We get a chance to see into the lives of our four favorite NY divas two years later. They are moving forward and have aged quite gracefully.The audience is able to fall right back in love again with the story that we have grown to love and cherish from the original HBO tv series. So grab your manolo's, some of your best girlfriends, a cosmo or martini and enjoy the ride.
Director and writer Michael Patrick King does another great job weaving a tale of love, faith, religion and humanity within a cinematic time frame of 2 and half hours (probably my only gripe), and at the same time he manages to pull out a compelling and riveting human drama of innocence based on pure emotion. With this screenplay, he is able to drop hypocritical and moral ambitions to make you see the relevancy of the comments on the modern outlook of the world. This in itself makes the movie rise several notches above anything attempted in Hollywood.
I can appreciate the fact that we get a chance to see growth in the characters, we even get a flashback to how it all began. We get a closer look at the lives of Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha and what has happened in the past two years. The themes carried out through this move really make you take a look at your own self and your relationships. And top it off we get a little bit of international flavor. Each character is able to play off of the other, complimenting who they are in this story. When watching the series I would always wonder what it would be like for them to step outside their comfort zone of NYC and travel across the seas. With this film you get a chance to see that. Not only that, we get to see the true survival skills in action as the ladies have to embark upon a new set of rules unlike what they are used to.
SATC2 is a movie appropriate for its time. The movie is able to deal with some serious themes of complacency, getting older, family/marriage, commitment, change, and most importantly stepping out on faith; however it's told with humor (Samantha and menopause...hysterical) and entertainment. At the end of the film there is this sense of empowerment that makes you just want to step up your game!! And most importantly they do not disappoint with the fashion...love it!!
Some stories are built on passion, some on courage and some on hope. With every sequel there should be growth and I think SATC2 did that successfully. Very rarely do you come across a love story that encompasses itself around a journey.Whether you are married, engaged, or single you can still find some enjoyment with Sex And The City 2.
Rating: 3 out of 4 stars
