"Capone" reviews Sex and the City 2. Dr. Helen is looking forward to watching the movie because it might be politically incorrect in dealing with Muslim cultures. If this was the intent of the filmmakers, does it backfire because of the characters of SATC?

Capone writes:

SEX AND THE CITY 2 spends roughly half of its 145-minute running time openly mocking Arab traditions, no matter how dated and out of step with the world at large they may be. Is there a place in the world for films that question and defy the terrible ways that women are treated in some regions of the Middle East? Without question. Is that place writer-director Michael Patrick King's script and movie? For the sake of argument, let's say "Why not?" Here's why not. Because the portrait that SEX AND THE CITY 2 (I'm talking about this movie specifically, and not the series or first film) paints of Western women makes them appear to be the most appalling, whiny, vapid, materialistic creatures on the face of the earth. If you're going to criticize something, at least offer up a viable alternative that isn't worse. I'll get off my soapbox, but dammit this movie goes into some truly culturally offensive places.

I see a lot of interest from young [American] women in the movie on Facebook. If American women identify with the four characters so much -- not just their "friendship," but with their life goals, materialism, consumerism, and "liberated" attitudes towards ex, then do they not deserve some measure of disdain?

Edit. Roger Ebert's review