Sex and the City 2
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| German title | Sex and the City 2 |
| Original title | Sex and the City 2 |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 146 minutes |
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FSK 12 JMK 12 |
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| Director | Michael Patrick King |
| script | Michael Patrick King, Darren Star |
| production |
Eric M. Cyphers , Michael Patrick King, John P. Melfi , Sarah Jessica Parker , Darren Star |
| music | Aaron Zigman |
| camera | John Thomas |
| cut | Michael Berenbaum |
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Sex and the City 2 is an American comedy film from the year 2010 . It is based on the television series Sex and the City from 1998 to 2004 and on the movie Sex and the City - The Movie . Directed by Michael Patrick King , who also wrote the script and co-produced the film. It was released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the USA on May 27, 2010.
action
The film begins with a flashback in which viewers learn how Carrie met her friends Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha in New York City in the 1980s . Then the film jumps back to the present - two years after the first film ended. Stanford Blatch and Anthony Marentino, Carrie and Charlotte's best gay friends, have decided to get married and are celebrating it in Connecticut . The wedding is performed by Liza Minnelli , who then sings Beyoncé's “ Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) ”.
Meanwhile, the life of the four friends is no less stressful than it used to be: 52-year-old Samantha is struggling with her menopause and is trying to use hormones to maintain her libido . Charlotte has problems with her children Lily and Rose and is happy to have a nanny, Erin, to help. But since she is very attractive and usually doesn't wear a bra , she lets - especially from Samantha - put the flea in her ear that Charlotte's husband Harry could possibly cheat with Erin. Meanwhile, Miranda is bullied by the head of the law firm she works for and barely has a minute left. Meanwhile, Carrie is happily married to Mr. Big, but realizes that he would rather spend most of the evenings at home in front of the television than "go out and about" with Carrie. This comes to a head when Big gives Carrie a television in her bedroom for her second wedding anniversary .
Quite surprisingly, Samantha receives a call from Smith Jerrod, with whom she was dating in the first part of the film. He's shot a new movie that is slated to premiere in New York - and he'd like Samantha, to whom he owes his success, to accompany him. Carrie and Samantha then go shopping together to buy Samantha a dress for the premiere. The subject is also Carrie's new book "I Do. Do I?", Which will be published shortly. Vogue magazine is asking for an article that Carrie should write. In addition, Carrie asks if she and Big could come to the premiere, which Samantha promises to initiate.
On the day of the premiere, Carrie barely manages to take Big with her because he would prefer to watch TV. There is a bit of an uproar on the red carpet when it is discovered that Samantha and Miley Cyrus are wearing the same dress. Later, Carrie has to watch Big talk charmingly with a Spanish colleague, played by Penélope Cruz , whereupon she confronts him and asks why she only gets the boring husband who wants to watch TV while others get the sparkling charmer.
At the premiere, Samantha meets an Arab sheikh with whom she does business: He wants her to do the PR for his new hotel in Abu Dhabi . That's why he invites you to get to know his country - completely at his own expense. Samantha agrees on condition that her three friends can come along.
Over lunch, Samantha lets her friends know about the plan - and they are amazed. Since Miranda has since quit her job, there are no more time problems from her either, so the four of them decide to fly to Abu Dhabi a few weeks later.
To get some distance from Big and also to be able to write the Vogue article, Carrie decides to go to her old apartment for two days. Big agrees. When he finally picks her up and goes out to dinner with her - followed by a night when "the TV stayed off" - she realizes that Big seems to be working on the relationship. On the day of their departure for Abu Dhabi, however, he surprises them with the suggestion that in future they could do it every week in such a way that they do not see each other for two days so that everyone can do the things they prefer to do without the other. Carrie doesn't like the idea but agrees.
In Abu Dhabi, girlfriends are stunned by the luxury that surrounds them. Everyone receives a new Maybach and their own butler for their stay . When Carrie and Miranda visit a market, Carrie runs into her old love Aidan by accident - and therefore inadvertently leaves her passport on a shoe stand. When she reads a damning review of her book in the New Yorker the next day , she decides to spend the day alone and later meets up with Aidan again to have dinner together. There is a kiss between the two. Carrie is shocked by herself and doesn't know whether to tell Big or not. In the end, she does it - and the only response she receives is that he is in the office and has no time.
Meanwhile, Samantha always offends with her relaxed attitude when it comes to sexuality. She meets a Dane, and after a few advances, which are viewed critically by others, the two decide to go to the beach, where they are caught, whereupon Samantha is arrested. The situation can be defused, but since the sheik stops the payments and also cancels the scheduled meeting, the friends have no choice but to fly back to the USA in a hurry, as a night in the rented suite would cost $ 22,000. In the hustle and bustle, Carrie finally notices that she cannot find her passport. However, she remembers the shoe stand and the four decide to go to the market again. She gets her passport back, but due to a chain of unfortunate circumstances, Samantha's bag is finally emptied on the street - among other things, condoms come to light, which causes a lot of anger in the bystanders, especially since she screams and gesticulates that she has "loads of sex". The four of them flee to a room with Muslim women - and are surprised to find that they are wearing the latest fashion under their black robes and face veils. Since the men on the street have still not calmed down, the four also slip into these robes and can finally sneak away. You will also reach your flight on time and land safely in New York.
Although agreed, Big does not pick up Carrie from the airport, whereupon she remains lonely and unhappy in the apartment for a while, until Big finally returns. As a punishment for her behavior, he demands of her that she must wear a diamond ring in the future so that she will always remember that she is married. Carrie is happy with the situation and agrees.
The film ends with Carrie and Big going well again and they hardly use the apartment any more - in contrast to Charlotte, who is happy to simply have some peace and quiet in the apartment. In the meantime it has also been found that the nanny is a lesbian and that Charlotte's fears were therefore unfounded. Miranda has now found a new job that she likes much better, and Samantha can finally continue the broken date with the Dane.
backgrounds
Originally the part played in Abu Dhabi was supposed to be shot in Dubai , but since the permit was refused, it was decided to move to Morocco .
The film grossed about $ 37 million on a US opening weekend on a budget of about $ 100 million. In Germany, around 800,000 viewers saw him on the first weekend (including the previews). In early September 2010, the film grossed $ 290 million worldwide.
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
criticism
The film won three Golden Raspberries in 2011 : the entire cast won Worst Screen Cast , Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon won Worst Actress , and the film won for Worst Remake or Sequel . He was nominated in two other categories: Worst Screenplay and Worst Supporting Actress (Liza Minnelli).
“The second feature film, which continues the popular television series, entertains with sympathetic characters and witty, quick-witted dialogues; This, as well as the expenditure on luxuriously fashionable costumes and backdrops, of course, do not make the plot negligible; outside of their traditional urban context, the inner workings and problems of the characters remain pale. "
"Exuberant, high-gloss fun that offers 140 minutes of perfect entertainment with charm and ingenuity."
“It's a really big fiddle, no question about it: the second 'Sex and the City' film also combines everything with everything - politics with pop, cultural criticism with kitsch, feminism with haute couture. Unfortunately, the film doesn't suit the stupid Islam scolding. "
“The pun is well-known, the gruesome situation comedy has proven itself, and it is not really surprising that Samantha's real Sex on the Beach in Abu Dhabi sometimes collides with moral ideas in the Arab world. Cultural conflicts serve here - if at all - only as a setting for more or less crude rubbish. [...] But if you were n't to perceive Sex and the City 2 for what it is, namely visualized champagne mood of iridescent superficiality and routine banality, then you would have to give serious thought to the terrifying image of women that the film actually conveys. "
Web links
- Sex and the City 2 at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Sex and the City 2 at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Reviews of Sex And The City 2 on Moviepilot
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Sex and the City 2 . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , May 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 905 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Sex and the City 2 . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Premiere data on: IMDb.de, accessed 7 June 2010
- ↑ Joanne Bladd: Dubai bans 'Sex and the City' shoot. UAE authorities reportedly block move to film scenes of the infamous TV series in Dubai. In: ArabianBusiness.com. ITP Digital Media Inc., July 30, 2009, accessed February 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Box office results , on: IMDb.de, accessed on June 7, 2010
- ↑ Kinocharts , on: kino.de, accessed on June 7, 2010
- ↑ Box office results , from: boxofficemojo.com, accessed on September 1, 2010
- ^ Sex and the City 2. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed July 17, 2017 .
- ↑ CINEMA.de: Film review of Sex and the City 2
- ^ Daniel Haas: Pop propaganda in the desert sand. In: Culture. Spiegel Online , May 26, 2010, accessed February 6, 2017 .
- ^ Robert Zimmermann: Criticism on critic.de, accessed on December 29, 2010