Take the "New York Times" bestselling book and pair it with a perfect cast, a screenplay from one of Hollywood's most respected writers, and gorgeous locales like Vancouver, Baja, and Santorini, and you have "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," the teen girl movie of summer 2005 from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros.
Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. But Lena decides they should all try them on. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. They didn't look all that great they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. Her scenes are some of the most poignant, and her subtle yet powerful performance does them justice.Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. Yet despite these these strong performances the stand-out sister is (from Joan of Arcadia ) Amber Tamblyn's Tibby.
Blake Lively (Gossip Girl) is perhaps the most true to the books' description (Bridget's identifying feature is 'the hair') capturing both the charismatic and vunerable in her character. Ugly Betty's America Ferrera is Carmen, dramatic, loving and insecure while Alexis Bledel ( Gilmore Girls) makes a go of the introverted, artistic Lena. The producers were also extremely lucky in finding their fours leads, each of which went on to become stars in their own right. What appears to be your run-of-the-mill teen chick flick (complete with attractive leads, gorgeous scenery, holiday romance and family drama) is in fact an affecting, earnest little film about friendship and growing up. It was the film that first brought me to the books - and i'm still a fan. This resulted in plenty of tears on my part, and a lasting affection for the 'sisterhood' themselves that outweighs mine for many more admirable literary characters. The characters are engaging and like-able, their emotions easily felt and understood.
Admittedly it sounds like the worst kind of teen chic-lit (and I think they should have been allowed to wash the pants - surely they'd stink after four years?) but in my opinion the Sisterhood series (excluding the unmentionable fifth book) displays some of the best and most moving writing of its genre.
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