
What a pleasant surprise!
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With a name like "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" I thought this movie was sure to be a flop. But when my mother asked me to watch it with her on Mother's Day I wasn't about to tell her no! By the end of the movie, however, we were both in tears. It's a sweet, heartwrenching, and surprisingly true-to-life tail of four teens who are bonded together in more ways than one. They represent most of the spectrum of teenage angst. Whether it's the outgoing one who's experienced some trauma, the sheltered and shy one, the one with the broken family, or our friendly neighborhood goth, it touches on issues relevant to ALL teens in today's society. It encompasses deep themes on teen minds (such as sex) without necessarily going into the gory details or even mentioning it explicitly. But we all know what they meant and it teaches important lessons (for example, the message about sex was summed up as something along the lines of "I thought it would be so fulfilling, but it only made me feel more empty than ever"). I think it sends such a positive message about so many things, while still managing to cater to the more worldly adult audience. I don't like many American films (I'm an Almodovar fan myself) but this one is definitely in my collection!
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