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Sex and the City

Sex and the City

Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2008

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.

Movie details

Sex and the City

“Get Carried away.”

2008 Comedy · Drama · Romance 2h 26m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.7 / 10

132.8K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

49 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

53 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Sex and the City?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Michael Patrick King

Written by

Michael Patrick King

Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker

Carrie Bradshaw

Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall

Samantha Jones

Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis

Charlotte York

Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Miranda Hobbes

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

Mr. Big

Candice Bergen

Candice Bergen

Enid Frick

Jennifer Hudson

Jennifer Hudson

Louise

Court is in session

Put Sex and the City on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.