: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Definitely a girly film, and the concept — one summer as they are apart four girls trade a pair of magical jeans that fits each of them perfectly — occasionally comes across as forced and juvenile. But the heart of of the story isn’t the jeans but the lives of the teenage girls as they grow up, and that part is very interesting and well-done. Each of the girls is unique and their experiences are interesting. One girl visits her grandparents in Greece and learns to unwind and falls in love. Another struggles with her father’s remarriage. Another meets a 12-year-old brat and resents her, until she learns the girl’s dying of lukemia. The fourth struggles with handling her mother’s sucide. It’s at times overly dramatic but the cast is excellent, and the resolutions to the stories are very well done — no sitcom quick fix here. I liked that the girls are all real with flaws, but not evil or really bad (i.e. no descent into drugs or alcohol abuse). Their problems are not necessarily huge (except to them), which is realistic. Overall, I was surprised and impressed.
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