I have become a fan of Sarah Jessica Parker after I saw this movie. I haven't seen any of her other movies. Neither had I seen the original soap which aired on HBO by the same name. So the movie was a complete surprise for me … a pleasant one at that. Everything about this movie clicks. The movie doesn't have a 'strong' storyline viz-a-viz a Bond movie or a Batman movie. It's a story about four New York women, who happen to be close friends, and their intermingled lives; the lead story being that of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her boyfriend (or manfriend as she calls him) Mr Big, and what happens in their lives when they decide to marry on Carrie's insistence as she wants to be a smart girl and have home for herself.
One can very much relate to the movie and it appears to be very realistic at many points. One would be when she throws her cellphone into the sea out of anger, and comes back to New York, the movie shows her disgusted about having a new New York extension for her new cell, as opposed to her older one which happens to be a central New York extension. Another would be when the marriage is over in a shocking manner, and she is at her friend's house, when it dawns on her that she no more has any clothes to wear apart from her wedding gown as she had moved into her new apartment (her after-wedding love-nest) and filled the (superb) closet (prepared for her by Big as promised) there with her clothes. Any other director wouldn't have given a damn about these 'trivial' things, but this is where this movie stands out.
Smart, humorous, touching dialogues is yet another reason one remains glued to the movie. The chemistry between Big and Carrie is very graceful. Add to that the scintillating smile of Sarah Jessica and the innocence that exudes from that effortless expression, and it becomes a treat to watch this movie.
The scenes that I liked a lot from the movie are when Carrie and Big are discussing about a possible marriage when Big says that he wants Carrie, and if marriage is the way that will make her happy then he won't mind it either. Or when in the final sequences, she goes to pick her $450 shoes from the apartment closet (because the new owners are due), finds Big standing there, runs into his arms narrating it as love taking over logic, and then explains to him the 'fun' part in their ordeal as – 'all the sorrows and agonies in their life started when they decided to live happily ever after!'
All in all, a fantastic movie. Must watch, especially for those who love watching romantic movies with scintillating dialogues and fantastic chemistry between lead characters.
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