In this new film, Bridget is now the blissful girlfriend of Mark Darcy and enjoying every day (and especially night) of their affair.īut there are thorns in her bed of roses: Daniel Cleaver is on the scene and wants Bridget to work with him, Bridget has to try to adapt to sharing Mark’s life and friends, and her insecurity, jealousy and emotional immaturity threaten to spoil her happiness.
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This movie let’s us see that a “happily ever after” future is not guaranteed for insecure young women in a post-modern relationship. Moral Rating: Offensive / Moviemaking quality: 3 Violence: Minor / Profanity: Extreme / Sex/Nudity: Heavy Another viewpoint That is why I believe that if you loved the first film, then from the beginning watching this movie may have the feel of sitting down with a dear friend whom you have not seen in ages. For many women, when you strip away the mundane details and “other faces” that surround the life of bad luck Bridget, they see someone who resembles themselves. With her insecurities, the ways she is always being made not only to feel like a fool, but to rather publicly look like one, too-her loneliness and isolation, despite how much she gives of herself. The reason that the character of Bridget Jones is loved by so many women is because many women can identify with her. The story is based in England and in a secular world where casual sex, drunkenness and profanity is rampantly a way of life. Many have felt, with the book and the first film, that it’s content werer highly offensive. In 2001, it was released as a movie and now 3 years later we have the highly anticipated sequel. Unexpectedly it became a best seller all over the world, not just in the UK. In 1998, the novel “Bridget Jones Diary” took women by storm. The music was was strongly chosen and a fair fit, although I think it is incomparable to the soundtrack of the first film. They have beautiful chemistry on screen and are very entertaining to watch individually as well as together. It is my opinion that Reneé Zellweger is one of the most spectacularly gifted actresses of our time, and Colin Firth is very talented as well. For those who have read it, and then seen the trailer, it will be no surprise that the character of Daniel Cleaver was written into the movie version of “the edge of reason.” Other then that though, it was a very well done adaptation that I was surprised by, as well as pleased. Overall, this movie is not at all for those easily offended by language or vulgarity.īeing a fan of Helen Fielding’s novels, one of my concerns was how closely this screenplay would actually follow the storyline of the book. There is one scene of accidental drug use, and a scene where cocaine is shown. There were no actual sex scenes, however, talk of “shagging” or comments about that or body parts pretty much made up 50% of the script. The nudity in this movie was less then the first and pretty minimal, including one brief scene of a Thai escort. There were over a dozen uses of the Lord’s name in vain, and a couple of derogatory remarks made about Christians. The language, alone, in this movie, would have earned it an R rating, and that is simply for profanity. It is based in Britain, and the culture there is much more relaxed than here in the U.S. This movie is most definitely NOT for children or teenagers. However, this movie is rated R, and I did rate it as “offensive” for good reason.
I personally loved this film and laughed out loud a lot. Bridget trying to find and secure the “love of her life,” as that is truthfully where she sees her worth. I won’t go into too much detail about the happenings the plot is very much the same as the original. From that point the story takes it’s viewers on a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, highlighting Bridget’s impulsive decisions, insecurities, secret thoughts and all of the other things that make the character of Bridget Jones so dear.
When Bridget (Reneé Zellweger) “bumps” into Mark Darcy ( Colin Firth) things are entirely different though, as this time, he is her boyfriend. It starts much the same, with a similar narrative, similar musical intro, similar scene, etc. The story begins exactly one year after the original movie began taking us back, once again, to Bridget’s mother’s dreaded turkey curry buffet. Bridget Jones is back! She is back and unlike most sequels, I think that true fans of Bridget will not be disappointed.