Highly Overrated But Still Good

Boring

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The books were much better than the miniseries, but I really liked that they stuck to the contents of the book more faithfully than others. The one thing that's really disconcerting is that most of the main characters were played by different people. You've invested all this time in the actors and then you have to get used to the new people. They aren't horrible, but it's better to read the books before you see the series. Armistead Maupin is a fantastic writer, and only a little bit of the uniqueness of the books. And by the way, I heard someone say that "Tales" was only for a "certain group of people." Not true at all. He writes for everyone.

I saw this on LOGO and out of order, but it was so suspenseful and fun that I am now addicted. I am now watching the 1st part, and though this one has recasts in a few roles, they're great recasts.It's fun to know that this is available to watch, and that you can go backwards and forwards to the 2 other miniseries if you get confused. See Further Tales of the City and the 1st part of Tales from the City if you enjoy this.The stories encompass all walks of life. There are gay/straight rich/poor and so many enriching story lines that there is something for everyone. I'd love to see these characters revisited beyond the 3rd installment!

Hi,Just wanted to say that this a must see mini series. It had everything that the first one did but the same characters. I think that the old crew would have been better but who am I to judge. Life in the show was so real like that I got caught up in the series. I wish I new if the rest of the series will continue.Albert

Movie like "More Tales of the City" are not meant to be seen by everybody, and that certainly must be why Showtime opted to show it at such a late running time. However, I was awake on one of the days where they aired a couple of the episodes, and since I was sort of curious about it, I decided to watch, just to see what it would be like.I will credit "More Tales" with the fact that it stayed on my TV for longer than I expected it to. A particular episode that I saw involved the character of Maryanne Singleton (Laura Linney),who was spending time with her friend Michael. There was also a married couple, who of course, were cheating on each other. I don't usually go for this plot, but it was done in a rather dramatic, soap-opera'ish manner that made it somewhat worthwhile. Also worthwhile was the character of Mona Ramsey, who was excellently portrayed by Nina Siemaszko. Her scenario for this particular episode involved running away from her life in San Francisco and taking the train to who knows where. Along the way, she runs into a two odd personalities:one, a Scientologist woman(Parker Posey doing a funny cameo) who offers her a personality test, which she declines. The other woman she meets happens to be an elderly woman called "Mother Mucka." Mother Mucka may be old, but she's wild and vulgar. She also runs a brothel, we soon learn. Needless to say, this is when I began to get turned off, but I decided to stick with it for just a little bit longer.I tuned into a scene feauturing San Franciso at night. A man who looked like Matthew Modine, but wasn't, was spying out his window at a woman, while an 80's love ballad played beautifully in the background(I can't remember the title, but the chorus goes: "close the window, come alive. And it will be alright", etc). This was alright. I like when 80's songs play beautifully and dramatically, and I also like to see city life portrayed in movies. I want to somebody live in my own apartment and spy on my neighboors(but not when they're getting dressed, which I think the woman was), so I could sort of relate.I could not relate to one of the next scenes, however. It was suddenly daytime, and everybody was at a party, including a group of guys called the "A-guys"(or something like that.), who had some dialogue that was very...adult, and perhaps a little too R-rated for my taste. Add that to the brothel and Mother Mucka, and it gets a little hard to take for people who are not used to fare like this. I'm not saying it's bad, or truly offensive (it wasn't like I was watching the Playboy channel), but it's not for everybody. There was some passable entertainment, though, so it wasn't a total waste. It was just...odd.