Sex and the City (2008)

Director:

Michael Patrick King

Writers (WGA):

Michael Patrick King (written by)
Candace Bushnell (book)

Release Date:

30 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Get Carried Away.

Plot:

A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage | Sex | Writer | Honeymoon | Wedding Dress

Awards:

1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall	...	Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis	...	Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon	...	Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth	...	Mr. Big
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	...	Brady Hobbes

Also Known As:

Sex and the City: The Movie (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

Runtime:

145 min | 151 min (extended cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15A | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Denmark:11 | Norway:11 | USA:R (certificate #44340) | Italy:T | Hong Kong:III | Finland:K-13 (re-rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:R21 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) (cut) | Netherlands:12 | Greece:K-13 | Singapore:M18 (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 (original rating) | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:16 | France:U (with warning) | Taiwan:R-18 | New Zealand:R16 | Malaysia:18PL (cut) | Japan:PG-12 | Austria:10 | Peru:14 | Iceland:14

Filming Locations:

Bryant Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

The cab driver in the scene where Miranda begs Carrie to forgive her is the same cab driver in the episode where the four girls are trying to discuss if Charlotte should have anal sex with her boyfriend.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte leave Charlotte's apartment for the library (where the wedding is held), we see them all enter the limousine. As the limousine arrives at the site of the wedding and pulls up to the curb, we can clearly see that the limousine is empty.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Carrie Bradshaw: [voiceover] Year after year, twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two L's: labels and love.

Movie Connections:

Features "Sex and the City" (1998)

Soundtrack:

Love Will Keep Us Together

The movie did NOT do the show justice

I am a big fan of the show. I am one of those people who have seen every episode at least 4 times, and some of them around 10 times. Even so, I still watch the reruns, and I was really looking forward to the movie.

So, it is really upsetting that I have to give it such a bad review. I went to see it with the best of intentions. I really wanted to love it. Unfortunately the movie has nothing to do with the wittiness and character of the series. Even putting aside the wooden and/or exaggerated acting, you fail to recognize the characters who where transformed into caricatures, pathetic versions of themselves.

There were very very few lines that gave a glimpse of the old clever dialog, and they all got lost in a mass of cheesy lines about love and friendship that you even rarely anymore encounter in the corniest of Hollywood's chick flicks, and toiler humor that you only expect from movies like Harold and Kumar. OK, maybe the comparison to Harold and Kumar is a little unfair, but really I had never expected Sex and the City to rely on fart jokes for comic relief.

People comment that those who rate this movie badly are either men, or just not fans of the show. From my perspective the fans of the show should be the ones most disappointed by the travesty that was this film.

We grew to love the show because of its honesty towards sexual issues, its shocking but clever dialog, and its characters who, however unreal with their designer obsessions, uncontrollable spending and lack of real jobs, remained true to their personas regarding sex, relationships, commitment, independence.

The show was about sex. The movie is about love, and treats the subject from the weakest, corniest and most disappointing standpoint.

This movie is a fake Fendi. Dropping 15 designer names in one sentence, showing bulging men's underpants and orgasming at the sight of huge closets, Sex and the City does not make.

As for me, I will keep watching the reruns and pretend this movie never happened.