Seasons(2) / Episodes(20)
Plots(1)
Based on the best-selling novel by Candace Bushnell, author of 'Sex and the City', Lipstick Jungle is the sassy, sexy and inspirational series about three high powered women who support each other through the triumphs and tears of big-city life. Nico (Kim Raver) is an editor-in-chief with an eye of becoming CEO. Wendy (Brooke Shields) is a movie executive juggling career and family, and Victory (Lindsay Price) is the fashionista looking for success and Mr. Right. Arrmed with strength, style and a wicked sense of humor, these women show that it takes a lot to make it in the Big Apple... especially good friends! (Shock Entertainment)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user NinadeL (3)
Lipstick Jungle (2008)
It's an ideal alternative for someone who isn't so fond of Sex and the City and would like the protagonists to be more mature and, in a way, more real. It's a perfect combination of modern times and classic melodrama. Civil acting, seriality and episodicity. Big romances and serious careers - you'll find it all here. And yes, the book has its good points too. My compliments.
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Season 1 (2008) (S01)
The trio of unlikely heroines played by Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, and Lindsay Price, live their lives somewhat differently than the gang around Carrie. But is it really that different? One is going through artificial insemination, one is a fashion designer and another has older children. So, yes, the potential to reach the Sex and the City audience would be great, because again, these women are mature and have taste and they are very dedicated to themselves. Some are romantic, others hide their feelings. But overall the Lipstick Jungle is not that aggressive. Ledy makes no secret of it: we're not on HBO. Still, there's time for attractive film production issues, fashion collections and playing with Mr. Divine (Andrew McCarthy this time), and relationships with bunnies. The first series was quick, so there had to be one more to get the real verdict.
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Season 2 (2008) (S02)
Everything that there wasn't time for in the opening short season is happily developed here. The relationship with the local Mr. Divine is neither sweetly linear nor modernly illegible, it's just... realistic. Therefore, this relationship is not easy to fulfill for either party. I would have appreciated at least one more return to the new stories by Candace Bushnell, but the era of the legendary writers' strike didn't favor that. The first season, therefore, didn't even have the expected 13 episodes, and the competing series Cashmere Mafia was canceled after the first season, so it's actually a miracle the story concluded in just 20 episodes. The idea of filming a third season was finally scrapped after Lindsay Price joined Eastwick.
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