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Title: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
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Parents might want to take into account that while the original film was kid-friendly, it's sequel is less so. The girls are dealing more with adult issues (including unprotected sex), and some young girls might not be ready for it. Recommended for 12 and up. |
The Sisterhood is back to give teenage girls one more intelligent coming-of-age story with “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.” The cast is older, the situations more complicated, and the content strong enough to earn a PG-13 this time around. The previous film was a surprise for me as I don’t normally see “tween” films with heart or intelligence. Imagine my surprise to discover in a film that was about a pair of magical pants that have the meaning of life, and imagine my delight to discover the studio was making another entry in the series. The movie picks up a few years after the previous film left off, and the girls are now going to college and living their adult lives. They have little time to see each other anymore, and they are even wearing thin on the idea of the magical pants thing.
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Never-the-less the girls mail the pants to each other, they wear them, and I’m still not sure if they actually do anything. I’m beginning to believe that the pants are a McGuffin, and that they don’t actually do anything significant. I think the girls are just getting smarter as they grow older, but not confident enough to give themselves credit where they deserve it. I’m not going to go over what the girls do in this movie. That would ruin the fun. Parents might want to be warned about themes involving sex, lies, and abandonment are in this film and may be too much for younger ones, but I think for most people over the age of 10 this film is fine. I know I’m not the target audience for this film but I couldn’t help but get wrapped up in it.
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These characters are real. They are people you’d love to spend time with in real life. They go through situations and emotions that would be ripe for cliched script-writing, but have been blessed with wonderful dialog and personality. The whole thing with the pants don’t even get in the way because...well, they ARE just a McGuffin. Every year I get invited to early screenings of films that producers want people to believe are films that will empower young girls. This year the cinema got treated to such shameless ploys such as “Hannah Montanah,” “College Road Trip,” and “27 Dresses.” Women are smart, beautiful, intelligent creatures and they deserve better then what all these movies (and more I didn’t mention) have to offer. Thankfully, we have at least one great teenage film, and I guess we have the pants to thank for that.
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