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I shall now put you into the very capable hands of Lyndsey Walker and Helen Thompson for a review of a film which, quite frankly, I just didn’t want to pay to see (although I’m sure it’s really good, I just didn’t like the TV series)

So without further ado…

Lyndsey
I don’t know about you, but the prospect of a film containing our four favourite label-loving Manhattan girls got me very excited. Unfortunately, rather than heading down to the premiere in a New York taxi, cosmopolitan in hand, we found ourselves running for the bus and popping into Humbugs for a pick-n-mix before the film. Fortunately, Michael King’s film allowed us to sit back and imagine we were living the high life in Manhattan.

Professional reviewers seem to agree that the story and characters were best left at the end of the sixth series, but I think the films was filled with all the right qualities. There are some hilariously classic moments, including Samantha’s Valentines evening laying naked and covered head to toe in homemade sushi, which had the audience in hysterics. The good news is that the characters are all just as self consumed and fashion-conscious as ever, and are still as fun and fabulous as they were in the television series.

Helen
As someone who was introduced to our favourite foursome earlier this year, watched all 6 series in a month, and fell in love with them straight away, I was dying to see this movie. When the music began I was instantly confused and a little disappointed by the new, ‘jazzed up’, film-version of the theme tune. However, that was the only thing that did disappoint me, as the film takes you on an emotional roller coaster - from laughing, to crying, to at one point being very scared of Charlotte’s actions. On more than one occasion I thought I might need a tissue, and the people behind us certainly did as they sobbed their hearts out. With the highs, the lows, the sex, and the every day things (not that sex isn’t an ‘every day thing’) this movie is everything I wanted it to be. It had some perfect moments that left me wanting to be Carrie Bradshaw and, just to add an extra note for the guys who are secretly reading this, the perfect way to propose is with a shoe!