Movie Review: Sex And The City - Page 2

The movie sheds light, and more clothes, on the other three friends’ lives. They are now happily married with children and husbands who adore them. Samantha (Kim Cattrall), turning 50, is living in California with her much younger, blonde, Hollywood-stud-muffin husband — sure cure for nymphomania. Samantha battles new urges by finding solace in food, at the same time ogling the even more gorgeous brunette stallion who has just moved into and makes movies inside the condo next door. She finds it hard to control her inner voyeur!

Miranda Hobbes, played by Cynthia Nixon, is going through love rituals of her own. But the women are there for each other, through separation, long distance and unexpected pregnancies. Charlotte, played by Kristin Davis, has the most placid life but provides much comic relief for a needy Carrie.

The second half of the movie is marked by the four BFFs returning from Mexico. Carrie begins the search for a new assistant. Carrie is clearly computer challenged and disorganized. So, we see her interview a few unlikely folks and suddenly pick one of the applicants. Enter Louise from St. Louis (Jennifer Hudson) — the token twenty-something, tech-savvy assistant.

This was more of a cameo appearance than a real role, and good thing. I really like Jennifer but her acting falls a little flat. Although the role was advertised as "sassy assistant," I found the "Louise" character unconvincing and out of sync with the high synergy of the other women in the movie. I thought this role had a different purpose and expected it to be a bit more central, pivotal. But instead it was simply a vehicle to give Carrie somebody to lob love angst bombs with. However, Hudson's voice singing the original ballad "All Dressed Up in Love" over the closing credits is tremendous. She could be looking at another Oscar nod for that one.

Carrie’s quest for love, while enduring, hits a few bumps and bruises and this is the thread that binds Sex And The City. I expected fluff and mothballs but found instead a funny, entertaining, and at times poignant portrayal of a woman writer who decides to write a happy ending for her own life. It’s rated a strong R for sex, language, and drugs.

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