Sex & The City (1 & 2)
SEX & THE CITY (15)
D: Michael Patrick King
New Line/HBO (Darren Star, John Melfi, Sarah Jessica
Parker & Michael Patrick King)
US/Germany 2008
145 mins
Comedy
W: Michael Patrick King [based on the television show by
Darren Star; novel by Candace Bushnell]
DP: John Thomas
Ed: Michael Berenbaum
Mus: Aaron Zigman
Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall
(Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (Charlotte York Goldenblatt), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes)
From the long-running TV series featuring the same
actresses and same characters- three prostitutes and their mum, according to Family Guy. I have no idea, I didn't watch the programme and had absolutely no interest in it. It's fair to say
that I didn't have any real interest in the movie either, it's not aimed at my demographic, but I can only judge it from this viewpoint.
The big screen treatment sees a New York journalist jilted
at the altar by the man she had settled with at the show's conclusion and she must find love again with the help of her sexually liberal girlfriends... so it's basically a feature-length
version of the television programme, I guess.
For fans of the show only. I certainly didn't like
it.
4/10
SEX & THE CITY 2 (15)
D: Michael Patrick King
Warner Bros./New Line/HBO (Darren Star, John Melfi, Sarah
Jessica Parker & Michael Patrick King)
US 2010
146 mins
Comedy
W: Michael Patrick King [based on the television show by
Darren Star; novel by Candace Bushnell]
DP: John Thomas
Ed: Michael Berenbaum
Mus: Aaron Zigman
Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall
(Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (Charlotte York Goldenblatt), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes)
Three prostitutes and their mum act like promiscuous
tramps in a Middle Eastern country, disrespecting the country and its culture on their sexual quest to find their perfect man.
Like the first film, this will only be appreciated by
those who enjoyed the TV show. Even so, this sequel is pushing the boundaries of what can be classed as entertainment... and not in a good way.
2/10
