This movie is exactly like the show... While it was too long, it was like watching 4 or 5 reruns in a row. I agree it could have been shorter, but then we would miss the fashion. This is a fantasy (like the show), and as such, it delivered. I laughed the ENTIRE time the movie was on - just like when the show was on HBO. I appreciated Carrie sporting the old Christian Dior newspaper dress - if you watched the show, you would know she featured it in an old ep; so it was fitting she wore it in the movie as she came out of her old apartment. LOVED IT!