Sex and the City
Sex and the City brings that hugely popular cable TV show to the silver screen. It’s been 5 years and just like that we’re re-united with the fab four as if no time has passed at all. Like their audience however they too are dealing with separation anxiety as Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) continues to have sex in the Big Apple with Mr Big, Charlotte York (Kristin Davis) is in New York but at a distance being annoyingly happier than ever not only having sex but also deliriously mothering her adopted Asia daughter. Samantha Jones (BC’s Kim Cattrall) is still having plenty of sex however it’s all monogamously in LA with her long time boy toy protégé. Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) on the other hand is not having any sex now living in Brooklyn and still the workaholic lawyer with mom duties loaded on. Her frustrations are the watershed for tensions that keep the story engaging for almost two and a half hours as the lawyer in Miranda pressures Carrie to cover her assets and get married and the frustrated lover in her nixes the nuptials. With a dollop of favourite peripheral characters (for my money no one can do a bitchy queen like Mario Cantone as Anthony Marentino) and some new faces added like Jennifer Hudson the movie pretty much stands on it’s own for Sex and the City virgins but die hard fans will be delighted to be treated to the same quality writing supplemented by some exotic locations and a spot on soundtrack.