| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason |
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| I thought Bridget was skirting the edge of reason in the first one, but apparently I was mistaken. It's the return of everyone's favorite diet-obsessed Brit with her foot perpetually shoved in her mouth. The movie heroine that makes every woman cringe because we're all. Just. Like. Her. Don't deny it. It's the root of Bridget's appeal. Every one of us is just as neurotic as Bridget, but we don't all get to take Colin Firth home at the end of the day. Where is the justice in that? I don't know, but I'll gladly shell out $7 to live vicarously through her for two hours, despite all her shenanigans and humiliations, which seem to be as abundant in this sequel as in the original. If this movie makes me laugh half as hard as the original, it'll be worth it. The whole gang is back, even Daniel. It looks like Bridget has a crisis of confidence and may have another fling with him. Why she would go back to HIM of all people, I don't know, but the title says it all: abandon logic, all ye who enter here. At least Daniel and Mark get to have another hilarious boy-fight complete with stepping outside, pansy punches, and flailing limbs. Maybe this time they'll take my suggestion and bring their swords. |
| Our little Bridget grew up. Well, sort of. We open with her and Mark in utter, couple-bliss. He loves her, she loves him, she's trying to change some of her habits (well...okay, just the smoking) to make him proud of her, they have a happy sex life. Life is grand. Then, Bridget screws it up with a series of humiliating events and stumbling over her own tongue. . Oh, come on. Like you didn't see THAT coming. The rest of the movie is pretty much Bridget dealing with her feelings of inadequacy, committment-phobia, and temptation by Daniel-f***wit-Cleaver. Hmm...let's see here. What was it Bridget didn't want it a man? Alcoholic, workaholic, committment-phobic, a peeping-tom, megalomaniac, emotional f***wit, or pervert? Well, minus the peeping-tom-bit and pervert...I think Bridget pretty much has those traits all by herself. Don't get me wrong, I love the character, but she's a MORON! If it's something little like putting on makeup in a car (any idiot knows not to do that) or something big like not letting a brilliant, sweet, handsome man who loves you with all your quirks and eccentricites out of your sight for ANY REASON, Bridget manages to be an idiot about it. I suppose that's why almost every woman alive can empathize with something Bridget has done. I, myself, am a horrid public speaker and easily manage to rival some of Bridget's antics on her tv shows (yes, she has more than one in this movie...she's movin' up in the world!). WARNING! MAJOR SPOILER! You have been warned. Anyway, the proposal at the end was less than what I wanted it to be. I didn't expect it to be all herald trumpets and Cupids, but I did want something a little more romantic than a sopping-wet Bridget and suit-and-tie Mark in a drafty hallway. First off, poor Bridget (and poor Renee Zellweger) must have been freezing during that whole scene. Second, Mark is one very, very tolerant lawyer to not flip out when his girlfriend interrupts important meetings with powerful clients all the time. Thusly, the proposal seemed to come out of nowhere. Third? I just didn't see any chemistry there. It's not that Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger didn't have any throughout the movie. Quite the contrary, but the scene just left me flat. Still, it was a fun way to spend the afternoon with a friend who, btw, is graduating this weekend with a poli-sci degree. GO KRISTY!!! |
| My Advice: |
| Like I said, it's a good way to spend an afternoon with a friend, but this movie is not essential to your survival. If you can't get out to see it before it leaves the theaters (movie turnaround is getting worse and worse these days) or the boyfriend/girlfriend/sibling/parents/whatever absolutely have to see another movie, then wait until this comes out on DVD. It'll be worth the price of a 2-day rental. |