Greg's review: "Sex and the City" movie is terrific!

I've seen it! I loved it!

To have Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and especially Samantha back in my life for two hours was just glorious. Went to a screening of "Sex and the City" last night in Hollywood and the excitement inside the ArcLight Theater was palpable. Once the lights went down and the music started, people cheered. And the movie hadn't even started yet!

I like that in the opening, each character is updated in a recap so that if you aren't familiar with the series, you can still see the flick and not be lost. It's probably for all those poor straight guys being dragged along by their girlfriends I guess because the women and the gay guys don't need any kind of recap!

It's all here: the clothes, the hair, the brunches, the puns ("I have to get over my Mexi-coma") the frank talk about sex, the Cosmos! I'm glad they waited four years to make the movie because it made me miss these girls and gave me time to get to know them better through the TBS reruns and the DVDs. Kim Cattrall, who is sublime as Samantha, was the holdout on an earlier planned film. She is worth waiting for. Everytime she is on screen, you know you are in for some fun. My favorite line in the entire movie was one she delivers to an unwaxed bikini-clad Miranda: "I could be on death row and not have that (wave of the hand to her unkept crotch area) ...situation."

There is bigtime Carrie and Mr. Big drama. Did you think we were through with that? It gives star Sarah Jessica Parker a chance to really do some terrific acting. She is first-rate and her Carrie Bradshaw is as interesting and wonderful as ever

The chemistry between Parker, Catrall, Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte) is as great as it ever was and it is a blast to be in their company once again. Please, please, please make an other one!.

As far as the other actors: Chris Noth is right at home as Mr. Big and he is terrific. The character has grown and made it easier to understand why Carrie would end up with him and not the wonderful Aiden (that character not in the movie). I won't spoil things and tell you whether Carrie and Big get married or not!

All the other familiar faces are on hand with Dave Eigenberg as Miranda's husband, Steve, and Jason Lewis and Samantha's man, Smith, getting the most screentime. The interesting thing is that since the series ended four years ago,Dave has became hotter than Jason! Somebody has been working out, so much so that he gets a naked rear-end shot and it is mighty fine. Mario Cantone is, of course Carrie's wedding planner and he makes the most of his screentime with delicious delivery of every line, His character seems a tad more mellow though and, I think, is now dating Stanford (Willie Garson).

The friend I took to the movie thought Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson was just awful as Carrie's assistant. I thought she was OK and was happy to see her on-screen again. The part wasn't exactly Effie in "Dreamgirls." I thought she was kinda sweet in the movie.

Anyway, go see it. You will love it.