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| In giant, glittering pink types, this simple poster for Michael Patrick King's Sex and the City promises more of the unabashed feminine escapism that was the TV-series' trademark |
Carrie and Big, the New York society writer's long-time on/off handsome boyfriend, negotiates their way to a wedding, which is prepared by Carrie; but something goes wrong, and both of them and friend couple Miranda and Steve break up.
Sex and the City is written and directed by feature-debuting Michael Patrick King (Good Advice (1994, TV-series)) and is the movie continuation of the same-titled 1998-04 hit TV-series, which King also wrote for and executive produced.
Yes, this is fluff and totally ridiculous in many ways, but if you stick with the film past its first twenty minutes, I bet you won't want to leave it for its following two hours.
The four regular stars are all back in enthusiastic top shape in a fine, rousing, ultimately touching story, which seems to round off two of the most important relationships from the series perfectly.
Kim Cattrall (City Limits (1984)) is fabulous and delivers several of the film's funniest moments as Samantha, who also seems to move on somehow as a character, although whereto is unclear. Sarah Jessica Parker (Miami Rhapsody (1995)) is simply wonderful as Carrie and acts every moment real and to-the-bone.
The production is fittingly flamboyant and delicious to behold in terms of cinematography, design and locations. - But it is especially the costume department that deserves praise, headed by Patricia Field (He's My Girl (1987)), because the outfits contribute in making Sex and the City extra exciting, wild, funny and worth seeing.
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2008 in films and TV-series - according to Film Excess [UPDATED II]
Cost: 65 mil. $
Box office: 415.2 mil. $
= Huge hit (returned 6.38 times its cost)
[Sex and the City premiered 12 May (London, UK) and runs 145 minutes (a 151 minute extended cut also exists.) Cattrall was critical of a film immediately after the series' conclusion. HBO co-financed the film with Time Warner sister company New Line Cinema. Shooting took place in California, including Los Angeles, and in New York from September 2007 - January 2008. More than 300 outfits were used in the film. It opened #1 to a 57 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another week in the top 5 (#4) and grossed 152.6 mil. $ (36.8 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were the UK with 52.2 mil. $ (12.6 mil. $) and Germany with 27.1 mil. $ (6.5 %). Roger Ebert gave the film a 2/4 star review, translating to 3 notches harder than this one. King returned with Sex and the City 2 (2010), the hit movie's sequel, which also featured the 4 stars. Parker returned first in Did You Hear about the Morgans? (2009); Cattrall in The Simpsons (2004-09) and theatrically in The Ghost Writer (2010); Cynthia Nixon (Little Manhattan (2005)) in Lymelife (2008); and Kristin Davis (Mann & Machine (1992, TV-series)) in Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends (2004-09)) and theatrically in Couples Retreat (2009). Sex and the City is rotten at 50 % with a 5.55/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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