Bridget Jones - Edge of Reason (2004 - Renee Zellweger, Hugh Grant & Colin Firth)

DVD

3/10 "Do the opposite of what Nike want you to do! , same old script, different day, minor bits chucked in"

I must say that I really did like the first film. It made a man (rather than a stuttering idiot) out of Hugh Grant, it reinforced what the majority of the gawping female nation thought of Colin Firth (just plays himself, but drags a sense of arrogance around with him) and gave Renee Zellweger a place in the hearts of many lost and 'lonely singletons' ... there is a cloud with a silver lining out there somewhere between the nasty rainy showers, hail stones and knitted Christmas jumpers. The second installment see's ***SPOILERS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE FIRST*** Bridget and Mark enjoying life living together and how minor diversions from the big T word (trust) can cause a match made in heaven to crumble and fall. Bridget ends up meeting with Daniel again (Grant) and again tries to lure her into his life/bed. It uses all the same jokes, introduces all the same characters in the same way and really does nothing new. I'm sorry Bridget fans. I haven't read the books so I am no Bridget expert, but I thought that Edge of Reason left much to be desired and I think I would have prefered to start the DVD over again on Bridget 1 rather than see the original run over in 2 and left in the gutter like road kill - purely a large remarketing campaign to get the girls thinking about themselves again.