Sex and the City: The Movie
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 Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), successful author and everyone's favourite fashion icon-next-door, is back, her famously sardonic wit intact and sharper than ever, as she continues to narrate her own story about sex, love and the fashion-obsessed single woman in New York City. Sex and the City finds Carrie, Samantha (Kim Cattrall, Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) four years after the hit HBO series ended, as our favourite friends continue to juggle jobs and relationships while navigating motherhood, marriage and Manhattan real estate.
"Year after year, twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two "L"s:labels and love. Twenty years ago, I was one of them. Having gotten the knack for labels early...I concentrated on love". -- Carrie Bradshaw Enjoyable big-screen sequel to the much-loved TV show that won't disappoint fans, thanks to strong performances and a script that is both moving and laugh-out-loud funny. Four years after the much-loved TV show ended, the long-awaited big screen adaptation of Sex and the City catches up with the lives of New York writer Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her best friends Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall). Relationship-wise, Carrie is still with the elusive Mr Big (Chris Noth) – could a wedding finally be on the cards? To give away too much of the plot would be unfair, but suffice it to say that each of the women undergoes a crisis of some sort that ensures that they all come together for mutual support over copious Cosmopolitans and frank discussions about marriage, motherhood, sex and shoes. Meanwhile, Carrie gets herself a personal assistant and soon gains a new friend in the form of sassy fresh-from-St-Louis Louise (Jennifer Hudson). Fans of the series can rest easy as the movie is written and directed by one of the show's writer-producers, Michael Patrick King. As such, the bladder-challenging 145 minute running time means that the film basically feels like watching five shows back-to-back (in a good way). The performances are excellent, though Cynthia Nixon is still the stand-out, delivering a spiky, heartfelt performance as Miranda. The script is superb, giving each of the four actresses equal screentime and ensuring that there are laughs and tears in equal measure. As with the show, the strength of the film lies in the relationships between the four women and it's here that the script and the performances dovetail perfectly, ensuring that you laugh and cry right along with them. That said, not all the jokes work – a running gag about Samantha's sex-obsessed dog should probably have been cut. Sex and the City is an enjoyable big screen follow-up that stands as a worthy continuation of the series. Recommended. Four years on, Carrie (Parker) is apartment hunting with “man-friend” Big (Chris Noth); Samantha (Cattrall) is on the West Coast; Miranda (Nixon) has settled down to domestic bliss in Brooklyn, and Charlotte (Davis) is happily raising her adopted child. For many women in their late twenties/early thirties, Sex And The City is the equivalent of The Phantom Menace. From its debut in 1998, the six-season sexploits of Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte on the Manhattan singles scene became a quasi-religion, something women cherished as their own and geeked out about to each other. Like Star Wars, SATC managed to turn narratives into product, inspiring cravings for Vuitton bags and Blahnik shoes as powerful as lightsaber envy. Also like Star Wars (and unusually for a chick flick), the project has generated its very own rumour mill and spoiler culture, creating a sense of trepidation among its huge following. Will someone die? Will one of the couples break up? Can a 135-minute reunion do justice to characters nurtured over 94 episodes? The good news, then, is that SATC: The Movie replicates everything that’s great about the TV show, in particular its breathless flitting between relationship realities and romantic wish-fulfilment. There are the laugh-out-loud moments (a randy dog, a touch of the turistas, and sushi as a sex aid), the bawdy sex romps (surprisingly Samantha doesn’t get the raunchiest scene) and the fashionista wet dreams (Mr. Big builds Carrie an enormodrome of a closet). But the skill of the writing and performances allows these elements to co-exist alongside a moving portrait of the pangs of love and friendship. The TV show has a generous, unabashed love of human frailty, and the movie has it in spades too. New to the mix is a likable Jennifer Hudson as Carrie’s assistant. Also new is an older, if not necessarily wiser, quartet. These women are no longer interested in finding the latest nightspot, and the film makes comic use of the shift in priorities: one of the girls’ trademark let’s-all-talk-about-sex brunches is given a new spin by the presence of Charlotte’s adopted daughter, the dialogue exploring a childish euphemism to the full. Indeed, the best parts of the movie are often the moments when you just get to hang with the characters. It helps that the cast have a back-of-the-hand intimacy, the best scenes going to Parker and Nixon who find touching depth in the darker moments. In many respects, Sex And The City has more in common with an old-school George Cukor “woman’s picture” than, say, The Devil Wears Prada or 27 Dresses, interweaving female centric tales of fidelity, heartbreak and forgiveness rather than relying on mad-dash-for-the-airport antics. What it misses, though, is Cukor’s grace as a storyteller. Writer-director King, a stalwart of the TV show, makes little of the opportunities offered by the big screen - a detour to Mexico lacks visual flavour - where a more courageous choice might have reflected the high style of the fashions in the filmmaking. Equally disappointing is that the film sells short its menfolk - a misconception about the TV series - forcing them to behave in cruel ways just to keep the plot machinations going. But ultimately for the fanbase, this delivers a superior episode of the show. And surely it’s unrealistic to expect any more? If you are immune to the charms of Carrie and co., this will do little to convert you. Still, it has more than enough sass, style and sentiment to keep the faithful satisfied. Add a star if you’re a fan.  Sarah Jessica Parker ... Carrie Bradshaw Kim Cattrall ... Samantha Jones Kristin Davis ... Charlotte York Cynthia Nixon ... Miranda Hobbes Chris Noth ... John James 'Mr. Big' Preston Candice Bergen ... Enid Frick Jennifer Hudson ... Louise David Eigenberg ... Steve Brady Evan Handler ... Harry Goldenblatt Jason Lewis ... Jerry 'Smith' Jerrod Mario Cantone ... Anthony Marentino Lynn Cohen ... Magda Willie Garson ... Stanford Blatch Joanna Gleason ... Therapist Joseph Pupo ... 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Torrent available now
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I could swear I downloaded this torrent from you a while back, and it has popped back up in my RSS twice now, once yesterday and once today.....
Both times I just deleted them.... Is this a new rip of the movie?  |
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