The Worst Film Ever

Fresh and Exciting

A Disappointing Continuation

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

'Bridget Jones's Diary' was an immensely enjoyable film. It had a lot going for it, and succeeded on almost every level. It didn't cover much new ground and didn't break any conventions, but it was warm, charming, hugely funny and sometimes poignant, with a great cast.When hearing that there was a sequel, there were mixed feelings. Admittedly, did question the point of it and was worried as to whether it would be as good considering the general reputation of sequels (though there are a lot of exceptions that are as good and nearly better). On the other hand, was more than willing to give 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' the benefit of the doubt, considering the same people were on board, cast and crew, who did such a great job in 'Bridget Jones's' Diary.My feelings after 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' were that of real disappointment. It is not as terrible as many have said and there are far worse sequels around, at least it has things that salvage it from being worse, but what worked so well in 'Bridget Jones's' Diary' didn't here. Always try and judge sequels on their own terms and try not to compare, but it is hard not to when there is such a significant drop in quality, of which 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' is a big step down.There are redeeming qualities. 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' is attractive visually in a film that doesn't require epic sweeping cinematography or opulence, but still manages to be beautifully shot, cohesively edited and have striking locations. There are a few amusing moments, but they are too far and between.Regarding the cast, they do do well with what they are given, although their material is nowhere near as good they are hardly slumming it and do try to be true to how they were previously. Renee Zellwegger's performance is not as good here, but her accent is still game and she does try to bring out the funny, adorably awkward and sympathetic sides of her character when the material allows it. Hugh Grant still plays his caddish character with smarmy charm, while Colin Firth is understated and likable in a role tailor-made for him, practically as if it was written with him in mind.However, Bridget is far too much of a parody and a butt of the joke here, making it, for all of Zellwegger's good efforts, difficult to feel sorry for or feel pity towards her. The jokes are too recycled and more of the same, with more contrivance and ridiculous silliness than fun or sparkle, and a lot of the script is very weak with lines this time round that makes one cringe. Whereas there was a perfect balance before of the extremely funny and the slightly tiresome this balance goes way too far in the latter.Story is just as problematic, the situations are much more contrived and reek of predictability without any freshness or charm. It's more tedious than bright and breezy, and fails as a comedy, drama and romance. The comedy is too far and between and feels too much of before without any of the things that worked so well in 'Bridget Jones's' Diary'. The drama is too sentimentalised and lacks any poignancy and the romantic parts are severely lacking in warmth.Despite it not being the case, being the same director as the previous film except then it was hard to believe it was a debut, you'd think that it was the opposite here because the direction actually felt inexperienced. The music doesn't work here, too randomly placed, the songs not as well chosen and inferior in quality and actually feeling annoying.Overall, disappointing and a big step down but not without its redeeming merits. 4/10 Bethany Cox

It's soon after the first movie. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is now dating Mark Darcy (Colin Firth). She is insecure and jealous of his co-worker Rebecca (Jacinda Barrett). Egged on by her friends and enemy, she breaks up with him. Then she's forced to work on Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant)'s show and goes to Thailand. Bridget Jones goes to Thailand and gets imprisoned for trafficking drugs. Hilarious?It's a lot of self destructive behavior from Bridget Jones. It's the worst of TV sitcom writing. If only the characters would just talk to each other, the misunderstands would all go away. It is bad for a big screen movie. It would probably work better as a TV sitcom. Then she gets thrown into a Thai prison. Colin Firth plays his character with a little too much anger. Zellweger does a lot of fat jokes. Hugh Grant is actually a breath of fresh air delivering some lighter moments. In the end, there is nothing here worth your time.

Bridget Jones's charm that we all fell in love with, in the first movie, has been lost in this disappointing sequel. Watching this felt like watching the original movie with the same plot and the same characters, only done very, very poorly. Bridget gets into many awkward situations, yes. She falls and always embarrasses herself in front of crowds. Yes, we got that. I don't think this sequel was necessary to remind us of those facts.And what the hell was up with that lesbian kiss? I'm not homophobic (I support the LGBT community and I actually liked Tom), but that part didn't just fit in with everything else. I'm not sure if they adapted that from the book or if the director just added that scene on a whim, but it just didn't work. There are many ways to end a book and/or movie with suspected adultery. You could either make the alleged mistress be just a good friend/relative OR you could make her be a rival who'll be crushed in the end, when the main guy says he only loves the main girl. But a lesbian turn of events? Well.. It's different, I'll give you that.But the movie wasn't all bad, I suppose. I liked seeing Mark as a gentleman and excellent boyfriend. The starting was also good, with their matching sweaters (old joke). The part in the drugstore where Bridget tries to explain that she wanted to buy a pregnancy test was also funny. But the part that I remember the most was when Daniel asked Bridget if Mark really says, "I'm sorry, but I think I'm going to come." when they're doing it. That's basically all the good parts that I remember, aside from the ending.Towards the end of the movie, I realized what Bridget resembled. She was like a child. A child with no knowledge of anything whatsoever. Instead of that funny and charming girl that we were introduced to, the woman in this movie, was actually quite annoying.I downloaded this movie, expecting to see a film that levels with the original movie, but I was disappointed. If you're thinking of watching this, don't. You're better off watching the first movie and leaving it at that.

I don't know why they insist on making remakes when they know from the start that they cannot make anything nearly as good as the original... What a waste of time and money. Bridget Jones 2 is a classic example: this is a film that 'lives' based exclusively on the success of it's predecessor. This is a film without any fresh ideas, any style, a film that has nothing to say and is going nowhere apart from re chewing the same material of the original in a horrible fashion. Worse of all, it isn't even funny any more...What a pity to waste so much acting talent on something that everyone new from the start wasn't going to fly. In his review of the original movie, Ebert started off by saying "Glory be, they didn't muck it up" and I couldn't have agreed with him more in that instance. Well, this time they certainly did muck it up!