Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

Regisseur:

Beeban Kidron

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Helen Fielding (novel)
Andrew Davies (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

19. November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Same Bridget. Brand new diary.

Plot:

The story picks up four weeks after the first film, and already Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy...

Plot Keywords:

Old Flame | Lesbian | Male Female Relationship | Fountain | Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

The book was better. The first movie was better.

Besetzung

Renée Zellweger	...	Bridget Jones
Gemma Jones	...	Mum
Jim Broadbent	...	Dad
James Faulkner	...	Uncle Geoffrey
Celia Imrie	...	Una Alconbury
Dominic McHale	...	Bernard
Colin Firth	...	Mark Darcy
Donald Douglas	...	Admiral Darcy
Shirley Dixon	...	Mrs. Darcy
Neil Pearson	...	Richard Finch
Rosalind Halstead	...	Receptionist
Luis Soto	...	Mexican Ambassador
Tom Brooke	...	Production Assistant
Hugh Grant	...	Daniel Cleaver
Alba Fleming Furlan	...	Girl in Rome

Alternativ:

Bridget Jones - Am Rande des Wahnsinns (Deutschland)
Bridget Jones - L'age 2 raison (France) (DVD box title)
Bridget Jones 2 (UK) (informal title)
Bridget Jones's Diary 2 (UK) (working title)
Bridget Jones: L'âge de raison (France)
Bridget Jones - Am Rande des Wahnsinns (Österreich) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexual content.

Länge:

108 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | France | Deutschland | Ireland | USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Deutsch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Chile:14 | Czech Republic:12 | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Ireland:15 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:A | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Zurich) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Indonesia:Dewasa

Drehorte:

Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Firma:

Working Title Films

Dies und das:

Plans to have George Clooney appear in a cameo as himself were dropped.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Bridget and her mom and dad are smoking in the elevator. Bridget puts the cigarette to her mouth and then it cuts to a different point of view, where she's holding the cigarette by her side.

Dialogzitate:

Daniel Cleaver: [after fighting and falling into a fountain together] What are you gonna do now? Drown me in sixteen inches of water?
Mark Darcy: [slight pause] Yes, certainly.
[fight resumes]

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Bridget Jones Interviews Colin Firth (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me?) Part 1

The book was better. The first movie was better.

But, oddly enough, I still liked this version of The Edge of Reason.

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 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. "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 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. It's a shame, too, because I liked that particular subplot in both Austen's "Persuasion" and Fielding's "Edge of Reason."

Given that I've complained about several aspects of this film, I'm still rather surprised that I liked it. 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)?

Who knows. All I do know is that it was cute, it was funny and it was entertaining. You can't ask for much else.