Sex and the City

Bea says: I ditched a (relieved) Cecil for the evening and went to see this with a girlfriend at my local cinema. The cinema was jammed full of groups of women like us, with just a couple of long-suffering men dotted here and there.

I never followed the TV programme, in fact never saw a single episode! But the characters and storylines are famous enough for me to know what it was all going to be about, and I was prepared to give it a go, albeit with few expectations.

And it was a tonic. I have been busy and stressed lately, and a couple of hours of escapist fun with Carrie and the girls was just what I needed. I didn't totally relate, but the storyline is clever enough to pull independent, feminist girls like me in too, and I did like the fashion. One big clanger for me was the anti-fur protester scene; all too obvious propaganda for the fur trade and the likes of some big fasion houses and Vogue magazine. I was saddened by the reaction of the audience though, who lapped it up. But overall, a pleasantly distracting few hours, and a not too sickly sweet ending - I preferred the vintage suit all along.

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