On the slopes, she learns Rebecca recommended the vacation spot and that she is there as well with a few other colleagues. Later that night, Mark invites Bridget on a ski holiday to Lech, Austria. Mark goes to Bridget's apartment, apologizes, and tells her he loves her for the first time. However, a series of fashion/cosmetic mishaps make the evening a debacle, culminating in the team trivia quiz: Bridget makes a critical error on a question about Madonna, which Rebecca Gillies wins, leaving Bridget thoroughly deflated.Īfter the dinner, Mark and Bridget argue and she leaves in a huff. Bridget initially refuses, declaring Daniel a 'deceitful, sexist, disgusting specimen of humanity,' but eventually signs on, despite her friends' misgivings.īridget is delighted when Mark invites her to his 'Law Council Dinner,' believing he will propose afterward. At her job on TV morning show Sit-Up Britain, Bridget crosses paths with her ex, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), and is offered a position alongside Cleaver in a new travel series. However, Bridget's confidence is shattered when she meets Mark's assistant, the beautiful, slim, quick-witted Rebecca Gillies. Zellweger received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.īridget Jones is ecstatic about her new relationship with Mark Darcy. Despite this, the film was a box office success, grossing over $260 million worldwide.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2004 and a week later in the United States, to generally negative reviews from film critics.

It stars Renée Zellweger as Bridget Jones, Colin Firth as Mark Darcy, and Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron and written by Adam Brooks, Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding, based on Fielding's 1999 novel of the same name.

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