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DVD The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Widescreen Edition)
Who would expect a gimmick like a pair of magical pants to be the hook for such a smart, charming, and emotionally rich teen movie? Four close friends discover a pair of pants that fit them all perfectly, even though they're physically very different. Since all four are going in different directions for the summer, they pledge to each wear the pants for a week and then mail them to the next girl. In Greece, Lena (Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls) lands in the middle of a Romeo & Juliet family-feud romance; Carmen (America Ferrera, Real Women Have Curves) discovers that her estranged father is about to marry a blonde Southern belle; Bridget (newcomer Blake Lively) flirts with love at a Mexican soccer camp; and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn, Joan of Arcadia) stays home and gets a boring retail job to pay for her documentary film--but finds herself with an unwanted young assistant (Jenna Boyd, The Missing). These four stories manage to cover an amazing amount of ground (touching on race, body issues, divorce, mortality, and more) without resorting to stereotypes or easy resolutions. The engaging characters are brought to vivid life by these four talented actresses, who grab this excellent script and run with it. One of the best movies about teenage life in a long, long time. --Bret Fetzer
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Lovely!
I hardly have time for TV, with school going on. It seems that is all I have time for! However, my parents rented the sisterhood of the traveling pants and I though hey, why not?!? I had heard about the movie from our ministers wife...she said she would like for me to watch it. Soooo with that in mind i did...last night!
This movie is utterly amazing! It's about true friendship that will last forever! Those are the best kind of movies anyways....the ones that leave you feeling happy and wild! I love the sisterhood, it has everything your looking for...
1. Adventure
2 friendship
3 LOTS of hot guys (that greek guy, whose real name is Michael Rady is just fiiine)
4 and finally love
watch this it's good!
ONE SIZE FITS ALL
This is the ultimate "chick" flick, but that doesn't mean that we redblooded American males can't be entertained by its excellence. With an intelligent script, tasteful direction and a marvelous cast, SISTERHOOD transcends the usual teen flick and emerges as a smart, witty, poignant and elegant film about the power of friendship and of course those magic denims. What makes this delightful film so good is its focus on the girls and their friends and families. Each girl's personality is given time to develop and we feel like we really get to know them. Amber Tamblyn and Jenna Boyd are superb as the video-hopeful and her young friend, who is dying from leukemia--but no schmaltz or fake tears here--a genuine regard for life is depicted; America Carrera is the overweight girl who goes to spend the summer with her estranged father and finds out he's got a whole new life planned with girlfriend Nancy Travis and her children. Bradley Whitford is good as the conflicted father. Blake Lively is the seemingly with it blonde who goes after Mike Vogel, her coach at a summer soccer camp but can't deal with her mother's recent suicide; and Alexis Bledel is wonderful as Lena, who goes off to Greece and falls for hunky Michael Nady, against her grandparents' wishes. The whole cast works so well that it transcends what could have been a trivial character study, but with the expertise of the writers and the film-makers, TRAVELING PANTS is a surprising wonder!
A "Chick Flick" that Asks Some Important Questions - Not for Everyone
Oh no! Why did I ever rent this chick flick? I mean, it was a pretty good movie over all, but now I remember WHY I don't like chick movies (books, etc.). These types of media are designed to be sappy in a way that hopefully makes you cry and laugh (or at least smile) and want to hug your best friend. And, yes, this movie was a success.
The Sisterhood starts with a pretty original idea; an idea that one could totally believe teenagers might think of (if one can get past the crazy notion that somehow those pants actually fit all four girls.) Teen girls and clothes are like peanut butter and jelly, after all.
But, the originality slacks off to 50% after that.
What isn't original:
...the dying little kid story (sorry, this is just done way too often)
...the fact that the shy girl finds romance and her voice over the summer
...the fact that the beautiful blonde is the overbearing, successful, leader type that always gets what she wants.
What is original:
...not all the girls have happy endings
...the movie attempts to show that teenagers sometimes don't understand what they are feeling or know what they are doing and why (especially when it comes to two subjects, parents and sex) and that
...they are prone to act rashly and in ways that may come back to hurt them.
I think the Greek rivalry in Lena's family deserved more story time and therefore was abrupt in its resolution. I found Carmen's story very touching and real and I cried quite a bit with her as she tried to acknowledge and deal with her hurt and anger.
All the characters were very different from each other (maybe a bit too different) and they were flawed (which made them more believable.) However, they were definitely stereo-type characters (the outgoing, sexy, arrogant blonde; the shy, quiet, modest brunette; the rebel with wild hair and piercing who really isn't as `harsh' as you think she is; and the slightly overweight girl who is "put upon" by others and has to learn to stand up for herself.)
The dialog was aimed more at preteens and teenagers than grown women and I really can't see a man enjoying this film.
The shots in Greece were beautiful and almost worth watching the movie just to see. The beaches are beautiful, the water is inviting, and the contrast of the white, sharp-angled Greek buildings to the surrounding land and sea is awe-inspiring no matter how many times you see it.
The Sisterhood showed that teens are better off developing good relationships and open communication with friends AND with their parents. This, and the fact that the one "sexual encounter" was handled in a way to show that teen sex is more complicated than most teen movies would have us to believe (although the resolution to that fell completely flat and unbelievable in this house), give this movie a depth and realism that is much more than one usually finds in anything "chick" or "teen." For that reason, it is a good movie to watch with your teen daughter and then talk about.
For the fact that this film shows romance as an essential (or normal or expected) element of teen life and that a physical expression of s*xual desires while still in high school is normal and acceptable, and that in the end, the one-night-stand that cost Bridget her v*rginity only caused a couple of days of a sadness, this movie is not recommended for young teens who have not made a personal commitment to purity.
All that being said, some of the questions this movie asks are important questions and good discussion starters. This movie could be a good conversation starter if you watch it with your daughter and then spend some time together afterwards, perhaps over some pie or ice cream, and talk.
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