The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 95
Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 34
The workable chemistry among the four leads combined with the enriching message make for a winning Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 9
The workable chemistry among the four leads combined with the enriching message make for a winning Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
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The 2008 sequel to the female buddy film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants constitutes an adaptation of Ann Brashares' novel Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood. Like the premier installment, this picture explores the seriocomic events that unfold one summer in the lives of four temporarily estranged friends as an extremely special pair of jeans works its way from one girl to the next. In one subplot, Lena (Alexis Bledel) travels to Providence, RI, and enrolls in a painting
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Cast
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Amber Tamblyn
Tibby Tomko-Rollins -
Alexis Bledel
Lena Kaligaris -
America Ferrera
Carmen Lowell -
Blake Lively
Bridget Vreeland -
Rachel Nichols
Julia -
Tom Wisdom
Ian -
Rachel Ticotin
Carmen's Mom -
Leonardo Nam
Brian McBrian -
Michael Rady
Kostos -
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Professor Nasrin Mehani -
Blythe Danner
Greta -
Jesse Williams
Leo -
Lucy Kate Hale
Effie -
Maria Konstandarou
Yia Yia -
Ernie Lively
Bridget's father -
Stevie Ray Dallimore
Nigel O'Bannon -
Alison Folland
Margaret -
Zacharoula Klimatsaki
Melia -
Nastas Ippokratis
priest -
Victor Slezak
Doctor -
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All Critics (96) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (35) | DVD (4)
You believe these four are friends now and will probably be friends when they're little old ladies.
Top CriticIt doesn't measure up to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Which is sort of like saying Rocky V wasn't as good as Rocky IV. Sort of.
What had once seemed like a fresh alternative to the usual tween-girl movie has begun to fray.
Like its predecessor, Sisterhood 2 is based on two radical ideas: namely, that young women's stories are about more than the pursuit of men, and that happiness isn't something someone else gives you -- it's something you have to find for yourself.
Turns out to be a lot less tiresome than it sounds, aided by a wonderfully appealing cast and a strong message.
Screenwriter Elizabeth Chandler gracefully condenses three of Ann Brashares's best-selling teen novels, striking the right balance between humor and pathos as the characters cope with jealousy, heartbreak, family conflicts, and a pregnancy scare.
A sharper eye on developing the themes and characters might have produced a compelling character drama but The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is a good bit better than average. There aren't many sequels that can say that.
A satisfying sequel involves us in the ups and downs of four young women as they try to find themselves
A good fit for its audience.
Very much a loyal sequel to its predecessor, essentially showing that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I enjoyed the first film immensely but found this second installment rather commonplace. (Blu-ray Edition)
The emotionally fragile foursome try out higher education for size, along with those transient pants. Sex And The UniverCity Meets My Big Fat Greek Shotgun Wedding.
The emotionally fragile foursome try out higher education for size, along with those transient pants. Sex And The UniverCity Meets My Big Fat Greek Shotgun Wedding.
Traveling Pants 2 offers more of the same and, I'm afraid, more of the same and more of the same.
Most sequels are worse than the originals. A few are better. Here's one that is exactly as good as the one that inspired it, and that's enough for me.
These Pants are torn and frayed.
This movie is definitely not as good as the first as it seemed to lack showing the bonding moments that made these girls true friends.
what was fresh in the original is stale in the sequel
I imagine if I were a woman, this movie would receive a very favorable review. However, I'm just a fat guy from Ohio.
Teenage girls (and women getting in touch with their inner teenager) will have a fine time...
It's a film that probably will please its targeted viewer more than it did me.
Packed with emotions and the angst of growing up, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" fits an older audience than the first movie.
By ending it at number two, the filmmakers have insured that this series won't be subject to the laws of most franchises and grow shoddier as it creaks along.
Audience Reviews for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
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- Lena Kaligaris: How do you say 'lost pants' in Greek?
- Yia Yia: Greek girls do not lose their pants!
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