Daniel (Grant) was delightfully caddish, Darcy (Firth) properly funny. She was plucky, resilient, but never a fool.
Bridget (Zellweger) was normal, as were her dilemmas and crises. The 2001 original was funny and charming. Not when they've deluded themselves into believing that merely bringing back Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant and a few others would automatically make the sequel funny, too. Reviewed by anhedonia 1 / 10 Bridget Jones goes beyond the edge of reason into sheer stupidity and boredomīut the makers of "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" don't bother with such trivial matters. All I do know is that it was cute, it was funny and it was entertaining. Could it be because Bridget is still Everywoman and because Mark Darcy is still the Perfect Man (and probably because he's still played by the ever-dishy Colin Firth)? Given that I've complained about several aspects of this film, I'm still rather surprised that I liked it. It's a shame, too, because I liked that particular subplot in both Austen's "Persuasion" and Fielding's "Edge of Reason." The character of Giles Benwick is based on an Austen character named Benwick who has recently lost his fiancée, but that is the only Austen reference from the book left. "The Edge of Reason" was not-so-loosely based on another Jane Austen novel, "Persuasion," but any overt Austen references are completely wiped out here. The first book was not-so-loosely based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." The first movie left a lot of that in, and even included a lot of "inside jokes" for those of us who are familiar with that delightful book and the filmed version starring Colin Firth as Fitzwilliam Darcy. It's hard to put my finger on why - because I'm not quite sure why some of the book's original plot lines were ommitted, and because I thought the Rebecca subplot was gratuitous - but I did like it. The first movie was better.īut, oddly enough, I still liked this version of The Edge of Reason. Reviewed by Julie-30 7 / 10 The book was better.
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