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Co-Dependent Anthem of 2004

Girl finally ends up with boy of her dreams. Boy makes her happy, but girl continues to sabotage and doubt her relationship. They break up, but in true Hollywood style end up getting back together anyway.

What’s the point, you might ask? To make the girl doubt herself and realize that, in keeping with Sinatra’s classic co-dependent song, she really is nobody ’til somebody loves her. Welcome to the life of the title character in the sequel, “Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.” You might suspect her character changed or learned something from the first film, but in reality, she is turning the same tricks and running around mindlessly in search of the most cliched form of love.

When her boyfriend shows the slightest signs of having his own life, Jones has a nervous breakdown. Seriously, what happened to the idea of having your own space in a relationship? Or horror of horrors, being single not branding you as the biggest loser in the world? Sadly, the sequel only proves that Jones really is a feminist’s nightmare come true.

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