Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

I loved Bridget Jones Diaries, and despite being totally unnecessary, I liked The Edge of Reason.

Renee Zellweger is back as the title character, and she got her weight back for Bridget Jones. She looks more beautiful now than ever, even with a chubbier face.
Bridget was more neurotic this time, happy after 8 weeks with now boyfriend, and perfect at that, Mark Darcy played by Colin Firth.
She's getting a little bit crazy, as she's expecting a proposal soon, and then chaos occurs in her head when she learns about Mark's colleague Rebecca (Jacinda Barrett), a hot young girl always happy to be around Mark.
Mark is still the same man he was before, only now he loved Bridget, but he's not about to show any emotions out loud.

Hugh Grant plays Daniel Cleaver once again, now a hot shot TV personality doing a travel show which Bridget, who ended up in Diaries working for a TV station doing the not so professional reports (like skydiving reports for example), is now joining because the show needs the male audience to grow.

The main difference now is that we know how the characters are going to act beforehand, and so the story becomes somewhat predictable. Even before watching the movie we can guess that a fight will happen between Bridget and Mark, she'll flirt with Daniel, but Mark will come back to her, and it happens.

Still, I loved the characters again, and the comedy is very good too. There's good sing-along (in jail!) and of course, a new fight between Colin Firth and Hugh Grant that it's very funny.

I know this is all based in the books (there's even a third one), but Bridget Jones Diaries was an excellent movie that didn't need this good sequel, because it's almost the same, which is not bad though, because Renee Zellweger continues make Bridget the lovable girl we want to know about. Just don't expect an Oscar nomination this time.