Sex and the City: The Complete Series (Collector's Gift Set)
List Price:
Our Price: $109.95
You Save: $65.03 (37%)
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $82.88 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica ParkerBrand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; DVD; Full Screen; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Sex and the City: The Complete Series (Collector's Gift Set)
Movie Review: Thanx for the good times, girls!
Summary: 5 Stars
SEX AND THE CITY was originally designed as an un-censored sitcom which single 30-something women could relate to. While it succeeded in that, perhaps somewhat unexpectedly the show reached out to a far broader audience. It centers around 4 middle-aged single female friends, so it's best to start out by meeting our friends.
***Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) is the main character in the show, and the title of the show is based on a column by the same name that she writes for a NYC newspaper. She is a bit flighty and her favorite words are "fabulous" and "fantastic." Her favorite drink is the Cosmopolitan and she is addicted to buying high heel shoes (she has maxed out many a credit card on shoe shopping trips!). She discusses the issues of each episode in her column. While a bit flakey and impulsive, her heart is in the right place in spite of some ethical lapses that she has from time to time.
While she has sundry short-term flings, Carrie has three major boyfriends during the show. One of them is Aiden Shaw (John Corbett) who is just about the best fellow any girl could ask for. Of course, Corbett is one of my favorite actors, so I'm a bit biased towards his characters.
Carrie and Aleksander Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov) make an odd couple as they live in different worlds. He is cultured and sophisticated, while her idea of culture is wearing $400 high heel shoes. He is a Russian artist who is a bit over-bearing and self absorbed. The biggest single problem is that he never seems to have any time for poor Carrie.
The most important male figure in the show is Mr. Big (Chris Noth). From the pilot episode on, the lives of Carrie & Mr. Big weave in & out of each other. He is a wealthy playboy who looks like he is just stepped out of GQ magazine. Unfortunately for Carrie, he is commitment-phobic.
Carrie strikes out on the skin-o-meter as we only see her in sexy lingerie and occasionally a sheer blouse.
***Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) is a graduate of Harvard Law & is by far the most cerebral of our friends. She is out to prove that she can make it in a man's world. She and Carrie have a special connection. She is the most cynical character on the show, and she complains the most about not being able to find Mr. Right. Strange as it is, she eventually discovers that Mr. Right was right in front of her nose in the character of a bartender named Steve (David Eigenberg).
On the skin-o-meter, Miranda takes her top off occasionally.
***Charlotte York (Kristen Davis) is my favorite character, and I doubt that I'm alone in that. She is a true Romantic and a dreamer. She imagines her knight in shining armor rescuing her from being single and providing her life with a fairy-tale ending.
Unfortunately for Charlotte, the knight who rescues her (Trey, played by Kyle MacLachlan) ends up being a decent fellow who has serious intimacy problems. He is also from a rather arrogant family with an especially annoying mother.
Charlotte eventually trades in Trey for a regular-Joe lawyer named Harry (Evan Handler). Like Miranda, she finds that her soul-mate fits very few of her pre-conceived notions of what he would be like. She isn't even physically attracted to him, but falls in love with his big generous heart.
On the skin-o-meter, Charlotte is briefly topless & 1/2 topless in the episodes FRENEMIES and ANCHORS AWAY. We see her lovely posterior for a few seconds on WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA.
****Samantha Jones (Kim Catrall) is the most promiscuous of our 4 friends. She is anti-relationship, and prides herself on being thus. For her, the only use men have is to fulfill her carnal desires. As such, Samantha and Charlotte are antipodes.
In spite of her cynical outlook, a young stud named Smith Jarrod (Jason Lewis) eventually changes her mind about the futility of having genuine human relations with the male gender.
While the 4 characters are all very different, they all share a love for fashion; they literally never wear the same outfit twice. {Alas, a jeans & T-shirt fellow like myself would be apt to be out-of-place trying to date any of them}. Some of the stuff they wear is a bit outrageous & over-the-top; particularly some of the dresses that Carrie dons.
While the show on a superficial level is a light-hearted comedy, it tackles some very serious issues such as: surviving cancer, fertility problems / wanting to have a baby, unexpected pregnancies, deciding whether or not to get married and also caring for elderly relatives afflicted with Alzheimers.
Ultimately, the #1 reason I love the show so much is due to the fact that each of the 4 central characters share a zest for life. They show us (both men & women) that being single is supposed to be fun as opposed to seeming hopeless. While the constant tributes to New York City occasionally gets old for a midwesterner like myself, it is also pretty honest as to how New Yorkers think of themselves & their city. In any case, each & every time I watch SEX AND THE CITY I always feel like I'm having lunch with 4 of my favorite friends. I feel as though their struggles and triumphs are my own, given that I can vicariously relate to so many things they go through. Kind of odd for a single heterosexual male to admit that, eh?
Summary of Sex and the City: The Complete Series (Collector's Gift Set)
For six seasons Carrie Bradshaw and her friends offered us their hilarious, outspoken and outrageous look at dating, mating and relating in the big city. Celebrate the show that explores the day-to-day -- and night-to-night -- world of single women in this, the definitive collector's edition. This DVD collection is packaged within a pink velvet case and is dressed with unforgettable images and quotes from the show's finest moments.Similar DVD Movies
Gilmore Girls: The Complete Series CollectionWarner Brothers; Release date: 2007-11-13; DVD
Best price: $95.00
Price in other shops:
Love Letters of Great Men: The Collection of Love Letters Drawn from by Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex in the City"by Ludwig Van Beethoven, François-Marie Arouet Voltaire, John Adams, Vincent Van Gogh, Dylan Thomas, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CreateSpace; Published: 2009-04-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.94
Price in other shops:
Sex and the Cityby Candace Bushnell
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 1997-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.65
Price in other shops:
Will & Grace: The Complete SeriesLions Gate; Release date: 2008-09-16; DVD
Best price: $89.99
Price in other shops:
Six Feet Under: The Complete SeriesHBO Home Video; Release date: 2009-10-06; DVD
Best price: $82.95
Price in other shops:
Friends: The Complete Series CollectionWarner Brothers; Release date: 2006-11-14; DVD
Best price: $124.99
Price in other shops:
Sex and the City: The Movie (Two-Disc Special Edition)NEW Line Home Video; Release date: 2008-09-23; DVD
Best price: $2.88
Price in other shops:
Sex and the City: The Movie (Single-Disc Widescreen Edition)Warner Bros; Release date: 2008-09-23; Published: 2008; DVD
Best price: $0.90
Price in other shops:
Sex and the City 2Warner Brothers; Release date: 2011-01-25; DVD
Best price: $4.99
Price in other shops:
Sex & The City: The Complete Collection (Deluxe Edition)HBO HOME VIDEO; Release date: 2012-01-17; DVD
Best price: $136.88
Price in other shops: