The movie picks up after the end o f Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and as you can see by the title, the film focuses on Bridget Jones and her baby. Thompson also wrote the screenplay for the movie along with Helen Fielding and Dan Mazer. RELATED: What’s New on Netflix in May 2017 It appears the film was added to Netflix at the end of April.īridget Jones’s Baby premiered in theaters in the fall of 2016 and was a huge financial and critical success. Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Gemma Jones, and Emma Thompson star in the film. Netflix did not announce the addition of the film in the list of titles coming to the streaming service in April, but we saw the movie had been added and wanted to share the news with our readers.
Grab your popcorn, romantic comedy fans! Bridget Jones’s Baby, the third movie of the film franchise, is now streaming on Netflix in the United States. Despite Zellweger’s prowess for physical comedy and Firth’s uncanny ability to maintain a stiff upper lip without being completely pompous, the two sleepwalk through most of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, proving once and for all that in Hollywood, a successful sequel is about as likely as Bridget Jones losing 10 pounds, marrying Mark Darcy, and living happily ever after.Bridget Jones’s Baby starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, and Gemma Jones is now streaming on Netflix! In the sequel, Bridget happens to things. In the first movie, things happened to Bridget.
As for Renée Zellweger and Colin Firth, they’re far less believable in their roles as the would-be couple separated by a series of unfortunate misunderstandings, and even appear to have lost some of that magnetic chemistry they captured in Bridget Jones’s Diary. 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' is a jolly movie and I smiled pretty much all the way through, but it doesnt shift into high with a solid thunk the way 'Bridget Joness Diary' (2001) did. Let alone be herself.Įveryone involved in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason seems out of place, with the exception of Hugh Grant, who steals the show, thanks to a hilarious scene in which his character, the naughty but not so nice Daniel Cleaver, gets caught in a compromising position with a Thai call girl, whose name might as well have been Devine Tan. Now, instead of being a sassy, self-deprecating singleton, with a penchant for cigarettes, granny panties, and the occasional early morning shag, she’s become an uptight, self-centered nitwit, who’s so consumed by love that she can hardly function. Bridget is happy at last with Mark Darcy, but when her old insecurities & a blast from the past reappear, things go completely awry 2004. Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth & Hugh Grant return in this rom-com sequel. Contains very strong language from the outset. Lo peor se produce cuando vive la semana. Bridget Jones ya es feliz, sin embargo, una inoportuna amiga arruina su relación con Mark y, además, en el trabajo le va mal. Before what made Bridget Jones such a charming character was her ability to laugh at herself no matter what kind of awkward situation she managed to get into. BritBox - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. 2004 106 min TV14 Comedy, Romance Feature Film. Mark Darcy that she’s completely lost her sense of humor. Sure, Bridget is still the same chubby blonde with cheeks the size of giant Gobstoppers and an ass as big as two bowling balls, but now she’s so obsessed with becoming Mrs.
Although, the real problem with Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason isn’t that it suffers from an unmistakable form of déjà vu, but that it turns the character of Bridget Jones into someone the audience hardly recognizes.