Movie Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Movie Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants                                                         8-7-24

Based on Ann Brashares’ best-selling novel, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is about a special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time. On a shopping trip, the young women find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and decide to use these pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months ahead, each wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck they bring her before sending them on to the next. Though miles apart, the four friends still experience life, love, and loss together in a summer they’ll never forget.

Now, what did I think of the movie? First of all, I love the representation in the movie, especially for its time. In this movie alone, we get to learn about cultures from Greece, Mexico, and the states South Carolina and Maryland.

Lena meeting a boy named Kostas while in Greece.

We also get to see America Ferrera in one of her early roles in this movie, who would later voice Astrid in How To Train Your Dragon and play Gloria in Barbie. In ‘Sisterhood’, Ferrera plays Carmen, who visits Maryland and learns about her Caucasian dad getting married to another woman.

America's the one in the spotted shirt/dress.

If I were to complain about one thing, I felt that the jeans, which the movie is named after, don’t affect the plot. It’s called The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, but the pants barely appear!

In conclusion, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is a really good film to watch during the Summer. Just wait until your own kids are teenagers themselves, since this movie does have heavy themes for a family film.

Rating: 3.6 stars out of 5.