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Bookmark this pageThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Director: Sanaa Hamri
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From Time Out London
In contrast to all the ways ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ flouted the conventions of the teen genre – rejecting virginity morality stories, celebrating friendship rather than romance and confronting the anguish divorce can cause – this sequel sits in the middle of the road. It’s the summer after freshman year of college, and the conflicted would-be actress (America Ferrera), the reckless jock (Blake Lively), the moody misfit (Amber Tamblyn) and the shy artist (Alexis Bledel) are going their separate ways, planning to keep in touch as always by mailing a shared, mystical pair of jeans to one another. But the characters’ four stories don’t illuminate or contrast with each other: they’re a slapped-together patchwork that could have come from any halfway decent teen movie. The pants-wearing sisters don’t even seem to like each other any more. But let’s stay friends forever! This is passable, but compared to its predecessor, it’s a disappointment.Author: Margaret Lyons
Time Out London Issue 2002, Jan 1-7, 2009
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- lauren said...
- Posted on Jun 26 2009 15:34 This is a fantastic film. The fact they dont seem to like each other is not stupid its about making relationship work and grow even when your lives have changed direction from each other
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- abii said...
- Posted on Jan 06 2009 17:15 Omg..This is an amazing film, the first one is brilliant and so is this one. it's awsomeee! xxx
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Cast & crew
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Cast: Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Blythe Danner, Jesse Williams, Michael Rady, Rachel Nichols, Tom Wisdom, Rachel Ticotin, Leonardo Nam, Kyle MacLachlan full cast
Rated: 12A
Duration: 120 mins
UK Release: Jan 2 2009
US Release: Aug 6 2008
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