Sex And The City - Series 2 [1999]

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Primary Contributor : Sarah Jessica Parker

Product Details

Actor : Sarah Jessica Parker
Format : Box set, PAL
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5014437527820
Number of Discs : 4
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2001-11-05
Running Time : 471minutes
Studio : Paramount Home Entertainment

ASIN : B00005UMQW

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Much like the novels of Fanny Burney or Jane Austen 200 years before, Sex and the City tackles that perennial female conundrum, how to maintain independence from men (intellectual, sexual, financial) while seeking the ideal life-partner for whom that much-cherished independence can safely be sacrificed. So it is that Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha prowl relentlessly the canyons of Manhattan in search of mates, all of whom fall woefully short of their needs in one crucial way or another. Yet, with biological clocks ticking and suppressed nesting instincts fighting back, the foursome occasionally find themselves dangerously close to despair. The dating game can be deadly serious sometimes. Which is why Sex and the City is not just good TV, it's great TV: for all its refreshingly cynical wit and superficial vivaciousness, the show has at its heart a streak of pathos and painful truth that resonates deeply with its audience.

In the show's second season, the scrutiny falls more on the women than their succession of useless dates. Carrie has to learn the painful truth about Big all over again; Miranda has panic attacks about being alone for the rest of her life; Sam is humiliated by the ladies who lunch into confessing that she's a whore; and Charlotte is reduced to trading kinky foot massages for free shoes. Savage love, indeed.

On the DVD: Sex and the City, Season 2 has all 18 episodes on three discs. Frustratingly, the menus have no "Play All" facility so you can't just sit back and enjoy--each episode requires navigation from the main menu to an episode list to a redundant preview screen before the play selection is offered. There are mini trailers for each episode and a short (eight-minute) promo featurette. The picture is a little fuzzy in places, doubtless the result of transfer from NTSC format, but is still an improvement over the first season. --Mark Walker

Customer Reviews

Great Show, Shame About The DVD! (2008-07-24)

I love this show and was so very excited when I first bought this DVD. I think this is a great season, and watching it is like catching up with old friends, so no complaints there. Episode wise I give the DVD a 5 star rating.Sadly though, I had to even my rating out at 3 stars, because I give the actual DVD its self 1 star! Firstly there is no "play all" function. So, if you are relying on the buttons on the DVD player its self (having mistakenly thrown away your remote, or is that just me!?) you cannot watch the DVD. There's an annoying "intro screen" before you get to watch each episode, and if you turn the DVD player off whilst you are still on the credits for an episode, it brings you to an annoying screen where you have to skip through all the episodes and your DVD player crashes, or you select the next episode you want to watch and your DVD player crashes! Oh and to add insult to injury, it is one of those ones where you have to select the language from the first screen each time you turn the player on!I don't know what other formats of this season are like, but I would definately risk trying one of those over this particular release as it will be the same great show, but the format can hardly get any worse!

Brilliant no matter how many times you watch it (2007-12-28)

Absolutely love it. A brilliant show, with so many brilliant comic moments. The only bad thing was the fact that the episodes seemed to be all mixed up which really confused me, one minute Carrie and Big were split up then together then split up again, eh? Can someone please tell me what order I'm supposed to watch these in?! I'm not going to hold this against them as I adore this programme and will be re-watching these episodes for many many more years.

Where is the Play All Function ? (2007-03-31)

Deeper than the first series but lack of a play all function prevents this otherwise excellent series from gaining top marks.Character development of Mr Big and Sarah Jessica Parker really marked this series.

More Sex Please (2006-05-20)

Another dose of life from the female point of view; with more wit and grit, this is American tv at its best

Brilliant (2005-11-20)

As a fan of the show, I adore the dvd sets!The only thing I didnt like is having to navigate to EACH epsiode!But otherwise brilliant and well worth the money!

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