It's six weeks (and 71 shags) since we left Bridget at the end of the first film. Unfortunately, Bridget (Zellweger) is already doubting her relationship with Mark Darcy (Firth). She gets it into her head that he is having an affair with his leggy, beautiful secretary and, in true Bridget Jones style, gets herself into all sorts of ridiculous situations as a result. After a fight with Mark, Bridget goes to Thailand for a stint in a travel show, where she is paired up with Daniel Cleaver (Grant), who is oozing as much sex appeal as he can muster. Unfortunately that's not the worst Thailand has to offer Bridget. She gets busted for drugs after carrying a gift from her friend's boyfriend. Isn't it lucky she is dating a human rights lawyer!

Unfortunately for Bridget she seems to be not only plumper after six weeks, but also a little stupider too. But she hasn't lost those likable qualities - we may not all want to be her, but I'm sure we'd all be happy to have a friend like her (even if it's just so we aren't the most pathetic person we know perhaps). Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is an enjoyable film that comes close to the first one, and just like the first Bridget Jones's Diary this film has a great soundtrack.

Paul Bettany stars as Peter Colt, a fading tennis star embarking on the final tournament of his career - Wimbledon. Enter Lizzie Bradbury (Dunst), an up and coming player of the moment. They meet, they chat, they seem to like each other. They start to fool around, which proves to have a miraculous effect on Peter's game. He starts winning for a change. Sadly, it doesn't have the same effect on Lizzie's game, so Lizzie's father/manager (Neill, with an accent that grates) warns Peter off. Will this love match overcome the obstacles?

Much of the story focuses on Peter, and his relationships with his eccentric family and his best friend on the circuit (Coster-Waldau). Unfortunately the same level of depth was not given to Lizzie, who we did not truly get to know. In a movie called Wimbledon you can expect to see tennis matches. While they managed to avoid showing too much tennis, with Pat Cash as consultant, at least they were believable as tennis players, and the tennis added to the story, rather than detracting from it.

This is a nice romantic comedy, made all the better by the presence of Paul Bettany. Kirsten Dunst was also a good choice, and looked the part, although I had trouble every time Lizzie called out to Peter as it brought up images of that other Peter from Spider-man.