It was May 27, 2010 when the eagerly anticipated “Sex and The City” movie sequel premiered to savage reviews.
Roger Ebert described the film as “pretty thin gruel,” while New York Magazine called it a “mildly-to-completely terrible movie.” The cultural insensitivity of the Middle East-set portions of the film did not help matters, with The New York Times noting, “the ugly smell of unexamined privilege hangs over this film like the smoke from cheap incense.”
“Sex and the City 2” still made buckets of money at the worldwide box office, but the sheer amount of hate — and a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 16% — doomed it to Razzie Award status.
So why would I give “Sex and the City 2” another chance? Because it’s been 10 years since we’ve had new SATC content, and I miss my girls. Though the 94 regular series episodes and a thoroughly satisfying first movie should be enough to scratch my “Sex and the City” itch, I wanted to revisit the second, reviled film and see if there weren’t any redeeming features.
I had to ignore the puns so broad my third grader could have written them — like “Abu Dhabi doo!” and, God help us, “Lawrence of my labia!” — and cling to a few juicy scenes offering real feeling or insight. (I did not include Liza Minnelli’s high camp performance of “Single Ladies”, though I was tempted.)
So here they are, the 5 most compelling parts of “Sex and the City 2.”
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