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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Boring … Sex and the City?
The first review of the reunion movie of the year — Sex and the City — is in. And it’s not great. Will Pavia, film critic for the London Times, gave it only two stars out of five.
In general, he said there may be a problem with stretching Sex and the City into a two-hour-and-twenty-minute film — “it can feel like a never-ending dinner party: however pleasant the courses, after a while you can hardly eat another one.”
He also said it can be bothersome when a narrator has to constantly tell the audience the meaning of what they’ve just seen, gift-wrapping each scene with a moral.
But Pavia admitted that the women sitting around him were weeping and laughing in quick succession.
In a controversial move, the New York-based film premiered in London on Monday night. All four of the film’s main stars — Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis — walked down the red carpet, greeted by thousands of mostly female fans. A larger premiere is planned in New York before the film opens in theaters worldwide on May 30.
According to Pavia, “the crowds cheered louder than they have for established film stars. Many felt they were welcoming back friends who had lived on their screens for six years and were returning for one last blast.”
He said it was almost as if the director was feeling the nostalgia. “The opening scenes are broken up with musical montages, softly lit like Hallmark adverts.”
Do does Carrie finally marry her Mr. Big? Pavia’s not telling.
