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Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 165 Fresh: 84  Rotten:81 Average Rating: 5.6/10
 
Consensus: Sex and the City loses steam in the transition to the big screen, but will still thrill fans of the show.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins

Theatrical Release: May 30, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $152,087,494

Synopsis: The silver-screen version of SEX AND THE CITY is sure to inspire lust, though it may not be after its sexy male cast. Instead, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends wear enviable fashions from the industry's biggest names such as Zac Posen, Louis Vuitton, and, of course,... The silver-screen version of SEX AND THE CITY is sure to inspire lust, though it may not be after its sexy male cast. Instead, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends wear enviable fashions from the industry's biggest names such as Zac Posen, Louis Vuitton, and, of course, Manolo Blahnik, and their gorgeous clothes--and accessories--threaten to steal the show. But for fans of the series' wit, drama, and sex, there's plenty to like in this romantic comedy filled with familiar characters. Though four years have passed since the events of the series, not much has changed as the film begins: Carrie and Mr. Big (Chris Noth) are happy as they search for an apartment, Charlotte (Kristin Davis) is blissful with her husband (Evan Handler) and adopted daughter, Samantha (Kim Cattrall) is still with actor Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is trying to balance life as a mother, wife, and lawyer as she lives in Brooklyn with Steve (David Eigenberg). But Carrie and Big's apartment hunt leads them down the road to marriage, and the destination may not be quite everything Carrie hoped for. Though the film runs nearly two and a half hours, it flies by the way a marathon of episodes would for the devoted. Even minor characters from the show--Vogue editor Enid Frick (Candice Bergen), beloved Carrie pal Stanford Blatch (Willie Garson), and hyper wedding planner Anthony Marentino (Mario Canton)--make fan-pleasing appearances. SEX AND THE CITY is full of glitz, glamour, and giggles, but be sure to have a tissue nearby. These characters have become like friends to fans, and it's tough not to tear up when things don't go exactly as they'd hoped. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Jennifer Hudson

Director: Michael Patrick King
Screenwriter: Michael Patrick King
Producer: Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael Patrick King, Darren Star, John Melfi
Composer: Aaron Zigman

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 23, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Amaray Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - English

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Wouldn't it be redundant to describe the self-indulgent big-screen adaptation as similarly vapid, pointless, and poorly acted as the popular HBO show upon which it is based?

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07/19/08
Bruce Bennett
Spectrum (St. George, Utah)
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4/5

Cinerina invites her first guest reviewer, Melanie Treco. See full review for details.

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07/17/08
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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1.5/4

What does that say when a self-admitted narcissist receives such a following? In playing the victim card so often, Sarah Jessica Parker's character is one of the most unlikable characters I've seen in a long time.

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07/07/08
Michael Drakulich
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
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2.5/4

Was this bonbon to the show's fans, four years after the "happily ever after" series finale, really necessary?

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06/27/08
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune
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2/4

Plays like nothing more than a marathon viewing of an entire seventh season that should have never been made.

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06/24/08
Dustin Putman
TheMovieBoy.com
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3/4

To its credit, though, the movie turns Carrie's value system, which equates "the two Ls--Labels and Love," to its advantage, and in the second half the movie achieves a nice balance between comedy and drama.

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06/20/08
Kyle Smith
KyleSmithOnline.com
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2/4

It's too bad that the false sense of high heel empowerment never registers as soundly as our resident money-styling maidens look to achieve in this beleaguered City.

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06/16/08
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye
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2/5

Sex and the City is not a painful experience for men (or even guys), just a predictable one...

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06/12/08
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies
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Somewhere along the line, the movie version of Sex and the City got too much Botox injected into the script, and all the life was ironed out of it.

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06/10/08
Beverly Berning
culturevulture.net
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It's nice to see these women again, because they are all rich and complex characters, but it's basically a sentimental exercise, designed for maximum cash flow before the idea is retired.

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06/08/08
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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I spent most of the film's 148 minutes just wanting to slap these women because I grew weary of their whining.

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06/08/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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The film is raw, sentimental and outrageously materialistic - just as a true fan would hope and expect it would be.

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06/08/08
Peta Hellard
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
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3/5

While he's let the movie run to excessive length, the well-practiced Parker King (throwing in more brand names than you will find in a Myers catalogue) knows what his target audience wanted from this reunion.

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06/07/08
Des Partridge
Courier Mail (Australia)
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1.5/5

I had to wonder what happened to the qualities that made the show famous: the outrageous dialogue, the sense of female camaraderie, the embrace of casual sex as a guiltless pleasure.

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06/07/08
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
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2/5

The pacing barely ever breaks out of a light plod. And the writing is very, very average.

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06/07/08
Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Melbourne)
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4/5

This movie has generated record excitement in just about every woman of my acquaintance.

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06/07/08
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies
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When it neglects the fizz in favour of the grit (or at least the kind of grit acceptable for Sex And The City), this femme phenomenon hits the spot.

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06/07/08
Erin Free
FILMINK (Australia)
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2.5/5

Here is an unashamed celebration of materialist values, an orgy of labels, brands and product placements as sinful, by implication, as the behaviour of the characters.

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06/07/08
Evan Williams
The Australian
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2.25/5

I love Sarah Jessica Parker...Carrie and Mr. Big are definitely the best things about this film. But, at 2.5 hours long, there's just not enough good stuff to put this one over the top. I hate the sound of Kim Cattrall speaking, so that didn't help.

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06/06/08
Bob Grimm
Reno News and Review
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76/100

... a gay camp parody of the way fabulous heterosexual women court affection

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06/06/08
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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