After the success of the ever-so-charming Bridget Jones’ Diary, many knew that a sequel was inevitable. And when the original author wrote the sequel, there was no second thought about turning it into a movie. Thus we have Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, the continuing misadventures of everyone’s favourite imperfect princess Bridget Jones as she continues to find eternal love. This time around, Bridget has been living in a relationship with Mark Darcy, which begins to go sour. At the same time, Daniel Cleaver reappears in Bridget’s life, claiming to be a changed man… or is he? While the film doesn’t have as many laughs as last time, it retains its charm and tenderness that fans fell in love with in the previous film. With this new DVD release, fans can now bring this tender sequel home with them.

The single-disc release is a nice accent for the film that doesn’t overshadow it. The film itself comes in a sharp 2.40:1 widescreen image that’s quite colourful, though there seems to be a slight amount of grit in the image that appears periodically. The sound is a standard clear 5.1 track that confines most of the action and sounds in the front channels, with the rear channels playing some background ambiance noise rarely. The extras on the disc are peculiar and don’t really seem to fit together, but fans shouldn’t mind. You get deleted scenes and an alternate opening, a somewhat dull director commentary, and a featurette on an animated sequence in the film. Then there are the features that are meant to be more fun, but kinda seem separate when placed next to the other extras. This includes a ‘Who’s Your Man?’ Quiz, which you can play while you watch the film (a feature that is really more annoying than it is entertaining), a featurette on the fight between the two male leads (yes, they do fight again!), an interview featurette that discusses Bridget’s and Mark’s love (???), and a spoof interview where Bridget Jones, the character, interviews Colin Firth, the actor (not as funny as it sounds).