Article: `Bridget Jones' teeters on the edge of stupidity.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Bruce Newman

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ They say the camera adds five pounds, but "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" lands with the shuddering thud of a sequel in which everything has been super-sized except the charm of the original.

Looking for love in all the wrong places, Bridget is dropped into pig slop from 20,000 feet, thrown into a Thai prison for drug smuggling and frequently sent hurtling past the edge of reason, right up to the verge of stupidity.

In this sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary," American Renee Zellweger once again plays the English "singleton" _ slightly less single now, with the addition of a semi-permanent boyfriend. ...

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