Sex and the City - The Complete Third Season

"Do we need drama to make a relationship work?" Carrie muses at one point. Sex and the City needs drama to make it work, and Parker and Cynthia Nixon (as career woman Miranda), this ensemble's better half, give the show its pulsating heart as they wrestle with commitment and, in the episode "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," sadder-but-wiser breakups. On the lighter side, the sexual dalliances of "rude and politically incorrect" Samantha (Kim Cattrall) provide great fodder for comedy. Like I Love Lucy, the series benefited from a brief change of scenery with a three-episode jaunt to Los Angeles, where Carrie and company encountered, among others, Matthew McConaughey, Vince Vaughn, Hugh Hefner, and Sarah Michelle Gellar. At its best, to quote one character, Sex and the City is "sharp, edgy, brutal at times, always a little juicy." It may be "very New York," but the sex and relationship issues it tackles are universal. For its devoted fans, the release of this 18-episode, three-disc set is, to quote Gellar's clueless Hollywood junior development exec, "chick flick big." --Donald Liebenson

From the Back Cover
Join Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her friends Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) as they do weddings, funerals, and Bat Mitzvahs; Staten Island, the meat-packing district, and the Playboy Mansion. The third season fittingly includes a host of "A-list" celebrity guest appearances, including Carrie Fisher, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Hugh Hefner, Donovan Leitch, Matthew McConaughey, Alanis Morissette, and Vince Vaughn. So get ready to cross the velvet ropes and enter a world of... Sex and the City.

This show is the perfect blend of comedy and therapy. I have much to reflect on after an episode about my own relationships and the foolishness involved.

The questions asked as Carrie writes her articles (the basis for her narration in the series)provide quite stimulating conversation long after the episode has ended.

If you are reading this article, i am sure you have already seen seasons 1 and 2, and really don't need me to urge you to buy this season. However, this season is a favorite of mine because it Introduces Aiden, which could be the perfect guy for Carrie, but--well, you will see for yourself.

This DVD is a great way to get your friends hooked if they havent been already. As a matter of fact, 4 of my friends got hooked through the DVD series and not by watching it as it came out on HBO.

Enjoy for yourself, and raise your martini high!


Sex,cosmopotitans,shoes,NY,Chris Noth...what more do u want?   March 17, 2002
23 out of 35 found this review helpful

This season is THE season to see! The characters are more defined.....making them more "real" feeling this season and the writing is simply hilarious. My favorite character is Big a classic Hollywood looking wealthy man that just is too smooth for his own good. The chemistry between Big (Chris Noth) and Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) is at times very romantic and at times very frustrating. Spend a little money on this dvd......you won't regret it.


Maybe I didn't give it a sufficient chance, but ...   May 22, 2002
Maine Writer (Maine, USA)
19 out of 49 found this review helpful

I found the few episodes I managed to sit through unimaginative, the characters truly unlikeable. And maybe that's the point--these are men and women you laugh at, not with. That the humor of this show is derisive and cynical, showing how superficial many lives really are--and how empty and materialistic our culture has become. If that's the point, I get it. If that isn't the point (as many of the positive reviewers suggest), then be afraid. Be very afraid. If this is "real life" for many people, then things are far worse than I ever imagined.

The main characters do a good job of mimicking the most shallow, self-absorbed, vain, and misdirected women I know. They are obsessed with sex talk and sex, have perilously low self-esteem, have little or no intellectual depth, and, in the end, are leading absolutely meaningless lives. Do they discuss significant ideas? No. Do they care more about clothing and money than emotional depth? Yes. They make the empty-headed "Friends" seem complex in comparison. At least they can manage childish relationships with equally empty-headed men blended together with low-brow stupidity.

I know this isn't meant to be Shakespeare, but there is only so much of it that you can watch. There is enough of this "humor" in real life. (It is quite sad, really, to see the number of female reviewers who claim that this show comes close to describing their "urban" lives.)

They should have a reunion show when these women are in their early sixties. Health problems beginning to mount. Age taking its toll. A few lost jobs. No real relationships in sight. Angst, alienation, and anomie setting in? (Forget it. These folks wouldn't get it if it hit them over the head with a two-by-four.) Endless plastic surgery. Money running out. Now, might that be worth a chuckle? No, not really.

In a culture where the highest rated television shows are Friends and Survivor, the popularity of this show is hardly surprising. Sad, but not a shock.


I love Sex and the CIty   March 20, 2002
Lisa (Myrtle Beach, SC)
17 out of 25 found this review helpful

If you have never seen Sex and the City you better act now. This is the best Woman show I have ever watched. This is really about how Women are and what we are thinking about. This DVD should be great. I have season 1 and 2 and can't wait to add season 3 to my collection.