afraid. Expect lots of fat jokes, familiar supporting characters (Jim Broadbent, just there to pick up a paycheck) and a fight between Mark and Daniel.
Just be glad that Grant and Firth are in this movie because they’re the only tolerable ones here. The story goes through a fairly predictable route with the exception where Bridget gets thrown into a prison in Thailand which goes nowhere in terms of story or humor. In fact, most of the so-called “funny scenes” fall flat.
Although a bit amusing and clever in some moments, “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” is your typical sequel that tries to capture the first film’s magic yet it’s just a rehash.
Overall score: @@ (out of five)
Director: Beeban Kidron. Writers: Andrew Davies, Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis and Adam Brooks. Based on the novel by Helen Fielding. Cast: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Jacinda Barrett. Running time: 108 minutes. MPAA Rating: R, for language and some sexual content. A Universal Studios/Miramax Pictures/ Studio Canal release.
Official website: http://www.bridgetjonesmovie.com/
You know, I just wished Renée Zellweger picked a body size and just stick with it.
Sure, it’s hard not to admire her when she packed on the pounds to her diminutive frame when she played the chubby title character in “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” But once the talks of making a sequel began so did Zellweger’s gorging to become plump again. The problem is that while the bulk is there, the charm of her character has disappeared.
In “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason,” our hero is whiny and annoying because her insecurities get in the way of her relationship with Mark (Colin Firth). Bridget wants to get married to Mark even though they’ve been going out for six weeks. She doesn’t assume that anyone can possibly love her and really, who could? Not only does Zellweger go through the same motions that earned her an Oscar nod in “Diary,” but she also looks terrible. Must have been all of that fast weight gain she did (or bad lighting).
Anyways, Bridget paranoid delusions cause her to break up with Mark and for some odd reason, somewhat run back to scumbag Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant, smug as always). In the middle of all of this mess, you can guarantee that Bridget will make stupid faces and get caught up in humiliating situations.
Is there anything new to this sequel? Well, there’s the soundtrack and…not much else I’m afraid. Expect lots of fat jokes, familiar supporting characters (Jim Broadbent, just there to pick up a paycheck) and a fight between Mark and Daniel.
Just be glad that Grant and Firth are in this movie because they’re the only tolerable ones here. The story goes through a fairly predictable route with the exception where Bridget gets thrown into a prison in Thailand which goes nowhere in terms of story or humor. In fact, most of the so-called “funny scenes” fall flat.
Although a bit amusing and clever in some moments, “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason” is your typical sequel that tries to capture the first film’s magic yet it’s just a rehash.
Overall score: @@ (out of five)