Sex and the City - The Movie (Special Edition) | 
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| Director: Michael Patrick King
Actors: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $34.98
Buy New: $22.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 7
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 147
UPC: 794043123320
EAN: 0794043123320
ASIN: B001DDBCUU
Theatrical Release Date: May 30, 2008
Release Date: September 23, 2008 (In 24 Days)
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Availability: Not yet released
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As light and frothy as the Vivienne Westwood wedding gown that's an unofficial fifth star, the film version of Sex and the City is both captivatingly stylish and sweetly sentimental. Viewers who loved hanging with Carrie Bradshaw and her three pals during the series' TV run will feel as though no time has passed. Except that it has: Carrie and Big are poised to make a Big Commitment; Miranda and Steve are facing the breakup of their wonderful family; Charlotte and Harry have added to their brood; and Samantha (are we sitting down?) has been devoted to hunky Smith for five full years. Still, in all that time, the women's style, conviviality, and appetite for bons mots have only grown. When practical attorney Miranda learns that Carrie is considering moving in with Big (in possibly the coolest apartment in Manhattan), she can't help but frown in that but-you-might-lose-everything way. Carrie's retort: "For once, can't you feel what I want you to feel--jealous?!" The cast is spot-on, as always. Sarah Jessica Parker is effortless as the angst-ridden yet practical, stylish yet vulnerable Carrie. Kim Cattrall is deliciously decadent as Samantha, but she's wiser now and knows herself and her needs for a real relationship. Kristin Davis, as Charlotte, has quietly become the most gorgeous among the beauties, her sleek presence both winsome and sophisticated. And Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) shows nuance as a woman torn between betrayal and grudging hope. Supporting roles include Candice Bergen as the Vogue editor who anoints Carrie "The Last Single Girl in New York," and Jennifer Hudson, as a starry-eyed, ambitious romantic who represents the new generation of SATC women. Through it all, New York is a benevolent cocoon that envelopes and nurtures the women and their friendships and careers. No matter that none of them appears to have any semblance of "real" family; as long as they have each other, and Manhattan, all will be right with their world. --A.T. Hurley
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 Good entertainment August 29, 2008
First, I find it hilarious that of the 4 reviews that give this just one star, 3 of them are written by men. The other seems to be a female of dubious maturity. This is entertainment people. Nothing more, nothing less. I can easily see why some would be disappointed in it, if they've sat with the series from the beginning. I, for one, enjoyed it, for what it was. Something fun to watch that killed some time on a Saturday afternoon. I felt they kept the characters true to the series. They could so easily have wrapped up a happily ever after for everyone but we are left with Samantha being... well.. Samantha. Of all the characters I wanted to see change for the better, she was the one. But again, I fully understand why she did not. I will buy the DVD when it's released, mostly because I have the whole set from of the series anyway. And because I will watch it again as it will be worth the time.
Stylishly Sentimental August 29, 2008
"Sex and the City: The Movie"
Stylishly Sentimental
Amos Lassen
I loved "Sex and the City" the television series and I love "Sex and the City: The Movie". The girls are all there and as great as ever and the supporting cast still manages to keep me happy.
The movie is good but it can never be what we had on our TV screens. In a sense that feeling of intimacy is gone but the movie makes up for it in other ways. It was great to be back with the girls.
Carrie and Big are still together and are planning to move into an apartment together until a legal snag gives a bit of trouble has them talking about marriage. When the time to marry comes along, Big gets nervous and changes his mind and Carrie is humiliated so she and the girls go on a Mexican retreat.
Carrie is not the only focus in the movie. We have Miranda's discovery that her husband Steve is having an affair and Charlotte finds out she is pregnant but because she had miscarried once so she is nervous. Samantha...ah Samantha is a in a relationship with Jerry that is in its fifth year but she notices that men are getting better and better looking. There is enough going on to keep you busy and entertained.
The film provides comfort--it is warm and full of great entertainment. The cast is wonderful and I had a great time watching it.
The DVD is a two disc set with the movie on disc one and the special features on disc 2. There is an interesting audio commentary by director Michael Patrick King, a fashion reel, additional scenes and a look at Fergie recording "Labels or Love."
Andrew MacEwen, alas ye poor Scotsman, ye. August 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Something tells me our earnest reviewer below, on page 4 of reviews, Andy Boy knows of what he speaks: an adolescent romp, he says, indeed. You've had just loads of adolescent romps, haven't you laddie ? LOL.
Love it August 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I hate to pay to go to the movies, but I was willing to pay to go see this movie more than once.
Excellent continuation August 24, 2008
I really liked this movie. Of course, I was a big fan of the TV series. Fashion is the fifth great friend here--and was nothing to sneeze at in the series. It was terrific to spend time with these women and although it's a fairly long movie, it held my attention. There were a couple of flaws in it for me. I just don't think Mr. Big/John would have handled the church wedding like he did. That seemed considerably out of character--way too crass and heavy handed. The other flaw had to do with Stanford, Carrie's beloved male best friend. He seemed to serve no other purpose in the movie other than the writer/director letting us know he was still alive--and we could barely tell that. He deserved a better showing. Overall though, terrific entertainment.
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