‘Sex and the City 2’ – you got a problem with that?

June 26, 2010   ·   0 Comments

It seems that the fabulous foursome who was celebrated in the 90’s for being sassy, brassy and bold took the heat for being, well, too hot.

They wore $10 million worth of flawless flowing gowns, colorful caftans and dazzling baubles (in the new “Sex and the City 2” movie). They also had a sexy funny repartee reminiscent of their irreverent Manhattan moments (immortalized in rerun eternity).

And folks, the girls were funny. They were also sexy and the clothing was “to die for.” (If you’re from Minnesota, the New York translation means wonderful or superb).

But with all the laughter and cutting edge banter (that made them so sought after in the past) the critics found the movie distasteful. But as a humor columnist and someone with deep laugh lines I can tell you they’re just jealous. Let’s face it; movie critics cannot afford a $22,000 a night suite in Abu Dhabi. (Neither can I but it’s fun to see one).

Maybe that is the problem with the film and its ardent critics. “Sex and the City 2” is an exaggerated realm of reality, but one with highlights as bright as the sun. It was not meant to be deconstructed and analyzed as if it were a mock therapy session. It was meant to be funny in a sassy sarcastic way that would appeal to those with a sense of humor (without the need for vodka).

And I think the movie – and the Fab Foursome – accomplished that with ease. I was not the only viewer at the Cinemark Palace 20 in Boca Raton who thought so. “I thought the movie was funny and wonderful,” said A. B. Haick, of Boca. “I’ve been married for 10 years and I loved the ‘Sex and the City’ TV show, and the movie was great,” said the 40-something male of Arabic descent.

Although Haick loved the scene where the foursome rode camels in the dessert, my favorite lines were a little more on the raunchy side. “Ooh, Bedouin Bath and Beyond here we come”…and Samantha’s take on a gorgeous hunk she met on the beach…“Lawrence of my labia.” (You sort of had to be there).

The one-liners were high line drives into the outfield (man-speak for winning) and the clothing and comedic references were reminiscent of the brilliant humor that rolls off the tongue of geniuses like Robin Williams and Billy Crystal (you need an IQ above the Bell curve to get it).

The movie was filmed in Morocco (but was made to look like Abu Dhabi). Samantha (Kim Cattrall) meets an Arab sheik and is asked to create a PR campaign for his business. As fiction would have it, Samantha gets to take her three best friends with her on this whirlwind exotic trip (all expenses paid, of course).

There were moments when you had to suspend disbelief. Like when Carrie runs into her old boyfriend Aidan (John Corbett) in a flea market in Abu Dhabi. He is successful, tan and handsome and asks Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) to dinner. Although both were married, Carrie shows up for their date in a clingy cleavage baring dress better suited for pole dancing. Yet, she is surprised and upset when he tries to kiss her (the man is not gay, folks).

I also had a hard time believing that Carrie (SJP) would prance around her Manhattan digs wearing couture gowns every night waiting for her husband to join her on the club circuit. Let’s face it, if you’re married to a man who can afford a vast pre-war apartment with closets as large as a tanning parlor chances are he might be tired when he gets home.

But who said reality had anything to do with this movie? Isn’t that the reason we go to the movies – for an escape from the mundane and the predictable? You bet.

For 146 minutes (no, it was not too long) we got to witness some outrageous happenings, exotic locales, gorgeous clothing and stunning drifts of post menopausal musings.

It brought some of us closer to our old wacky ways, our racy clothing choices and our belief that everyday can be an adventure. It also gave us another chance to witness the preciousness of friendship that these gals have harvested like a gilded mosquito net.

If you haven’t seen ‘Sex and the City 2,’ I highly recommend it. Be prepared to laugh and languish at the borders of disbelief. And, you don’t even need a passport to get there.

By luana