The film is by no means a masterpiece, but it's a worthy exercise in indulgence that won't disappoint the cosmo-swilling core audience. And fans won't need to swill any cosmos to enjoy it.
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05/30/08
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $152,595,674
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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
If Sex and the City is a hit, it will be partly because it's an enjoyable and somewhat true depiction of female friendship. But grown women will also go to see it because, finally, someone made a movie for them.
05/30/08
There were a lot of very funny moments in this film. I almost cried.
05/30/08
Isn't it encouraging to see that a big summer flick can be tethered to something other than a sweaty male action hero?
05/30/08
As gender-segregated experiences go, SATC is preferable to, say, that idiotic beefcake epic 300. The amusing thing about SATC is that it objectifies men in much the same way that most male-oriented movies objectify women.
05/30/08
Since it clocks in at almost 2 1/2 hours, you may think, sight unseen, that the movie version of the HBO smash Sex and the City is guilty of wretched excess. Pathetic excess is more like it.
05/30/08
Writer/director Michael Patrick King's first attempt to slip into full-length features from television wears heavily, resulting in as poor a fit as Carrie sporting coveralls and clogs.
05/30/08
...so unexpectedly excellent.
05/30/08
You wouldn't spend valuable real-life time hanging out with self-absorbed idiots like this, so why on Earth would you watch a TV show (or a movie) about them?
05/30/08
Bottom line the movie fails Movie Plot 101 by trying too hard. Too hard to appease its fans, too hard to color within the lines and too hard to prove that love conquers all.
05/30/08
It's a pity that King didn't take more of a chance with his fanatically devoted audience and give them something they may not have quite expected or even really wanted.
05/30/08
New York is fabulous, the clothes are fabulous and the shoes are beyond fabulous --- what more can a 'Sex and the City' devotee ask for? A sequel?
05/30/08
There are flashes of graphic nudity and the usual salty language. But we fans wouldn't have it any other way.
05/30/08
Sex and the City, the movie, feels like a glorified television episode in the best possible sense - utterly unchanged in spirit from its small screen roots yet just ambitious enough to validate its big screen adaptation.
05/30/08
...it's like being trapped in a dentist's office with nothing to read but an old issue of Vogue.
05/30/08
A lot different from, say, watching several SATC episodes on DVD in succession as if gobbling fudge brownies. That may be OK for the living room, but in a multiplex, you just want things to move along already.
05/30/08
There is something depressingly stunted about this movie; something desperate too.
05/30/08
Top CriticI hate, loathe and despise -- sorry to mince my words -- the movie based on the TV show.
05/30/08
The fans will (designer) label "Sex and the City" a hit this weekend.
05/29/08
In short, Sex and the City the movie is everything Sex and the City the show ever was, as rambling and superficial as it is cunning and loveable.
05/29/08
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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