(rated R) The movie opens where Bridget’s happily- -ever-after, left off: Bridget (Renee Zellweger) and Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) – together at last. Now sixty-one days after sailing into the sunset, she begins to ponder just how happy they really are. Sabotaging her own inner securities, Bridget manages to botch things up, suddenly finding herself in Thailand, with of all people, that formidable Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) who’s now found a career as a smooth talking, travel guide host, to a television show. If possible, Bridget Jones is better the second time around, thanks to a great script that combines the right amount of underdog clumsiness and wishful-fantasy narration. The only real question is would the handsome, sexy and sophisticated Darcy, continue to tolerate Bridget Jones and her silliness? Yet somehow, like him, we believe in the chubby lovable girl, thanks to great acting, in a role made for Zellweger. Be prepared for Bridget Jones a third time and more of those fountain toss brawls between Grant and Firth.
