marywanderer

Here’s what happens, Carrie and Big decide to buy a bigger place together. Carrie, unable to contribute much to the real estate venture, is nervous about the possibility of getting kicked to the curb. She, like any rational 43 year old woman, suggests getting married. Once again Carrie becomes a real estate bride; you would think she would have learned her lesson. Big soon gets cold feet when the plans for the wedding start to spin out of control. Let us not forget that this is his third wedding. Of course tragedy strikes, when Big (SURPRISE) leaves Carrie at the altar. Carrie feels that her reputation was ruined, and she flees with her best gal pals on her pre-paid honeymoon. Once she comes back to NY, she needs to hire an assistant to get her life back, since she merged hers with Big pre-wedding. Here comes J-Hud, who is a great character, but she came to NY looking for love. Who goes anywhere looking for love? Her heart was broken down in St. Louis by an old boyfriend, so she comes to a big city to find The One. With J-Hud we also get the sense of the theme of the movie that is pounded into our thick skulls over and over again: FORGIVENESS. At this point, you know Carrie is going to forgive Big; you just don’t know how or when. Perhaps this is the minor detail that the stars and directors didn’t want to give away. The movie goes on, and winter changes to spring, and all the characters start to forgive. J-Hud becomes engaged with her ex who broke her heart. She leaves the big city to be with her man. Carrie forgives Miranda for telling Big the day before their wedding that the two of them are crazy for getting married. Miranda forgives Steve for having sex with someone else . . . only one time. Smith forgives Samantha for having to leave; she refused to have her life revolve around a man (this was the most believable storyline in the whole movie.) Finally, Carried sees Big, and runs into his arms and forgives him. After 10 years, she forgives him yet again. Oh yeah, they do get married, in front of a judge without any of her friends, because that is what he wanted.

Well, what are we supposed to take away from this? Forgiveness is the answer to everything? I am not so sure I can agree with that. I think Steve should have been forgiven; he has proven to be a good husband and father, and he deserved a second chance. I still can’t believe that after 10 years of his insecurities Carrie still could manage to be with him. I guess we should assume that their four years together were amazing, and his feelings for her didn’t fluctuate one iota. Given his history, I don’t think that is possible. Maybe there will be another movie in four more years. . .

The whole movie wasn’t terrible. We finally got to see a little male full frontal, and the kids were pretty cute. The friendship between all the girls was wonderful. When Carrie took the subway on New Years Eve to be with Miranda, I was crying. I loved the girls dropping everything to be with Carrie on her honeymoon. They are always there for each other, and that kind of friendship is something we all hope to have with our friends.