One time was enough. This was awful. Avoid.

One of the worst and most boring movies of the year. A terrible script with a collection of the most unfunny slapstick routines. Relationships that were touching in the first movie make no sense in this one.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, stars the same cast as the first go around (Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant) -- indeed, this movie begins where the first movie ended and seems to explore the question: does a couple who finds "true love" in a movie really live happily ever after. I thoroughly enjoyed Bridget Jones' Diary and anticipated this one would be just as good. And while there were the same comic scenes and heart warming moments that were contained in the first and it was interesting to see what further happened to three characters, in the end I really kind of wondered if it were all worth the effort. Basically, the producers made a four hour movie with a three year intermission --- nothing new was really added this time around that wasn't already examined initially. I give this movie a 4.00… Expand

A failed attempt to recreate the fizz of 2000's charming and entertaining Bridget Jones' Diary that follows the all-too-typically-followed path also trodden by such sequels as Barbershop 2: Back in Business and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde: let's give 'em More Of The Same, only to prove again that more is less. Unlike the Reese Witherspoon and Ice Cube second go-rounds, you can't totally make the criticism that Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is an UNNECESSARY sequel; Helen Fielding, the author of the book on which the original was baseddid indeed write a followup, but the adapters seemed about as interested in following Fielding's plotline as they were in following that of James Joyce's Ulysses. Even so, the original ended perfectly and organically with insecure-in-love-work-and-everything-else Bridget dumping Mr. Wrong, embracing Mr. Right and finding True Love At Last. As played so endearingly by Renee Zellweger in the original, Bridget (a British lass whose rough American equivalent is the comic strip character Cathy) was both hilariouly awkward AND tremendously empathy-inducing; you laughed at her multiple faux pas but also felt hugely protective of her and had a real rooting interest in her well-being. Well, good-bye to all that: it's not Renee's fault; she's still an excellent actress and terrific farceur who's doing what the script tells her to--but Bridget in the sequel has gone from appealingly vulnerable to so ridiculously insecure and needy, endlessly embarrassing and humiliating boyfriend Mark (Colin Firth) that I found myself constantly wondering something that was the furthest thing from my mind while watching the original: namely, "Why in God's name doesn't he toss this shrill Looney Tune out on her ear and change all the locks?"… Expand

The movie is extremely entertaining! I read all the critics reviews and said it was a horrible movie. This time, critics couldnt be more wrong. Not as good as the first one, but it is definately charming and funny.

Vomit inducing crap!

I loved the original, and the sequel was okay, but definitely was not necessary and did not live up to the first movie. The first half was pretty funny, but everything went downhill from there, and I would rate the whole thing 6 if I hadn't been so seduced by Hugh Grant.

A cringeworthy film hadnt any of the charm of the original bridget looked unnatural and frumpy and all the old gags rehashed and overused. You would have to try really hard to enjoy this film the only thing i enjoyed was seeing a bit of thailand.

An atrocity. Richard Curtis should have taken his name off this mess. It bears none of his humanity and wit. The first one was a charming, light comedy about recognizable human types, who were just made a bit more extreme. This is a moronic slapstick disaster. The Bridget of the first film, who was flawed but lovable, becomes a total buffoon. Worse, the director, a woman, makes Bridget the laughingstock of every scene and camera angle. "Boy, isn't that fat cow stupid," every scene seems to say. I saw this with an audience that was probably 80% female, and even more sadly, they were laughing at all this. Did they not get how patronizing it was? And a sing-along in a Thai jail? What world does this garbage take place in? Clearly not our own, or even the slightly heightened world of the first. Hopefully Beeban Kidron will never be allowed near a camera again after unleashing this cinematic Hindenburg.… Expand

This movies is ADORABLE - lighten up, people! Now I'M in love with Bridget!

Fun movie. Don't go looking for substance, just sit back and laugh.

This is a cute adaptation of Helen Fielding's second "Bridget" movie with adorable Rene, Colin and Hugh being their adorable selves. Maybe not high art, but a delight none-the-less! I would (and probably will) watch it again!

I am sorry it just wasn't very good.

If you liked the first movie, don't ruin your memory by watching this limp sequel. Throughout the film I thought heavily of the sequels to Look Who's Talking. If you enjoyed those, then by all means, go see Bridget Jones 2. Or if you only need the set up to a joke to laugh, you'll adore BJ:2; there's nary a punchline in this borefest.

Definitely not as good as the first one. I did not like all the cheap shots at Bridget's expense but I loooove Mark Darcy (Colin) so much that it was well worth it.

[***SPOILERS***] Perhaps this film was so lack-lustre because, frankly, there was no real story. We had established that Renee Zellweger's delightful, perfectly English girl had finally found true love in the first film so the plot strains credibility to fashion a possible 'did-she-didn't-she' scenario with bad boy Hugh Grant and an unbelievable 'has-he-will-he9; doubt about good boy Colin Firth's fidelity with a woman who, unconvincingly, turns out to be a lesbian who lusts after our Bridget. Add to that a range of unfunny on screen sketches (especially the parachute jump just to get another shot of Bridget's plump rear) and the movie was flat far too often. We can only conclude that a refreshingly funny first movie had to be dragged through a largely unfunny sequel for studio profits. Still, Thailand looked good...… Expand

Mercifully there won't be any more Bridget's. Enough said.

Falls far short of the first BJ movie.

Maybe this movie would've helped with a little more Richard Curtis-ness to it and less bizarre interludes that are really stupd. The reason the first movie was good because of the romance aspects of it. The Mark-Bridget-Daniel triangle was hilarious and also involving because we the audience were torn as well. It allowed Hugh to be a shallow ass (which he plays extroadinarily well) and Renee finally found a role that was perfect for her. Now it seems the writers are just trying to find setpieces to embarass Bridget in front of as many people as possible and have her say cute, precious sayings to herself and smile a lot. The movie only really comes alive when Hugh enters almost halfway through, and as a testament to his personality and prescence, is still fun as ever to watch. In fact, the only thing this movie made me think about was that it's too bad Hugh is retiring. He's the closest to Cary Grant we have today (you know it's true, you Hugh-haters). Then Bridget takes drugs on a beach and a Thai prison comes into the mix and by this time you know YOU must be on drugs for the movie to be this unfortunate and off-the-mark.… Expand

I think that Bridget Jones is one of the most charming characters in movies. It so fun to cheer for the underdog. Renee plays her so well. You don?t feel bad for her, you just want her to win. Although I don?t think this was nearly as classy and entertaining as #1, it still was entertaining and fun, the way Bridget Jones should be. Colin is as boring as ever and Hugh is just?.Hugh. But they?re tolerable as long as Renee is around. The writing was equal to the first, just not as funny. The lesbian part of the movie was irritating. Everything Bridget says and does should be like real women, and that particular thing took me out of it. See I look at Bridget as just the norm for women, which is why she?s so charming, but the lesbian thing was out of the bounds of the movie. It is a bit annoying that her weight is such a big deal, not in the movie, but outside the movie. It?s sad that Renee has to gain so much weight to look like a normal person, and then everyone talks about it.… Expand

[***SPOILERS***] This movie was terrible. I was literally angry when i left the theatre. I enjoywed the forst one. I have a guilty pleasure that is British romantic comedies...but this movie plain out sucked. It wasn't funny. instead of making you laugh, it drags you through the mud behind a car going 80 miles an hour. and there's rocks in the mud. By the first 30 minutes, I hated Bridget. She was a depressing self-loathing self-destructive idiot. If there was anything good going for her, she would destroy it with unfounded suspicion and jealousy. And that's the movie. BJ destroys her own life, and chooses the worst way to do everything. *spoilers* what's with the Thai prison? That was a joke? Her best friend, and the man who supposedly is in love with her, leave her behind in a thai prison, and when she gets out, she's just like, "Oh, it's ok" What the hell? She can forgive her friends on a whim, but she can't forgive her boyfriend for things he didn't even do. *end spoilers* I came out of this movie hating every character in it, including colin firth, cause he put up with this stupid woman's crap. If a woman's idea of romance is her destroying herself with self-loathing and a man has to save her by putting up with her self-pity...then you can count me out. … Expand

Cannot understand why the critics were so harsh with this. Just as good as the first one. There are some seriously classic scenes here and although Hugh Grant's limited screen time was unfortunate, it was still a very funny, romantic movie.