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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) -- Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ann Brashares (novel)
Delia Ephron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 June 2005 (USA) more
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Laugh. Cry. Share the pants.
Plot:
Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly. full summary | full synopsis
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Also Known As:
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Australia) (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, some sensuality and language.
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119 min
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Less than a week before shooting was to begin, the people who owned the original choice of location for "Tibby's house" decided they didn't want a film crew inside their house after all. The filmmakers quickly found a new location for the living room scene and built Tibby's bedroom on a soundstage. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The movie indicates that the scene, where Tibby and Bailey are looking up at the stars and when Lena and Kostas are out on the boat, are around the same time. But Maryland and Greece are in very different time zones, eight hours apart. However, it could be 10-11 at night in one place and 4-5 in the morning in the other place, so it would be dark in both places. more
Quotes:
Young Tibby: [filming] "What were they thinking?" Take 7.
[walks towards the camera]
Young Tibby: What were they thinking, having another baby at their age? And what was I, just some... experiment of their hippy days? And now it's time to start their real family?
Young Tibby: [turns to young Bridget] Go ahead!
Young Bridget: [walks towards the camera] They're out of their minds!
[goes next to young Tibby]
Young Carmen: [walks towards the camera] This sucks!
[goes next to young Bridget]
Young Lena: [makes a step forward] Totally...
Young Tibby: Cut!
[...]
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LA RECETA more

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What's so special about these pants?
Who are the girls who share the traveling blue jeans?
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124 out of 173 people found the following comment useful.
You will care for each girl., 29 May 2005
Author: John DeSando (jdesando@columbus.rr.com) from Columbus, Ohio

The only magic realism in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is the one, one-size-fits-all pair of jeans worn the four female friends, whose summer adventures bring a dose of realism magical only for the insights into life, the pain and pleasure that come in from age seventeen to the end. As a coming-of-age film, this ranks with the best of them for non-condescending, adult-like perceptions, with nary a "like" in the girls' vocabulary.

Two of these lifelong chums have summer romances that transcend the usual sun and sand trifles; the other two deal with even more substantial challenges, ones that involve connecting with family or friends after years of disconnection. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants offers no easy solutions to questions about openness, sexuality, parental neglect, and death. Rather each girl has an epiphany that grows naturally out of the frustrations accompanying inexperience and immaturity.

Love on a Greek island while riding a scooter like Audrey Hepburn through the streets of Rome demands confronting the intrusions of family reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet; love on a beach in Mexico unleashes longing for a parent that goes beyond a beautiful boy; a new life for a parent means the death of an old one for a child; and teen alienation turns to acceptance and even love through the magic of a new friend.

None of these realistic setups for teen enlightenment can make an engaging film unless the actresses are believable, and in Sisterhood each young woman carries her role with deftness and sincerity sometimes not found in the most seasoned actresses. Special recognition should be given to Jenna Boyd as 12-year old Bailey, who believably transforms one teen from misogynist to humanist. This little actress has the chops to win the Oscar someday.

The ten rules of the sisterhood are dominated by the logistical one that states, "You must pass the pants along to your sisters according to the specifications set down by the Sisterhood." FedEx does the delivery; the girls supply the specific adventures that echo the anguish and resilience of being a teen in a society that sometimes doesn't care. You will care for each girl; I guarantee it as if it were a pair of Levis, sturdy and malleable, sexy and comfortable. Come to think of it—that's Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

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