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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

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Reviews Counted:126

Fresh:97

Rotten:29

Average Rating:6.7/10

Consensus: This adaptation of a beloved novel charms with its heartwarming tale of friendship and young adulthood; realistic portrayals of the lives of teenage girls lend the comedy-drama sincerity, and may capture hearts outside the female-centric demographic.

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants brings to the screen Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about one very special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends. Introduced as babies who were... The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants brings to the screen Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about one very special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends. Introduced as babies who were born to mothers who met in a prenatal aerobics class, the four grew up together and developed an enduring bond despite their distinctly different emerging personalities. Now, after years of sharing every triumph and loss, every wild idea and secret fear with the laughter and love of true friends, these four young women couldn't be closer… except that they're about to be separated as their lives take them in different directions for the first time. Introspective and occasionally volatile Carmen (AMERICA FERRERA) is looking forward to spending quality time with her out-of-state dad, whom she hasn't seen much since he divorced her mother years ago; super-confident star athlete Bridget (BLAKE LIVELY) is heading for a soccer camp in Mexico; soft-spoken Lena (ALEXIS BLEDEL), a gifted artist as beautiful as her drawings, is set to discover her heritage - and an unexpected romance - on a trip to her grandparents' home in Greece; and sharp-witted rebel Tibby (AMBER TAMBLYN) will reluctantly remain in town, stocking shelves at the local discount store while working on her pet project, a video "suckumentary" to expose what she sees as the banality of everyday life. On a shopping trip together the day before their paths diverge, the friends find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that amazingly fits and flatters each one of them perfectly, even though they are four young women of very different shapes and sizes. It seems these pants are meant for sharing and that gives Carmen, Bridget, Lena and Tibby a wonderful idea. They decide to use the pants as a way of keeping in touch during the months ahead, each one wearing them for a week to see what luck they bring before mailing them on to the next. In this unique way, though miles apart, the four still experience the challenges and surprises of life as they always have - together - in a summer they'll never forget. --© Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively

Starring: Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, Bradley Whitford, Nancy Travis, Rachel Ticotin, Jenna Boyd

Director: Ken Kwapis

Director: Ken Kwapis
Screenwriter: Delia Ephron, Elizabeth Chandler
Producer: Denise Di Novi, Debra Martin Chase, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove
Composer: Cliff Eidelman
Studio: Warner Bros.

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A sweet-natured journey not to a galaxy far, far away, but to someplace just as mysterious: the first tentative steps toward adulthood, taken here by four teenage girls.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
06/01/05
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

The relationships and performances are strong and moving, with an effect both breezy-fun and profound.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/01/05
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune

The more roles that go to the fresh, charming, untabloidy Pants cast, the better.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/01/05
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

By keeping their story threads separate,

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
06/01/05
Ellen Kim
Ellen Kim
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A movie that pre-teen and adolescent girls will embrace. (Pre-teen and adolescent girls will also embrace Chad, Jesse, Lindsay, Hilary, fake tans, designer cellphones, junior prom and Uggs, so proceed with caution.)

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
06/01/05
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

Remarkably for a movie geared to teenage girls -- a market Hollywood typically panders to with glossy imitations of their lives -- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants has no glaringly false moments.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/01/05
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

Sometimes it is only slightly more mature than your average vehicle for the Olsen twins.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
06/01/05
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

It's unfair to pigeonhole this meaningful human story in that genre, especially since it feels more real than some adult chick flicks. Besides, a good story is a good story.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/01/05
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle

A winning, heartfelt look at the bonds of female friendship and the life lessons that attend adolescence.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
06/01/05
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
Sacramento Bee

It's warm, endearing, upbeat and fast-moving. It presents likable, goofy characters who confront adult issues that teens often face.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
06/01/05
Kathy Cano Murillo
Kathy Cano Murillo
Arizona Republic

Working from a deft script by Delia Ephron, director Ken Kwapis labors hard so that guys won't cringe (too much) as four teen girls, of different body types, pass along the same pair of lucky jeans during a summer of love and loss.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
06/01/05
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

Even after some shameless audience manipulation, we still don't know enough about any of them to really care about them.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
06/01/05
Paul Doro
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Temperamentally, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is like the Beatles, with jeans. Cinematically, it is like the Ya-Yas, with Livestrong bracelets.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/01/05
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer

May be somewhat predictable, but it fits the needs of its young audience like a glove. Or a pair of magic jeans.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
06/01/05
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants plays to everybody's inner weepy teenage girl. And that's not such a bad thing.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
06/01/05
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

Smart summer entertainment that you don't need to be a teenage girl to appreciate.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
06/01/05
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

It's the girly equivalent of a midsummer Bruckheimer extravaganza -- a roller-coaster ride to the edge of total (emotional, natch) devastation that makes the happy ending that much more reassuring and cozy.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/01/05
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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What could have turned into a featherweight teenybopper movie matures into a lot more.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
06/01/05
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune

This is a movie about girls made for girls (and perhaps the occasional trusted mother or aunt). It doesn't care if not everyone likes it, and it's not about to change itself drastically in hopes that they do.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/01/05
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger

For the legions of fans of the book, this movie is one-size-fits-all. The rest of us will have to keep shopping.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/01/05
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
 
 
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