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...shacked up with the dreamy Darcy (Colin Firth) and is no longer, well, single. But the script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt?? routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 12/10/2004 | See Source »

...shacked up with the dreamy Darcy (Colin Firth) and is no longer, well, single. But the script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt?? routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...shacked up with the dreamy Darcy (Colin Firth) and is no longer, well, single. But the script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt?? routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. The movie seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. There are some glimpses of the old Bridget: smart, funny, wholly lacking in decorum. But these moments are outnumbered by the formulaic structure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...singleton: she’s shacked up with the dreamy Darcy and is no longer, well, single. But the script is furnished with the same jokes from the first movie, except the second time the “watch Bridget fall flat on her face in a very short skirt?? routine is less vaudeville and more ritual humiliation. Bridget is, quite literally, the butt of the joke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Review | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Sure enough, quintessential bad-boy Daniel “Skirt?? Cleaver (Hugh Grant) saunters on the scene. Cleaver hosts a wildly successful travel show, “The Smooth Guide” (sample travel tips: “When in Rome, do it with a Roman;” “In New York, sex and the city isn’t a program, it’s a promise”). Cue dramatic break-up scene with the too-good-to-be-true Darcy, allowing Bridget to be free for a naughty dabble with Cleaver. What...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Review | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

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