Sex and the City

"Get Carried away."

2008 2h 26m EN

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6.5

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49%

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5.7

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★6.5TMDB · 2,328🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★5.7IMDB · 132,833

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Synopsis

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When Carrie's big step forward in her relationship goes awry, best friends Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha are there to help her pick up the pieces.

“Get Carried away.”

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Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker
Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall
Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis
Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon
Miranda Hobbes
Chris Noth
Mr. Big
Candice Bergen
Enid Frick
Jennifer Hudson
Louise
David Eigenberg
Steve Brady

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Patrick King
Writers: Michael Patrick King
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 6.4× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Sex and the City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Patrick King, shot by John Thomas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Aaron Zigman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael Berenbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Patrick King directs. John Thomas behind the camera. Aaron Zigman scores. Michael Berenbaum cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $65M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 6.4× over at the box office.
3Released 18 years ago.
4Part of the "Sex and the City Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Michael Patrick King, shot by John Thomas. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Aaron Zigman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Michael Berenbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Get Carried away.".
10IMDB entry: tt1000774 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 21 themes, including "hotel", "new year's eve", "new york city", "forgiveness".
12Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: John Thomas
Original score: Aaron Zigman
Editing: Michael Berenbaum
Production design: Jeremy Conway
Costume design: Patricia Field
Sound: Odin Benitez
Runtime: 146 min · 2h 26m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $65,000,000
Box office: $418,800,000
Return: 644% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Sex and the City (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 132,833 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

2 wins & 12 nominations total

Part of

Sex and the City Collection

Sex and the City is an American cable television and film series. The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004, for a total of ninety-four episodes.

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CinemaSerf2025-12-22
★ 6/10
I didn’t watch any of the television series, twenty years earlier, upon which this was based so came to this new - and for a while it’s quite enjoyable. It picks up the story of four women, all of whom are now approaching their fifties, and is narrated by “Carrie” (Sarah Jessica Parker) as she looks forward to the wedding of the decade with her very own “Mr. Big” (Chris Noth). Meantime, “Samantha” (Kim Cattrall) is starting to have doubts about her relationship with her hard-working, heart-throb, actor (Jason Lewis); “Miranda” (Cynthia Nixon) has had some fairly earth-shattering news from husband “Steve” (David Eigenberg) and it seems “Charlotte” (Kristin Davis) is the only one content with her lot, and with “Harry” (Evan Handler). With all of this confusion reigning, it’s hardly surprising that tempers are fraying, trusts are straining and people are readily getting the wrong end of the stick. Of course, when the big wedding goes pear shaped as we fully expect, that leaves the four women to evaluate where they are with their lives, loves and Louis Vuitton. My problem here was that it’s all just too sluggish. It has moments of sexiness and comedy, but it’s as if each gal was promised one quarter of the storyline - whether their character deserved it or not, and so we end up with lots of excess padding, especially around Nixon and Cattrall’s undercooked characters. Clearly they all know their roles backwards, but that just added a certain soapiness to a film that comes across as simply an extended version of one of it’s earlier glamorous and more bitchy editions. A bit like the Christmas specials we used to get on television, only we are coming in at the end when it has passed it’s best and lost the pithiness that made it good in the first place. Had they shaved half an hour from it and focussed more on the outrageousness elements, I might have enjoyed it more but in the end I felt it more a poor relation of “Absolutely Fabulous” only with more fake tan.

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