Sex And The City 2 – Movie Review
Sex And The City 2
Movie Review – Sex and the City 2 – Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall. Comedy / Drama – About two hours long and in theaters now.
The four ladies are back with their relationships and insights into life and love. Three of them are now married and the single one is getting older. Life still has problems. Married life is sometimes boring, work hard and children can drive you nuts. There are jealousies, hot nannies and a host of other difficulties which more or less get resolved (sort of) on a trip to the Middle East. As you might expect the main theme of the movie is about relationships.
Lots of relationship talk and an avalanche of clothes and (sometimes weird) fashion and attempted insight into life and the problems we all share, But this time it is not the same as the excellent TV series. The script and plot is often contrived and embarrassing, the dialogue stupid and simplistic and the acting half-hearted. The characters were all there, but not much else was. If you liked the series you will be saddened by this caricature of the original. A bad script, poorly executed with terrible directing and actors who just weren’t all that into it. A charitable two stars for the clothes and a few good moments. Save this one for Netflix and put it on the bottom of the list.
** Two Stars – A rainy weekend afternoon rental
Rating Key:
**** Go See it Now in the Theater!
*** See it in the theater if you like the subject or actor(s) – otherwise Netflix
** A rainy weekend afternoon rental
* One Star – Don’t See it and Warn Others!
His wife, a fashionista in her own right, gives it **-1/2 (2.5 stars) without comment.
I would love to hear your impressions of the film. Counter opinions are always welcome!
I couldn’t agree with your dad more… This movie isn’t worth your $12.00 in theater. It’s redbox worthy for $1.00 when it’s a rental!
Support local independent movie stores, yo! No more Redbox and Netflix. Otherwise, I totally, sadly agree. I think the basic problem was the first movie was written like a movie, with movie moments. This one was written like an episode of the series, then there was a lot of filler thrown in to stretch it out to movie length. Broke my heart.
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Jamie – This seems to be the general consensus.
Wicked – I wasn’t even a fan of the show, personally. They just seemed to let their whole lives be focused on men: finding them dating them, being in a relationship with one when they found him, or just getting laid. Everything in their world seemed to be centered on men, as if they somehow weren’t enough on their own.
I think it depends on how you viewed it. As a regular viewer, the thing I liked was the fact that the male relationships were the peripheral ones, it was the friendship of the 4 women that remained a constant throughout the entire series and both movies.
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Wicked – I never thought about it like that. I’m probably just bitter about having spent too many of my own years obsessing over whether or not I was in a relationship 🙂