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After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.After finding love, Bridget Jones questions if she really has everything she'd ever dreamed of having.
- Awards
- 11 nominations
Storyline
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- TriviaIn the book, Bridget Jones is obsessed by Colin Firth from Pride and Prejudice (1995), and even gets to meet him for an interview. This plotline is omitted from this movie, where Firth played her love interest Mark Darcy. They did, however, film the interview scene with Colin dressed in his street clothes, and Renée Zellweger in character. The scene is included in the DVD extras.
- Goofs(at around 27 mins) During the Law Council quiz, in the final and deciding round, Contemporary Culture; the final question asked by the quiz-master which will decide if Bridget's team table will win or not is "What was the name of Madonna's first UK single?". Bridget is sure the answer is 'Lucky Star' while other team members are unsure and discuss that the answer may be 'Holiday'. Bridget then confidently gives the answer as 'Lucky Star'. Bridget is told she is wrong and her opponent gives the answer "Holiday", the quiz-master confirms this is indeed correct, thereby meaning that Bridget's team loses the quiz. Madonna's first UK single was, indeed, "Holiday", released in September 1983. Madonna's first single ever is "Everybody", released in October 1982, yet not in the United Kingdom.
- Quotes
Daniel Cleaver: [Daniel Cleaver and Mark Darcy have just had a fistfight over Bridget] You know what, mate? If you are so obsessed with Bridget Jones, why don't you just marry her?
Mark Darcy: [turns away and starts to walk]
Daniel Cleaver: [pause] Cause then she'd definitely shag me.
[Mark dives again into the fountain]
- ConnectionsEdited into Bridget Jones 2: T4 Movie Special (2004)
- SoundtracksMagic Moments
Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Performed by Perry Como
Courtesy of BMG Network Enterprises on behalf of BMG
Featured review
Disappointing
The problem with a sequel is that expectations are high - particularly after a film as successful and engaging as BJ1. I knew already that the new film did not adhere to the second book so I didn't expect to be making comparisons. However, this movie was frankly ridiculous.
My problem with the film in main was that the character of Bridget was over-parodied. She is not supposed to be so much fatter than everyone around her, or as scatty and ungainly as she is portrayed in the film, which makes it harder to believe that there are 2 men and a woman after her.
The first film's success was due to the protagonist being charming and endearing - she made "human" mistakes (for example, the "blue soup") and fell for an unsuitable man who cheated on her. We felt sorry for her but also felt that she was funny and kooky and wanted her to "get her man" in the end. In this new movie she is frankly annoying, and we are almost incredulous that Mark Darcy should want her at all. They have nothing in common, the reason they break up at the beginning is not believable in any way, and the reasons they reunite are just as difficult to comprehend.
I also felt that the characterisations were not as layered as in the first movie, and the stupid lesbian twist didn't seem to make any sense.
It is a shame that they were so close yet so far with this new film, because in a way it negates the success and hilarity of the first one, which was a classic, intelligent portrayal of a 30-something singleton looking for her man. BJ2 is just a badly-made slapstick about a fat, unattractive girl who looks a complete mess and doesn't seem to have any self-awareness whatsoever. Sorry to be so harsh, but with the weight of the various names attached to the film, expectations were high.......
My problem with the film in main was that the character of Bridget was over-parodied. She is not supposed to be so much fatter than everyone around her, or as scatty and ungainly as she is portrayed in the film, which makes it harder to believe that there are 2 men and a woman after her.
The first film's success was due to the protagonist being charming and endearing - she made "human" mistakes (for example, the "blue soup") and fell for an unsuitable man who cheated on her. We felt sorry for her but also felt that she was funny and kooky and wanted her to "get her man" in the end. In this new movie she is frankly annoying, and we are almost incredulous that Mark Darcy should want her at all. They have nothing in common, the reason they break up at the beginning is not believable in any way, and the reasons they reunite are just as difficult to comprehend.
I also felt that the characterisations were not as layered as in the first movie, and the stupid lesbian twist didn't seem to make any sense.
It is a shame that they were so close yet so far with this new film, because in a way it negates the success and hilarity of the first one, which was a classic, intelligent portrayal of a 30-something singleton looking for her man. BJ2 is just a badly-made slapstick about a fat, unattractive girl who looks a complete mess and doesn't seem to have any self-awareness whatsoever. Sorry to be so harsh, but with the weight of the various names attached to the film, expectations were high.......
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- Also known as
- Nhật Ký Tiểu Thư Jones 2: Bên Lề Lý Luận
- Filming locations
- Lech, Vorarlberg, Austria(Mark & Bridget's mini-ski-break)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,226,215
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,684,055
- Nov 14, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $265,126,918
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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