The movie, scripted and directed by series veteran Michael Patrick King, caters to viewers nostalgic for the Emmy-winning show while pushing forward into feature film territory.
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Sex and the City - The Movie (2008)
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Reviews Counted:173
Fresh:86
Rotten:87
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: Sex and the City loses steam in the transition to the big screen, but will still thrill fans of the show.
Theatrical Release:28-05-2008
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... [More]
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis
Director: Michael Patrick King
Reviews for Sex and the City - The Movie
What was slyly titillating in half-hour segments becomes silly, superficial and overwhemingly materialistic when stretched to nearly 2 1/2 hours. Bigger doesn't always mean better.
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I know this was made for the fans, but geez, was there no attempt to make it a good film?
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time ticks by easily like a lazy TV marathon, a humbler achievement than demanded by a diva flick that's as self-congratulatory as Indy across the multiplex
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Even fans may find themselves wondering when this very long episode will end.
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It was like attending a party where all the guests have known each other for years, exert no effort to make a newcomer feel at home and chatter endlessly -- yes, for two-and-a-half draggy hours -- about their romantic problems.
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Frothy as a Margarita and just as salty, Sex and the City all but mambos its way onto the screen.
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I am not the person to review this movie. Perhaps you will enjoy a review from someone who disqualifies himself at the outset, doesn’t much like most of the characters and is bored by their bubble-brained conversations.
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Top CriticIt's not a fashion romp. It has a strong emotional texture. The SATC women are still making bad choices.
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Movin’ on up to the movie big time means Sex and the City can no longer be accepted as just a cable-TV party game. It has to compete with the big girls, Hollywood’s classic representations of female beauty, desire and strength. And it doesn’t.
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Sex and The City: The Movie is riddled with clichés but the film works on a level that is smart, funny and just downright crude. Kim Cattrall, as Samantha, is the perfect balance to the series and the film.
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If it all feels a mite perfunctory, a mite trite and a little dated (the girls haven't heard of the New Frugality?), Sex and the City still manages to be a hymn to hotness, hipness and haute couture, one its fans can happily sing along with.
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After staggering around a bit at the beginning it settles down and finds its groove. It's appropriately flashy, nicely naughty and wholly improbable, just as it's supposed to be.
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Fans rejoice: It's good. And smart. And funny.
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Judged by the standards of its original medium, the movie version succeeds just as well, cramming what used to take a whole season into a nearly 2 1/2 -hour marathon of men, misery and Manolos.
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Sex and the City: The Movie is no great shakes as a movie, but it doesn't have to be. What it does have to be is a happy revisit to a land its fans know well, and on that level it works very well.
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The movie is just like a half-season of the series -- a funny, sappy, clumsy, crude, rambunctious, argumentative, gleefully vulgar attempt to balance the fantasy of romance with the reality that the fantasy is impossible.
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For the next two hours plus, the movie is a mourning story, a resiliency tale. Tears are shed in a Mexican retreat. Hair is dyed dark. It’s serious-period Woody Allen, if he were a better shopper.
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A big, sloppy, gooey sundae of a film that is, for better or for worse, just like the show ... only longer.
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In its cinematic incarnation, Sex and the City has lost none of its bawdiness yet gained a more profound sense of soberness.
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Latest News for Sex and the City - The Movie
September 30, 2009:
Miley Cyrus Rumored for Sex and the City Sequel 
Nothing has been confirmed yet, but New Line is issuing the telltale "no comment" in response to rumors that Miley Cyrus will be making a cameo in the "Sex and the City" sequel. More...
February 06, 2009:
Sex and the City Stars Sign for Sequel
Ready for a "Sex and the City" sequel? The movie's stars are -- Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis have signed on for another installment,... More...
January 07, 2009:
People's Choice Awards Winners Announced
The 35th annual People's Choice Awards were handed out on January 7, 2009. A complete list of film nominees, with winners in bold, follows below. More...
November 25, 2008:
Sarah Jessica Parker Targets '09 for Sex and the City Sequel
According to Sarah Jessica Parker, a "Sex and the City" sequel is definitely happening -- perhaps as soon as next year. More...
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