It would be difficult to top the phenomenal success of BRIDGET JONES' DIARY, but the sequel certainly pulls it off. The incomparable Renée Zellweger (JERRY MACGUIRE, COLD MOUNTAIN) once again breathes hilarious life into the flawed heroine who sent her career soaring. This installment of Bridget's journal finds her dealing with the growing pains of a new relationship with Mark Darcy, her crush from the first film (stilted but passionate Colin Firth). Though wildly in love with him, Bridget, a TV producer, worries off and on that Mark and his stuffy attorney crowd may not be quite her cup of tea. When she attends an important law function as Mark's date, she manages to embarrass herself and offend his snobby colleagues. To top it off, Mark's gorgeous and willowy coworker Rebecca (Jacinda Barrett) seems to have a knack for showing up at just the wrong time. When Bridget finally asks Mark outright if he's having an affair with the leggy Rebecca, he refuses to answer. Bridget jets off in a huff, and it appears the relationship is officially on the rocks. To further complicate matters, her cute and caddish former love Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) asks her to join him on-location in Thailand for a TV shoot--another chance at romance for Bridget Jones.

Zellweger makes the film completely her own, and provides some quintessential "Bridget" moments--Bridget trying to walk up a flight of stairs in heels, Bridget careening down a mountain on skis, or Bridget tripping on magic mushrooms on a Thai beach. Brilliantly rehashing this unforgettable character, the sequel is a pleasure to watch that easily matches the original.

Renée Zellweger: American Actress, NURSE BETTY (2000)
Hugh Grant: British Actor
Colin Firth: British Actor
Gemma Jones: British Actress
Jim Broadbent: British actor
James Faulkner: British TV Actor
Celia Imrie: British Actress, mostly television, mid '70s-present
Jacinda Barrett: 
James Callis: Actor, HEAT OF THE SUN (1998)
Shirley Henderson: Actress, WONDERLAND, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE

Beeban Kidron: British Director

Eric Fellner: Producer
Jonathan Cavendish: 
Tim Bevan: 

Andrew Davies: 
Richard Curtis: Screenwriter
Adam Brooks: Screenwriter

Harry Gregson-Williams: Composer, SPY GAME (2001)

"Grant gives what must be his funniest and most sexy performance ever..."
"[T]he movie keeps its focus on the Bridget, Mark, and Daniel we now know so familiarly, via crowd-pleasers Zellweger, Firth, and Grant."
"Bridget is still lovable..."