In this follow-up to the worldwide hit, we find Bridget where we left her: blissful and besotted in the arms of gorgeous lawyer Mark Darcy, as life has finally fallen into place for her. Mark is accomplished, supportive and tolerant of (nearly) all of Bridget's tiny jealousies; why wouldn't every woman in London, including Mark's new long-legged, drop-dead-gorgeous, I-always-say-the-right-thing-at-all-times intern, want to lure him away from the plumpish, opinionated, sometimes inappropriate Bridget? With the entry of the leggy threat, Bridget's pink clouds begin to turn gray as her attacks of self-doubt sorely test her relationship with Darcy. And just when it seems that the waters couldn't get any more choppy, Bridget's former boss, womanizing heartthrob Daniel Cleaver sails into view. Now Bridget must decide whether she wants to be with the dream man Darcy or revert back to the womanizing creep Cleaver whom she was besotted with once, that is if Darcy doesn’t leave her first as she fears he will.

I really appreciate it when a “chick flick” keeps in mind its male audiences and does not dumb down its script or for that matter basically have no original ideas. Too many times “chick flicks” just overuse the same old sappy, unoriginal and by now quite boring stories and plots over and over. That is why movies like Bridget Jones are a refreshing treat because they are original, they are intelligent and they are not too bad too watch. This may be due to the fact that the movies are based on a series of books and are not just your normally crappy screenplays Hollywood throws at the public. Granted I am not the target audience but if I go see a movie its nice when they keep in mind that not the only people who will be watching it our sappy, love-pining teenage girls. The thing that struck the biggest chord though was how Bridget Jones seem to strike at all the crazy little things women do, and reminded me of past and current significant others not to mention the movie is downright hilarious at times.

Renée Zellweger is perfect for the role as it is not hard to see her as the overly crazy, over analyzing woman that is in search of love. I kind of missed the theme from the first movie of her worrying about her weight as this movie plays it down more, and that seemed to fit the character of Bridget Jones so well. The only downside to the movie for me was Hugh Grant as he was nowhere near as funny as he was in the first movie, as he just seemed to coast through the movie without making any real attempt to do anything remarkable. A must see for the women and not to bad of a movie to be drug too for the men.
3.5 stars out of 5