Mr. Big has been in Carrie's life since episode one and since then has teased her, taunted her, broken her heart, and just plain f-ed with her for 6 and a half seasons until 10 minutes into the big movie, (after the marathon of 8 costume changes in 2 minutes,) he proposes and she, of course, says 'yes'. The first act is fun, you see all your favorite characters exactly where you left them even though it's about 3 to 5 years later. Miranda, (Cynthia Nixon,) moved to Brooklyn with her husband and her boy is a little older, Samantha (Kim Catrall,) is still managing the hunk actor in LA, and Charlotte, (Kristin Davis,) is happily married with her adopted mandarin daughter.

Carrie hasn't changed as she can still be thrown into a PMS rage at the drop of a hat over almost nothing. So, when Big gets cold feet on the day of the wedding Carrie bails and soon finds herself on her honeymoon with her 3 friends. From this point on Carrie goes into Ashlee Simpson emo mode, wearing tight pants and loose shirts, old man sweaters and dying her hair black. When Carrie returns to New York she realizes she needs help putting her life back together, so she hires an assistant wonderfully portrayed by Jennifer Hudson. Each of the girl's have their own issues to overcome, as usual, but pull through and live happily ever after.

Movie technology has come a long way, but apparently didn't have enough time to develop a way to make these women pushing 50 look ten years younger. They have their scenes where the hair, make-up, and costumes blend well and they look gorgeous, but then again they ARE about 50 and Sarah Jessica Parker is a smoker, (as far as we know.) And the girls are still taking joy in annual New York fashion shows flaunting the latest couture by the hottest designers on the planet, any of which if seen on an actual human being walking down the street would endues vomit to shoot through even the strongest of stomachs. Many critics stated, before the film came out, that it seemed "phoned in," I couldn't agree more. Then again, looking back, the last 3 seasons were "phoned in," so it wasn't really that big of a deal. If you're a fan of the show or a dude looking to score on a date, this is a good pick. Entertaining, but not memorable. 

Lauren Sepanski is a film critic living in that magical place called Hollywood.