The sisterhood of the Travelling Pants

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A very meaningful movie about four bestfriends who basically grew up together in a small town called Maryland. On the day of their separation day before the summer holiday, they found a pair of jeans in a thrift shop which miraculously fits all of them perfectly, despite having different measurement.

Basically the story was about how they shared the pants among themselves equally, to keep them together eventhough they are distance apart. Each of them found their miracles in the summer, with the pants witnessing all the events in their lives, which also makes it valuable for these girls.

Lena (Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls co-star) was discovering her other side of live after meeting Kostos in Greece. Carmen (America Ferrera, Ugly Betty co-star) was excited to meet his father, only to find out that he is marrying a woman who had 2 kids. The visit ended badly. Later in the movie, she finally confronted her father about her feeling through the phone and they reconciled on his wedding day. Bridget (Blake Lively, Gossip Girl co-star)who lost her mother tries to find her happiness in a soccer camp during the summer. She then met her coach and tried to win him. In the end, she lost her virginity to him. The aftermath instigated her emptiness and sadness. She remained feeling hopeless until the camp was ended. Her friends came to spend the night at her place to comfort her after knowing what happened. My favourite part was the ignorant and emotionless member of the group, Tibby (Amber Tamblyn, The Ring co-star), who stayed home working during the summer. She met a 12 year old girl who passed out in the hypermarket where she was working. After helping her, the 12 year old girl, Bailey wanted to be friends with her. In the end, Bailey died of leukemia.

Throughout the summer, each of them experience changes in their lives and they believed the pants brought miracles to them. Lena who was once very reserved changed to a high-spirited girl, Tibby who was very ignorant discovered her soft side, Carmen finally managed to fix her relationship with her father after he left when she was very young. The message about Bridget was a bit unclear.

I was tearing towards the end of the movie, so that’s a bonus credit for this movie. If you like something sentimental yet meaningful, try this movie.