Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3908 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-07-03
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English, German
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 108 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
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

Synopsis
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 Mountain) 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 mountain 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.

Customer Reviews

Not the same as the book
They should have quit while still ahead
Why kill the golden goose?
Though Bridget's aged a coupla weeks
She's gotten more obtuse

Not satisfied she's got her man
She tells herself he's cheating
She's paranoid and insecure
It's all so self defeating

They tossed away the storyline
Put slapstick in instead
From phony fights by leading men
To cheeks painted bright red

Hugh Grant still makes a perfect cad
We'll always love Mark Darcy
and even though the acting's good
The movie's awfully farce-y

But if you haven't read the book
And need some simple mirth
Go right ahead and rent this one
For Hugh, Rene and Firth

Amanda Richards

Ker-ching!
Vapid follow up to cash in on the amusing hit BJ's Diary. Renee's character has completely lost her charm and yet is improbably pursued by her two handsome leading men. At some point you start to think this as unlikely as a Mr Bean movie where he's having to fight off Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts. Less rom-com more rom-con.

Read the books - they're hilarious!!
Oh, dear. I suppose I should justify those two stars, but I'm sure others have said this before me.

I loved the first film - its become a Christmas staple! I think this one was a rip off of the first film and not funny at that. At all. Why did they waste their time? I would have given it one star but I think the books were great and the movies weren't a good representation of them, I suppose they couldn't after casting Colin in the first film. Read the books!!