The big-screen sequel transfers the base of operations from New York to Abu Dhabi, the advertised New Middle East where the self-indulgent girls — er, self-indulgent middle-aged gals (Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall) will be overindulged on an expenses-paid jaunt courtesy of an Arabian film producer, where they can bring their consumerist perspective to another culture (on the Muslim veil: “Certainly cuts back on the Botox bill”), and where Samantha, the only remaining unmarried in the group, can scandalize the backward natives (“New Middle East, my ass!”). This getaway from the Big Apple is also a getaway from an inchoate marital comedy about Carrie's new husband's couch-potato propensities for television and takeout, and his radical proposal (not an alternative open to the average married couple) to spend two nights a week in separate apartments. More than a getaway, really; more of a jump-ship. Loyal followers who consider these ninnies as personal friends will have their tolerance tested to the limit. Anyone as yet unacquainted with them should be encouraged to hold steady. With Chris Noth and John Corbett; written and directed by Michael Patrick King. (2010) — Duncan Shepherd
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