The first movie was full of suspense, sadness and laughter that made you want to come back to see the second installment. This time around, they didn’t get it quite right. The movie captures the popular TV characters’ typical romance problems, and the ladies have their typical troubles, but not enough to make fans want to pay attention.
When I went to see the movie, it dragged on for what seemed like hours before our four favorite New York girls got to Abu Dhabi -- where 75% of the movie takes place. Once they got there, I was constantly waiting for the movie to pick up.
While the actresses did a great job as usual (with the exception of Cynthia Nixon, perhaps; Miranda was a little too happy and crazy in this one), their performances weren’t enough to hold up the movie. It was like one giant episode. A familiar one, at that. Of course, Samantha wasn’t happy in her sex life. Of course, Carrie would run into Aidan -- 6,000 miles away from the City -- and complicate her marriage. But for once, Miranda wasn’t having a problem.
In the end, the girls figured it out -- at usual -- and everyone is off to live happily ever after. Everyone except fans.
The climax of the movie didn’t come until the very end -- if you could call it a climax at all -- and nothing about it made you hope for more. Every gal who loves “Sex and the City” was dying to see the second movie, and from what I saw in the audience around me, they were mostly disappointed when they finally did.
Edited by Michele Ristich Gatts
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