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Article: SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL; Bridget Jones returns in delightful sequel.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- November 12, 2004
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Byline: Jim Verniere
"Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason."
Rated R. At the AMC Fenway, Loews Boston Common and suburban theaters.
Three and a half stars (out of four)
Bridget Jones is back, along with a brand new diary, and she's as adorably and articulately neurotic as ever.
In "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason," a film directed by Beeban Kidron ("To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar"), Bridget (Renee Zellweger) is "a love pariah no more." Six weeks after the ending of the original film, she's still sharing her bed with dreamy Mark Darcy (a slyly understated Colin Firth). And after enjoying "71 ecstatic shags" ...