This hundred-fold excitement is comprehensible: SATC has constituted for thousands of women the gantry to an emancipated life. Four female protagonists revolutionized an entire world, with their independence, successful careers, designer clothes and most of all, their strong friendship that helped them remain balanced on their (stilettos) feet.

The greatest part of SATC was that we could find ourselves in the leading characters. We’ve learnt from Carrie that even though craving for true love, our career and friends were rewarding enough to contradict misogynists. We’ve seen Miranda, so career-focused and so demanding of herself and the others, constantly conferring us determination to succeed and allowing us in no moment to make compromises when it came to our dreams. Then there was Charlotte, so sweet and sensitive, appearing as though she just landed from a fairy tale, still fitting perfectly in the rapid-paced New York. And let’s not forget the juicy part, Samantha, the woman who objectified men, the woman who talked so openly about her sex life that she made it become a subject of small talk.

Just like little girls find themselves in the characters of their favorite heroines, we were more alike one of the thirty-something protagonists of SATC and I’m sure that not once you’ve wondered whom you’d be in the series. Not long ago I heard a man saying that he was fond of the HBO series and, in a reflex gained in childhood and practiced during the six seasons of SATC, I was tempted to ask who he was from the four.

Just the way we like the translations from the small screen to the silver one, the team that worked on the initial project reunited. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and director Michael Patrick King joined for the movie. The running time is of 135 minutes, the equivalent of about five episodes in a row - this might make amends for the four-year abstinence from SATC.

In case anyone forgot what happened in the last episodes of season 6, Carrie, who is now working for Vogue, recaps the major events, one of them being her getting back together with her long-time, continuously on-off love, Mr. Big (Chris Noth). And same story: despite four years of being together, they are still living in separate apartments. Until one day, Big makes the great move and pops the question (it’s not hard to imagine Carrie’s enthusiasm, but that’s enough of spilling the beans).

Charlotte (Kristin Davis) finally adopted a Chinese toddler and is living her long dreamed of life in her lush home in Park Avenue, alongside her husband, Harry (Evan Handler). Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is still struggling to equilibrate her professional life with her family life, which includes both her hubby Steve (David Eigenberg) and their baby. And last, but not least, a monogamous Samantha is living with her younger paramour, Smith (Jason Lewis) in a cozy Malibu beach house. Samantha is managing his acting career and we can say that she is now exhaustively involved with Smith. Living on the other coast is a major impediment from meeting the girls on a regular basis, though.  

SATC - the movie appears as a conglomeration of designer outfits and shoes, a feast of fashion or a continuous catwalk with four models. And that is by far another attraction and strength of the movie.

SATC also brings some new pigmented complexion. The monopolizing white skin is welcoming a black talented actress, “Dreamgirls” Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson as Carrie’s assistant, Louise. It is still debatable if her presence is a means of making amends to the absence of African-American actors in the series however, and in this respect her being just the assistant is quite dangerous.      

The movie maintains the sweet-nostalgic tone, however it remains truly energizing, a fresh new excuse for a girls’ night out.

Movie Type:Comedy, Drama, Romance and Adaptation
MPAA Rating:R
Directed By:Michael Patrick King
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Christopher Noth
Released: May 30th, 2008 (wide)
U.S. Box Office: TBA