The fun, the fashion, the friendship: Sex and the City 2 brings
it all back and more as Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha
(Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia
Nixon) come together to take another bite out of The Big Apple--
and beyond--in a hilarious sequel. What happens after you say “I
do?” Life is everything the ladies ever wished it would be, but
it wouldn’t be Sex in the City if life didn’t hold a few more
surprises. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with
the girls.
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The four glitziest ladies ever to hit Manhattan as a single
force--Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte--are back,
fabulous as ever, in Sex and the City 2. They may be older, and
even a little wiser, but the pulls of love, lust, careers, and a
pair of well-turned stilettos are still the focus of this Fab
Four. As the women gamely face the prospect of aging--children,
menopause, glass ceilings, and, in Carrie's opinion a e worse
than death--domesticity--they still manage to sparkle with the
banter and great outfits that made the HBO series and the first
film such hits. Sex and the City 2 opens with Carrie (Sarah
Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Miranda (Cynthia
Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) at the wedding of two of
the foursome's favorite gay male friends, Stanford (Willie
Garson) and Anthony (Mario Cantone). The wedding itself pulls out
all the stops--in the true spirit of Sex and the City--and is one
of the highlights of the film. From the no-holds-barred décor,
including live swans, to the gay men's chorus singing show tunes
while the guests arrive, the event is on the far side of over the
top. As the guests settle into their seats, Miranda whispers,
"Could this wedding be any gayer?" and as if on command, out
comes Liza Minnelli, playing herself, to officiate. (Minnelli's
performance is unexpectedly splendid, and her "wedding song" will
wow all her fans--gay, straight, married, single.) Yet beneath
the luscious glamour and the really bad hats (oh, Carrie, you
should have resisted that harlequin feathered crown), the
heroines are struggling with the not-so-glamorous realities of
their lives. Charlotte and Harry (the always delightful and
dependable Evan Handler) have two demanding young daughters--and
a nanny from Ireland whose braless voluptuousness puts new
meaning in the phrase "Irish spring," and who may be threatening
their marriage. Miranda, ever the focused career gal, is getting
nowhere fast at her law firm. And Carrie, now married to Mr. Big
(Chris Noth), is chafing at the cozy staying-in and lying-low
that she thinks spell death to romance. (It should be noted that
vixen Samantha is still game for walking on the wild side. At the
wedding she meets a handsome straight guy and asks him what he
does for a living. "I lay concrete," he says. Samantha: "That
sounds promising.") And for once there are no easy, glib answers
to the real-life problem of the four stars, and Sex and the City
2 lets the characters actually grow up, at least a little. Which
doesn't mean their fashions aren't fabulous. The film is also
chock-a-block with great cameos, including Miley Cyrus, Project
Runway's Tim n, and Penélope Cruz. And longtime fans of the TV
series will be happy to hear that Smith Jerrod (Jason Lewis),
Samantha's onetime flame, and Aidan (John Corbett), who once
stole Carrie's heart, also make appearances. Sex and the City 2
is frothier than a shaken bottle of Champagne, and goes down as
smoothly as a couple of appletinis. So fans, drink up! --A.T.
Hurley