Lets get one thing out of the way; I did not enjoy the sequel to the enormously popular Bridget Jones. Maybe it's because I am of the male gender, or maybe because some of the rather poor reviews I had read before I went to see it prejudiced me in some way. Maybe I didn't like it because it was all too similar to the original or maybe because it smelt like a good vintage, age old cheddar. People will like it and it will probably make loads of money, but it wasn't for me (or most males).
Anyone who has seen the first film will know the plot as it almost identical, except for some desperate seemingly tack on plot parts (including Bridget ending up in a Thai prison teaching a cell full of prisoners Madonna songs). The humour seems forced and when all else fails it relies heavily on cheesy cliques and schmaltz. This worked reasonably well in the original, but surely a sequel has to be more than a rehash of a one trick pony.
Zellweger is good as Bridget, just as she was in the first film (her English accent is excellent), Firth solid, but yet again it is Grant who steals the show as the gloriously smarmy, and downright seedy Daniel Cleaver. The downside is it is just far too similar, Firth and Grant fighting anybody? It is better made than the first film and looks a lot better but why does a film like this need a true wide screen 2.35:1 ratio? It is far more TV screen than true wide screen. There is not enough going on to warrant having this and just annoys with major close ups of Zellweger and the rest of the cast. Great for sc-fi, not for rom-com.
All in all, a lot of people will like this film, but for me, it was a case of far too much, all too similar. Boys 4/10, Girls 7/10
Anyone who has seen the first film will know the plot as it almost identical, except for some desperate seemingly tack on plot parts (including Bridget ending up in a Thai prison teaching a cell full of prisoners Madonna songs). The humour seems forced and when all else fails it relies heavily on cheesy cliques and schmaltz. This worked reasonably well in the original, but surely a sequel has to be more than a rehash of a one trick pony.
Zellweger is good as Bridget, just as she was in the first film (her English accent is excellent), Firth solid, but yet again it is Grant who steals the show as the gloriously smarmy, and downright seedy Daniel Cleaver. The downside is it is just far too similar, Firth and Grant fighting anybody? It is better made than the first film and looks a lot better but why does a film like this need a true wide screen 2.35:1 ratio? It is far more TV screen than true wide screen. There is not enough going on to warrant having this and just annoys with major close ups of Zellweger and the rest of the cast. Great for sc-fi, not for rom-com.
All in all, a lot of people will like this film, but for me, it was a case of far too much, all too similar. Boys 4/10, Girls 7/10