Spring Break
'Sex and the City' delivers
Fans finally gain closure
By: Maria Spicketts
Issue date: 5/28/08 Section: Lifeline
The girls are back in town.
The "Sex and the City" movie certainly delivers, returning Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York and Samantha Jones to audiences everywhere.
The film centers on Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker,) the heart and narrator of the series and her four girlfriends. Bradshaw is now a published author thrice over and has finally landed the man of her dreams, Mr. Big, or John James Preston (Chris Noth) as he is fully identified in the film and is preparing to marry him.
Her three friends have also seemingly found happiness: Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is supposedly content in Brooklyn with her son, Brady and husband, Steve (David Eigenberg); Charlotte (Kristin Davis) still lives on Park Avenue with her husband, Harry (Evan Handler) and adopted daughter Lily; and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) has moved on to Los Angeles with her star client and live-in boyfriend, Jerry "Smith" Jerrod (Jason Lewis.)
Parker and Nixon are the only ones given any true meat of story to work with. Their characters are both forced to deal with relationship dilemmas. Carrie's difficulties are palpable as Parker subtly portrays, and Nixon truly conveys her character's dilemma with her well-delivered performance.
The other women's stories left much to be desired. Samantha finds that she's bored with monogamy, a story progresses too slowly, doesn't speak to the character development shown on the series or to Cattrall's talent. Cattrall is given little to do during the film and her character's relocation is greatly responsible.
Charlotte is living a truly blissful existence, having everything she ever wanted during the series in the film. She has it all, and fears when it will go wrong, as it had for her friends. Although her story is not as gripping as Carrie's or Miranda's, Davis does well with the material she is given.
The girls have grown up. Even Carrie is less narcissistic, although her plotline certainly warrants her much right to be. Miranda is softer, Charlotte wiser, and even Samantha makes responsible, adult decisions.
The "Sex and the City" movie certainly delivers, returning Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes, Charlotte York and Samantha Jones to audiences everywhere.
The film centers on Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker,) the heart and narrator of the series and her four girlfriends. Bradshaw is now a published author thrice over and has finally landed the man of her dreams, Mr. Big, or John James Preston (Chris Noth) as he is fully identified in the film and is preparing to marry him.
Her three friends have also seemingly found happiness: Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is supposedly content in Brooklyn with her son, Brady and husband, Steve (David Eigenberg); Charlotte (Kristin Davis) still lives on Park Avenue with her husband, Harry (Evan Handler) and adopted daughter Lily; and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) has moved on to Los Angeles with her star client and live-in boyfriend, Jerry "Smith" Jerrod (Jason Lewis.)
Parker and Nixon are the only ones given any true meat of story to work with. Their characters are both forced to deal with relationship dilemmas. Carrie's difficulties are palpable as Parker subtly portrays, and Nixon truly conveys her character's dilemma with her well-delivered performance.
The other women's stories left much to be desired. Samantha finds that she's bored with monogamy, a story progresses too slowly, doesn't speak to the character development shown on the series or to Cattrall's talent. Cattrall is given little to do during the film and her character's relocation is greatly responsible.
Charlotte is living a truly blissful existence, having everything she ever wanted during the series in the film. She has it all, and fears when it will go wrong, as it had for her friends. Although her story is not as gripping as Carrie's or Miranda's, Davis does well with the material she is given.
The girls have grown up. Even Carrie is less narcissistic, although her plotline certainly warrants her much right to be. Miranda is softer, Charlotte wiser, and even Samantha makes responsible, adult decisions.
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Martha
posted 5/31/08 @ 12:46 PM EST
Ah good. A review as vapid, unstructured and pointless as the movie itself.
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