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Sex and the City (2008)
Director: Michael Patrick King
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
Sex and the City was the kind of show that actually improved over time—and not just for us straight guys tuning in for girlie gossip. What started off merely as Cosmo-lubricated escapism slowly gained heft, as the real subject came into view: mortality. When brassy Samantha (Cattrall), the series’s finest creation, quietly broke down at a funeral, we were suddenly watching real drama.
You’ll hear much sniffling in your dolled-up audience as this mega-anticipated film version unspools. That’s actually a good thing: Sex and the City is a proper evolution, loaded with candy-colored anxiety. Yes, Big (Noth) and Carrie (Parker) plan a gorgeous wedding, complete with a Vogue photo shoot. But he bails at the last minute. For the next two hours plus, the movie is a mourning story. Tears are shed; hair is dyed dark. It’s serious-period Woody Allen, if he were a better shopper.
Carrie hires an assistant (Hudson) to help her go through the wreckage of her life, and the film leans into some rebirth clichés—even literally, when Charlotte (Davis) suddenly turns up preggers. But forgiveness is the happiest ending for a show that required its wrinkles more than it knew.
Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out Chicago Issue 170: May 29–June 4, 2008
User reviews of this film
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- Debbie Teibel said...
- Posted on Jun 11 2008 09:57 I can not believe you gave away the plot in your review. You have ruined the excitement of going to the movie for me, & I have been a dedicated fan of the tv show. Very unprofessional of you.
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- CENTT said...
- Posted on Jun 03 2008 09:50 This movie for me was one big satisfying episode. I am such a fan of the HBO show. This was the fix I needed.
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- roberto said...
- Posted on Jun 01 2008 21:25 you bitches are retarded. everything exposed in this review had been exposed in the trailers.
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- Toob Stache said...
- Posted on May 30 2008 21:28 How gay.
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- devon lorraine said...
- Posted on May 30 2008 16:50 I stopped half-way through your review when you gave away a huge plot line. Please do not review another movie in this way. Highly disappointed with this article and the editors.
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- Lou said...
- Posted on May 30 2008 03:44 What a Fantastic film! I thought it was brilliant,
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- Jennifer said...
- Posted on May 29 2008 22:51 Thanks for spoiling the movie in the review, you JERK!
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- Kathleen said...
- Posted on May 29 2008 09:37 I'm going to see sex and the city movie friday at 12:01am so I will be the first to see it and not have anyone spoil it fo me. I just read the review to get excited for the movie and to my dissapointment this review gave away huge chunk of the plot! Please don't give away secrets before the movie is out!
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Cast & crew
Director: Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Hudson, Chris Noth, Candice Bergen, Lynn Cohen, Mario Cantone full cast
Rated: R
Duration: 142 mins
US Release: May 30 2008
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