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Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason [2004]

starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date July 03, 2006
Unfortunately, this is miles away from being as good as the books or the first film. They changed the plot so they could shoe-horn Hugh Grant into the film (and a not very good fight scene with Colin Firth as well). But so much worse is the sense that Bridget has been made into a figure of fun, rather than someone who was funny because we related to her. Not funny, not romantic, even Colin Firth is less lovely in this film.

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Bridget Jones's Diary/Bridget Jones - The Edge Of Reason

starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent
directed by: Sharon Maguire, Beeban Kidron

Release Date February 04, 2008
Unfortunately, this is miles away from being as good as the books or the first film. They changed the plot so they could shoe-horn Hugh Grant into the film (and a not very good fight scene with Colin Firth as well). But so much worse is the sense that Bridget has been made into a figure of fun, rather than someone who was funny because we related to her. Not funny, not romantic, even Colin Firth is less lovely in this film.

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To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything Julie Newmar [1995]

starring: Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Blythe Danner
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date August 01, 2005
I bought this DVD on the strength of previous reviews. It is humourless, ponderous and without wit. Drag queens who never get out of drag are not funny; neither is the plot.

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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit [1990]

starring: Geraldine McEwan, Kenneth Cranham, Charlotte Coleman
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date June 30, 2008
This is still the bench mark for the making of any film about love,sexuality, and relationships about young people, especially in the 12years to 20years age group.In fact "Oranges" should be required viewing for any person making a film about blossoming sexuality, without being either trite, judgemental, holier than though or hysterical!
Simply brilliant!

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Bridget Jones's Diary / The Edge Of Reason

starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent
directed by: Sharon Maguire, Beeban Kidron

Release Date November 14, 2005
Now, it is true to say that the iconography of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones isn't one to be taken too seriously. Beginning life as a newspaper serial whose captions would later constitute a worldwide bestselling novel, Fielding at once captured the humility, the optimism and every single wine stain of the modern day middle-class working girl in England, with barbed asides regarding celebrity culture and the dating game that bordered on the scabrous but that were also never less-than-funny. To turn the novel into a charming romantic comedy blockbuster proved to be a bit of a no-brainer for Working Title and Miramax, and thanks to a marketing push that enveloped the world much like Miss Jones's underpants did her tummy and waist, pubs became wine bars ... Read More:

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Amy Foster [1998]

starring: Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates, Joss Ackland
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date March 15, 1999
Took me ten years to catch this film had no idea what I had missed.
The film was given to me because of my deep love of Cornwall, in truth I would watch just about any old tripe if it included shots of the Cornish coast I love so dear. This coast has been an inspiration for artists for centuries. On a visit to Cornwall an inspired Richard Wagner wrote the greatest opera ever written - Tristan and Isolde.

Joseph Conrad in his story Amy Foster was at his most insightful. It is largely a story about 'difference' and how a shipwrecked stranger can be treated with hostility by the local community to the point where this endangers his life, Conrad was himself a polish immigrant to England. Amy, for quite diverse reasons is also an 'outsider' ... Read More:

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Bridget Jones's Diary/Bridget Jones - The Edge Of Reason

starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent
directed by: Sharon Maguire, Beeban Kidron

Release Date January 29, 2007
Took me ten years to catch this film had no idea what I had missed.
The film was given to me because of my deep love of Cornwall, in truth I would watch just about any old tripe if it included shots of the Cornish coast I love so dear. This coast has been an inspiration for artists for centuries. On a visit to Cornwall an inspired Richard Wagner wrote the greatest opera ever written - Tristan and Isolde.

Joseph Conrad in his story Amy Foster was at his most insightful. It is largely a story about 'difference' and how a shipwrecked stranger can be treated with hostility by the local community to the point where this endangers his life, Conrad was himself a polish immigrant to England. Amy, for quite diverse reasons is also an 'outsider' ... Read More:

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Bridget Jones's Diary/Bridget Jones - The Edge Of Reason/The Holiday

starring: Jack Black, Colin Firth, Renee Zellweger, Jude Law, Hugh Grant
directed by: Sharon Maguire, Nancy Meyers, Beeban Kidron

Release Date September 22, 2008
Took me ten years to catch this film had no idea what I had missed.
The film was given to me because of my deep love of Cornwall, in truth I would watch just about any old tripe if it included shots of the Cornish coast I love so dear. This coast has been an inspiration for artists for centuries. On a visit to Cornwall an inspired Richard Wagner wrote the greatest opera ever written - Tristan and Isolde.

Joseph Conrad in his story Amy Foster was at his most insightful. It is largely a story about 'difference' and how a shipwrecked stranger can be treated with hostility by the local community to the point where this endangers his life, Conrad was himself a polish immigrant to England. Amy, for quite diverse reasons is also an 'outsider' ... Read More:

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Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit [1990]

starring: Charlotte Coleman, Mark Aspinall, Emily Aston, Sharon Bower, Cathryn Bradshaw
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date March 24, 2003
I love this TV drama - it is brilliant. Just like the author herself.

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Bridget Jones - The Edge Of Reason

starring: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones
directed by: Beeban Kidron

Release Date October 10, 2005
I think the second one had more realistic feeling to it, what with her torn feelings being shown between Cleaver and Darcy. I felt for her particually when she was in jail and Mark visited and she reached out for his hand and he didn't respond. When I saw it in the cinema I was quiet shocked at the Rebecca and Bridget moment on the door step but hugely suprised. The signs were all there. I wonder in the 3rd Bridget film she tells Mark of her little kiss with Rebecca. All in all the film was good and now I look forward to the next.