Composer Harry Gregson-Williams's rich and poignant "Bridget's Theme" puts a nice bow on this eclectic and engaging mix. Renee Zellweger during 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' Madrid Photocall at Ritz Hotel in Madrid, Spain.
Blige delivers an incredibly heartfelt rendition of Elton John's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (complete with orchestral accompaniment), Will Young slips into Sade's soulful "Your Love Is King," and Joss Stone grooves on the sassy R&B nugget "Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me?)." Other interesting juxtapositions range from glam-metal anthems ("I Believe in a Thing Called Love" by the Darkness) and soft-rock classics (Carly Simon's "Nobody Does It Better") to modern-day dance anthems (Beyonce and Jay-Z's "Crazy in Love") and adult-contemporary pop (Jamie Cullum's cover of "Everlasting Love"). An excellent combination of well-known artists and neophytes defines the BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON album. In becoming a romantic-comedy fixture, Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones character has not only inspired a pair of well-received films, but mixtape-worthy soundtracks that stand on their own musical merits. Recording information: Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA. Audio Mixers: Ethan Johns John Shanks Jeff Rothschild.
Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click Apply Filter. Colin Firth plays the basically good guy, never a plum role rascals always have more fun in comedies.Personnel: Chris Stills (acoustic guitar) Jennifer Condos (bass guitar) Jay Bellerose (drums). Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) Same Bridget. Hugh Grant is so good at losing his dignity that we forget what skillful acting it requires to assure us he has any.
Their motivation, I think, is that the fight in the first movie was so funny. And it's a little mystifying why Daniel and Mark, two relatively important and successful men no longer in their first youth, have another brawl over her. Bridget is the kind of woman who is more at home dealing with the sorts of things that could happen to anybody, like dropping a rock Cornish game hen down the front of her dress. The scenes in Thailand, it must be said, venture beyond contrivance. When she embarrasses herself, it's big-time, as when she single-handedly causes Mark’s table to lose the annual quiz at the Law Society Dinner. She has that desperately hopeful smile, and the endearing optimism of a woman in a dress two sizes too small. Renee Zellweger is lovable to begin with, and combining her with Bridget Jones creates a critical mass of cuteness: You don't want to just watch her, you want to tickle her ears and scratch under her chin. This is a man she should never, ever, have anything to do with, but because she is mad at Mark she allows herself to be maneuvered into a position where Daniel can cry with glee: "Please! Please be wearing the giant panties!" Bridget flies off to Thailand on assignment and discovers that her former boyfriend Daniel ( Hugh Grant) is already there. They are Shazzer ( Sally Phillips), Tom ( James Callis) and Jude ( Shirley Henderson), and they support her when she and Mark have a completely unreasonable fight. Who else could keep him standing outside her door while she finishes leaving a message for him on his answering machine? Especially when the message is, essentially, that he is standing outside even as she speaks?īridget depends as before on the wisdom of three friends whose advice is infallibly dangerous.
Plump Bridget, in love with a hunk! She's still working as an on-air personality for a TV show which seems to be running its private version of "Fear Factor" just for Bridget surely this girl is not ready to sky dive? Or ski? Or manage a romance without getting unreasonably jealous of the quality time Mark seems to be spending with his colleague Rebecca ( Jacinda Barrett)? But she loves the guy. And you, you fold your underpants before you go to bed Mark Darcy : No, hang on That-that can't be a reason. I can't ski, I can't ride, I can't speak Latin, my legs only come up to here and yes I will always be just a little bit fat. In the sequel, Bridget happens to things.Īs the story opens, Bridget is happily involved with Mark Darcy ( Colin Firth), who to her astonishment became her boyfriend in the earlier film. Bridget Jones : First off, I embarrass you.
In the first movie, things happened to Bridget. "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" is a jolly movie and I smiled pretty much all the way through, but it doesn't shift into high with a solid thunk the way " Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001) did.