I rarely base my decision to see a movie on ratings or critics. I wanted to see the girls together again and enjoyed all the antics and even cried near the end - Big and Carrie always get me. Yeah, some of it was just plain dumb, like the karaoke scene, but for what movies cost these days, I was pleased it was just long enough to get lost in and even though the girls are pretty much better off financially than the average middle-class they touched on topics familiar to all; the working moms, the aging newlyweds.
I hope that Hollywood's taking a note - so what if the girls are aging - there are still good movies to be made with women who are NOT 20 years old and new to the world. More, more, more!