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.
From .co.uk
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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
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Synopsis
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It would be difficult to top the phenomenal success of Bridget
Jones' Diary, but the sequel certainly pulls it off. The
incomparable Renee Zellweger (Jerry Macguire, Cold ain) once
again breathes hilarious life into the flawed heroine who sent
her career soaring. This instalment of Bridget's journal finds
her dealing with the growing pains of a new relationship with
Mark Darcy, her crush from the first film (stilted but passionate
Colin Firth). Though wildly in love with him, Bridget, a TV
producer, worries off and on that Mark and his stuffy attorney
crowd may not be quite her cup of tea. When she attends an
important law function as Mark's date, she manages to embarrass
herself and offend his snobby colleagues. To top it off, Mark's
gorgeous and willowy co-worker Rebecca (Jacinda Barrett) seems to
have a knack for showing up at just the wrong time. When Bridget
finally asks Mark outright if he's having an affair with the
leggy Rebecca, he refuses to answer. Bridget jets off in a huff,
and it appears the relationship is officially on the rocks. To
further complicate matters, her cute and caddish former love
Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) asks her to join him on-location in
Thailand for a TV shoot--another chance at romance for Bridget
Jones. Zellweger makes the film completely her own, and provides
some quintessential 'Bridget' moments--Bridget trying to walk up
a flight of stairs in heels, Bridget careening down a ain on
skis, or Bridget tripping on magic mushrooms on a Thai beach.
Brilliantly rehashing this unforgettable character, the sequel is
a pleasure to watch that easily matches the original.
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