Shawn's Sex and the City Movie Review

2008 Movie #114- Sex and the City Movie

I managed to avoid watching this one for months now. I dodged seeing it in theatres and instead went to go see The Strangers. Since it's out on DVD it felt like there was no better time to watch it. So I bit the bullet and decided to just get it all over with. I did have to watch it in 3 seperate shifts however.

I'm not a fan of the show by any means. I don't flat out hate it, it just isn't for me. I watched a few episodes and really had no motivation to watch anymore. Therefore there was no motivation for me to watch this movie. It wasn't really the train wreck that I had mentally prepared myself for, but I can still safely say that well, I don't get it.

I've talked to several fans of the show who didn't really like the movie and I think even I can understand why. The show is primarily a comedy but there really is nothing funny about the movie. It never even really tries to have jokes and when it does, they aren't particularily funny. So it's lose/lose. For a show known for being funny, there is very little funny in this movie which was surprising to me.

I'm not sure about the show itself but to me, in the movie at least, none of the characters were really all that likable. They just aren't very pleasant people and I don't get why I would want to watch them. I'd do anything in life to avoid socializing with people like this.

Of course there is no way I could get through this review without mentioning the length. 150 minutes, really? I'm ok with long movies as long as there is a purpose to the length but this one had absolutely no reason to be this long. Nothing happens the entire time! There is virtually no plot to speak of here. So much could have easily been cut, the best example being the subplot of Carrie's assisstant. This movie could have lost every single one of her scenes and the movie wouldn't have changed at all.

I can't say I liked this one, in fact I really disliked it. At the same time though, I'm really not the target audience at all so for that reason, my opinion basically means nothing. I'm just glad to have this one over with. Now I can move on to more quality movies....like Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

* 1/2 / 5