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Genre | Documentary, Romance |
Format | Dolby, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dubbed, NTSC |
Contributor | America Ferrera, Elizabeth Chandler, Nancy Travis, Jenna Boyd, Maria Konstadarou, Blake Lively, Bradley Whitford, Mike Vogel, Amber Tamblyn, Leonardo Nam, Michael Rady, Ken Kwapis, Alexis Bledel, Rachel Ticotin, Delia Ephron, Ann Brashares See more |
Language | English, Spanish, Greek |
Runtime | 1 hour and 59 minutes |
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Coming of Age Adventure based on Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about a special 16th summer in the lives of four lifelong friends who are separated for the first time. On a shopping trip, the girls find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that fits each of them perfectly and they decide to use these "magic" pants as a way of keeping in touch over the months ahead, each girl wearing the jeans for a week to see what luck they bring her before sending them on to the next. Though miles apart, the four friends still experience life, love and loss together in a summer they'll never forget.
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Documentary:Suckumentary: A rough cut of the documentary Tibby and Bailey filmed over the summer.
Featurette:Fun on the Set: Behind the scenes look into the gags and laughs that the girls had on the set.
Interviews:A Conversation with Ann Brashares.
Other:Sisters, Secrets, and the Traveling Pants: A Video Commentary.
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 6 x 0.5 inches; 1.45 ounces
- Item model number : 012569593343
- Director : Ken Kwapis
- Media Format : Dolby, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dubbed, NTSC
- Run time : 1 hour and 59 minutes
- Release date : October 1, 2005
- Actors : Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Jenna Boyd
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B000AM4PEK
- Writers : Ann Brashares, Delia Ephron, Elizabeth Chandler
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #7,744 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #214 in Romance (Movies & TV)
- #1,064 in Drama DVDs
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Customers consider this a great teen movie with an uplifting story about finding confidence, and they appreciate the performances by the talented cast. The film features great themes of friendship and is great for family viewing, with one customer noting it's particularly enjoyable for mother-daughter nights. While the movie quality receives mixed reactions, several customers mention it brings tears to their eyes.
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Customers find this movie enjoyable, describing it as a great teen and girl movie, with one customer noting it's particularly suitable for girls' sleepovers.
"Childhood classic, romantic, light hearted, teens" Read more
"...coming-of-age film that beautifully captures the essence of friendship, love, and the challenges of growing up...." Read more
"Oldie but Goodie!" Read more
"...points of view (POV's) of Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget into a great story line...." Read more
Customers appreciate the uplifting story of friendship in this movie, describing it as a beautiful tale of growing confidence and life lessons, with one customer noting it as a classic teenage coming-of-age narrative.
"Childhood classic, romantic, light hearted, teens" Read more
""Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" is a heartfelt coming-of-age film that beautifully captures the essence of friendship, love, and the challenges..." Read more
"Such a deep and emotional movie that can stand the test of time. I love it so much." Read more
"...Hence, it will always have an irrevocably, special place in my heart." Read more
Customers praise the performances of the talented cast and find the characters interesting enough, with one customer noting the strong chemistry between the major actresses.
"...The performances by the talented cast, including America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, and Amber Tamblyn, bring depth and authenticity to..." Read more
"The movie was okay, I guess. My 11 year old daughter read the book and got mad because the movie totally reversed Lena’s story. Loved Carmen though...." Read more
"...But they did it so well that it's unobtrusive. Also, having four good actresses with distinct personalties helped...." Read more
"What a nice movie to watch with my daughter. Great cast and scenery. I wish the girls were 18 but its clean and well done. A good movie!..." Read more
Customers appreciate the movie's themes of friendship, with one customer noting how the characters maintain their bond through difficult times.
"...The movie beautifully portrays the ups and downs of friendship, emphasizing the importance of being there for each other, no matter the..." Read more
"...Its about 4 best friends tibby (amber tambyn), bridget (blake lively), lena (alexis bledle) and carmen (america ferrera)...." Read more
"I love and lived this movie. Great themes of friendship and growth." Read more
"...What a beautiful story of friendship and fun and all that goes with it!" Read more
Customers appreciate the movie's family value, with multiple customers noting it's great for the whole family, and one mentioning it's particularly enjoyed by mothers and teenage daughters.
"...by Ann Brashares and the two sequels written to date are much beloved by teenage girls and despite the major and minor changes from the original..." Read more
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"...It's definitely a "chick flick" but it is a good one for friends and sisters to watch together! Pop..." Read more
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Customers love the book series, with one mentioning that their daughter particularly enjoyed it.
"...Other than that the movie was entertaining and my daughter did really enjoy it. Overall, the movie did convey good girl power message." Read more
"Love the series of books and loved the movie. great actors you can really sense the real friendship thE developed amongst the actors...." Read more
"Love the sisterhood books. This one did not disappoint!" Read more
"I bought this for my niece as a birthday gift. She loves the books, so I took a shot. She liked the movie alot also...." Read more
Customers have mixed reactions to the movie's emotional content, with some noting it brought tears to their eyes, while one customer found it too sad to relate to.
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2025Childhood classic, romantic, light hearted, teens
- Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" is a heartfelt coming-of-age film that beautifully captures the essence of friendship, love, and the challenges of growing up. Based on Ann Brashares' novel, the story revolves around four best friends—Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen—who, despite their different personalities and life paths, share an unbreakable bond.
The film's central premise revolves around a pair of magical jeans that fit all four girls perfectly, symbolizing their connection and support for one another as they embark on separate summer adventures. Each storyline highlights the unique struggles and triumphs of the characters, from family issues to self-discovery and romance.
The performances by the talented cast, including America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, and Amber Tamblyn, bring depth and authenticity to their roles, making the characters relatable and endearing. The movie beautifully portrays the ups and downs of friendship, emphasizing the importance of being there for each other, no matter the distance.
"Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" inspires viewers to cherish their friendships and reminds us that true friends can overcome any obstacles together. It’s a poignant and uplifting film that resonates with anyone who values the power of connection and support among friends. A must-watch for all who dream of having friendships as strong and meaningful as those depicted in the movie!
- Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025Oldie but Goodie!
- Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015First, the bad points of this movie (actually more of a nit-picky-ness on my part since this movie has so many more good qualities).
1. Bailey is supposedly dying of "leukemia" (most likely acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL the most common kids' leukemia), has failed chemo and has not too long to live. Kiddos with leukemia do not just go from walking around looking totally healthy to within days arriving on death's doorsteps. The dying process for kids with leukemia is long and painful wherein the kiddo slowly wastes away like a flame dying out in a candle.
2. Where are the parents? Bailey's parents. When Tibby visits Bailey in the hospital, presumably Bailey is terminally ill and dying. No parents around, no child life peeps no nurses no grandparents. In a peds hospital, kiddos terminally ill are never ever left alone. Parents, no matter how much they may hate each other drop everything to be with their sick kids 24/7 along with grandparents, aunts and uncles, goldfish, mountains of teddy bears and video games.
Okay, so much for my nit picky-ness. Now for the good points.
1. This book and resulting screenplay are superb examples of how to blend the multiple points of view (POV's) of Tibby, Lena, Carmen and Bridget into a great story line. The coming of age story of Bridget, the divorced parents, kid hating the absent parent situation of Carmen, the finding out what is really important in life and learning about death situation of Tibby and the Romeo and Juliet situation of Lena all flow seemlessly together.
2. Great music especially "Be Be Your Love" and "Unwritten".
3. This book and screenplay are excellent examples of using the Travelling Pants as a "MacGuffin", a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, to drive the story forward. Hitchcock would have been proud.
4. You won't find a better "tear jerker" ending in movies than in the final Tibby and Bailey hospital scenes.
5. Hats off to Ann Brashares the book's author and Delia Ephron and Elizabeth Chandler the screenwriters.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2005I am not now nor have I ever been a teenager girl, so I am necessarily distanced by age and gender from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." The book by Ann Brashares and the two sequels written to date are much beloved by teenage girls and despite the major and minor changes from the original novel (many of which were pointed out to me by my wife, who has read the book and took full advantage of a rare opportunity to inform me about the differences), it seems clear to me the movie has been embraced by them as well. Consequently, I have decided to take a different tact and consider this 2005 film adaptation by Delia Ephron and Elizabeth Chandler from the parental perspective. Young girls can tell us how the movie speaks to them, but how does "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" speak to adults?
The conceit of the story is that four teenage girls discover a pair of blue jeans that fits each of them perfectly, despite four totally different body types. Sensing magic at work and facing their first summer apart, the quartet draw up their sisterhood and its list of rules. The most important is that each girl gets to wear the pants for a week, and then they must send it on to the next girl on the list, including a letter detailing the most important thing that happened while wearing the pants. Then the girls are scattered to the four winds for their different experiences with the traveling pants, only two of which involve romantic entanglements.
Lena (Alexis Bledel) goes to the island of Santorini to visit her Greek grandparents. While wearing the pants she falls into the Aegean and is rescued by Kostos (Michael Rady). A shy, sensitive artist who is embarrassed by public displays of affection, Lena is smitten by Kostos, only to discover that their grandparents have a long-standing feud. Forbidden by her Yai Yai (Maria Konstandarou) to even look at the boy, Lena disobeys and has to appeal to her Papou (George Touliatos) to allow her to experience life. Being forbidden to love the one you love is a commonplace in teenager drama, going back well beyond "Romeo & Juliet," and it seems the idea that the prohibitions come from non-Americans (whether Europeans as in this case or immigrants as in others, to wit, "My Big Fat Greek Wedding") is becoming standard as well. This one is done pretty much by the numbers with the beautiful scenery seeking to cover up the fact this one is nothing new and most parents should recognize the idea that telling a young girl "no" is not that different from telling her "yes."
Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) is stuck at home and is spending her summer making a documentary on losers when she is not working put price stickers on items at Wallman's (gee, why does that sound familiar). Again her wishes she ends up with a 12-year-old assistant, Bailey (Jenna Boyd), and Tibby is the only one who does not see her introduction to Bailey as portending a sad ending. What I liked here is that they set up Bailey's secretive taping session as being the payoff for this relationship but it proves to be something else and the best evidence in the film of the magic power of the traveling pants. At the heart of this one of the biggest of life lessons, which is that you have to put your life in perspective and realize there are worst fates than your own.
Bridget (Blake Lively) goes off to a soccer camp in Baja and from the facts that she runs away from her mother's funeral and her disappointment that the camp is only for girls we are to deduce that Bridget is, to put it delicately, looking for trouble. She settles on one of the young coaches, Eric (Mike Vogel) and goes after him with the single-minded sense of determination and intensity that she displays on the soccer field. Bridget's motivation is really unclear (to those of us who did not read the book at least) and most parents will be somewhat horrified that things are able to go as far as they do here. The idea here is that the traveling pants help Bridget achieve her goal, although it is being unscathed in the aftermath that I find to be the greater blessing.
Carmen (America Ferrera in a strong followup to "Real Women Have Curves") travels to Charleston to spend the summer for some quality alone time with her dad, Al (Bradley Whitford), only to get totally blindsided. I pity the parent who does not look at Al without being horrified by what he is doing to his daughter, especially given his ability to make things worse. All of the sympathies here are with Carmen as insult is added to injury, and I liked the fact that she goes through a series of minor explosions that build to the big one. Pretending that your kids are not hurt and angry only makes them more of both, and the requisite happy ending here is small solace to my way of thinking, but I suppose it constitutes a start and I should be able to give a parent the benefit of the doubt.
The extras include the usual deleted scenes, a half-baked version of Tibby's documentary, an interview with Brashares, and a "video commentary" that has Bledel, Ferrera and Tamblyn sitting down in from of a VCR and a sea of munchies to comment on the film. Unfortunately they cover only a few key scenes in the film, but we do learn that Bledel did not subject her fair and freckled skin to the sun in Greece and that Tamblyn's dad must have made her watch "West Side Story" a whole bunch of times because she observes that the actor playing Kostos reminds her of a young George Chakiris.
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SinaReviewed in Germany on February 7, 2008
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehenswert!
Ich habe die ersten beiden "Eine für vier"-Bücher auf dem Flohmarkt gekauft und bin, auf der Suche nach einem dritten Teil, über die DVD gestolpert. Ich muss sagen - der Film ist großartig gemacht.
Man macht sich ja immer eigene Vorstellungen beim Lesen eines Buches und ist dem dazugehörigen Film meist etwas skeptisch gegenüber eingestellt.
Meine Rezension richtet sich an die Buchleser, die sich überlegen, ob der Film sehenswert ist.
Meine anfängliche Skepsis war unbegründet, denn der Film war großartig! Es werden deutlich mehr Emotionen vermittelt, als in den Büchern, es werden keine wichtigen Dinge einfach ausgelassen und die Charaktere sind toll besetzt. Jede der vier ist so, wie ich sie mir vorgestellt habe.
Einziges Manko: Lena muss im Film für diese Liebe kämpfen. Es heißt, es wären Streitigkeiten zwischen den Familien, die eine Beziehung zwischen den beiden ausschließen würden.
Im Buch ist es genau das Gegenteil; jeder befürwortet die Beziehung und Kostos wird von Valia und Bapi (Lenas Großeltern) als Enkel angesehen.
Somit verläuft Lenas Sommer weitestgehend anders, als im Buch. Wärend sie im Buch Kostos gegenüber sehr negativ eingestellt ist, ist es im Film genau anderst herum; schon ein wenig merkwürdig.
Aber alles in allem passt auch das zum Film, denn als Einzelwerk gesehen, ist er ganz große Klasse.
Fazit: Auch wenn nicht alles 100%ig so ist, wie im Buch, ist der Film sein Geld definitiv wert. Und so günstig, wie es diesen inzwischen gibt, heißt es: Zuschlagen und zuhause mit der Schwester/Freundin/Tochter/Mutter und einer Schüssel Popcorn vorm Fernseher bequem machen!
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ChrisHReviewed in Germany on June 4, 2011
4.0 out of 5 stars Eine für mich ;-)
Zu allererst muss ich gestehen: ich gehöre absolut nicht zur Zielgruppe dieses Films. Männlich und in einem Alter, in dem ich selbst schon Töchter wie diese vier Mädels haben könnte, hielt ich die DVD dennoch schon am Erstverkaufstag in meinen Händen ... um sie dann wieder ins Regal zurück zu stellen. Vier Jahre lang griff ich immer wieder zu diesem Film, aber irgendwie kam mir die Sache mit der Jeans etwas zu abstrakt vor. Auch die Tatsache, dass eine später erschienene Fortsetzung ja für den Erfolg und die Beliebtheit des erste Teils spricht, hat mich nicht so richtig überzeugt. Bis, ja bis der Film dann im Fernsehen lief ...
Wer hinter dem Episodenfilm und der abstrusen Story um eine "Glücksjeans" einen langweiligen Teenie-Film nach Schema F erwartet wird eines Besseren belehrt. Durch die "Reise" der Jeans mit begleitenden Briefen der Mädchen werden die vier Handlungsstränge, von denen jede eine gefühlvolle und emotional bewegende Geschichte erzählt, harmonisch zusammengeführt. Nicht zuletzt sorgen auch die herrlichen Landschaften, absolut sehenswerte Kulissen, sowie die reizenden Mädchen dafür, dass man den Film mit einem zufriedenen Gefühl in Erinnerung behält.
Dass "Die Schwesternschaft der reisenden Jeans" (so der Originaltitel) im Gegensatz zur Masse der Teenie-Filme nicht schon nach 80 Minuten vorbei ist, sondern mit einer Laufzeit von knapp 2 Stunden aufwartet, tat dem anrührenden Film ungemein gut. Ohne Langeweile aufkommen zu lassen wird der Geschichte eines jeden Mädchens ausreichend Zeit gewidmet. Besonders berührt hat mich der Handlungsstrang um die zu Hause gebliebene Tibby, die durch die versehentlich falsch ausgelieferte Jeans die 12jährige Bailey kennenlernt. Für diejenigen, die den Film noch nicht kennen, möchte ich nicht zu viel verraten. Nur so viel: aber am Ende hat man(n) wirklich Tränen in den Augen!
Natürlich bietet diese gelungene Mischung aus Komödie und Drama auch reichlich Platz für Humor und Romantik. "Eine für 4" is kein gewöhnlicher Teenie-Film wie man ihn schon dutzende male gesehen hat, sondern ein zu Herzen gehendes, liebevoll gemachtes Stück Kino, das mit seinen bezaubernden Darstellerinnen und einem beschwingtem Soundtrack perfekt zu unterhalten weiß.
Fazit:
Klare Kaufempfehlung an alle hoffnungslosen Romantiker >>> wie mich :-)
Auch wenn ihr nicht mehr so ganz in die Zielgruppe "Teenie" passt >>> wie ich ;-)
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IsabellReviewed in Germany on September 5, 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars Überraschend guter Teenie-Film, der für die ganze Familie geeignet ist
4 Freundinnen verschlägt es einen Sommer lang in verschiedene Winkel der Welt: Lena zu ihren Großeltern nach Griechenland, die sich trotz jahrelangen Familienstreits in den SOhn einer anderen Familie des Dorfes verliebt. Bridget, die nach dem Selbstmord ihrer Mutter, in einem Fußballcamp Ausgleich und neuen Boden im Leben sucht und sich in einen Coach verliebt - es bleibt nur eine Sommerliebe. Carmen, die ihren Vater besucht und dabie feststellt, dass er demnächst wieder heiraten wird und sich eine Stieffamilie zugelegt hat, kommt mit ihren Gefühlen nicht klar - mit Aussöhnung mit dem Vater am Ende. Und dann ist da noch Tibby, die einzige, die den Sommer daheim verbringt und dabei ein zwölfjähriges Mädchen kennenlernt, das an Leukämie erkrankt ist und deren Wunsch nach Fertigstellung eines Filmes noch erfüllt.
Eine Jeans, die "zufällig" allen passt, ist das Bindeglied und wandert zwischen den Mädchen umher und soll allen Glück bringen.
Ein wunderbarer Film, der anders wie in anderen Filmen den Zuschauern nicht eine heile Teenie-Welt vorgaukelt, sondern alle möglichen Lebenswirklichkeiten sehr gefühlsecht und lebensnah zeigt.
Echt sehenswert!
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StephanieReviewed in Germany on May 23, 2014
5.0 out of 5 stars Großartiger Film!!
Ich bin ein riesiger Gilmore-Girls-Fan. Also begann ich irgendwann zu schauen, was Alexis und Lauren noch so für andere Projekte gemacht haben.
Bei dieser Beschreibung wusste ich, dass der Film wie für mich gemacht war.
Ich kann mir den Film noch so oft anschauen, ich bin immer wieder begeistert von dem Zusammenhalt der 4 Mädels. Es ist einfach toll, so vertraute Menschen um sich zu haben. Und der Film ist so echt und herzlich gemacht, dass ich nur jedem empfehlen kann, der noch mal über echte Freundschaft lernen und lachen möchte, sich diesen Film anzuschauen.
Für mich hat dieser Film nichts mit meiner Gilmore-Girls-"ja-fast-schon-Besessenheit" zu tun, sondern einfach mit einem warmen Gefühl, wenn ich diesen Film anschaue.
Und jetzt wo ich so darüber schreibe, möchte ich ihn mir auch gleich wieder anschauen. Das werde ich jetzt auch tun ... hach, herrlich :-)
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ÄlterundweiserReviewed in Germany on May 23, 2013
5.0 out of 5 stars Was für die ganze Familie
Ist zwar ein Mädchenfilm, aber auch was für Papas und Mamas!
Schöne Aufnahmen bestechen die unterschiedlichen Szenen. in Griechenland sind satte blaue und weiße Töne wirklich atemberaubend. Im Supermarkt wirken sie alltagsbedingt blass und dafür bunt schillernd wiederum in anderen Szenen um dann wiederum im Fußballcamp mit den typischen beigen und orangen Tönen des amerikanischen staubigen Südens zu beruhigen.
Der Film weicht auch ab vom üblichen Teenie Klischee und zeigt die Schwierigkeiten der jungen (amerikanischen) Mädchen auf, die erste große Liebe oder das Aufwachen aus alten Strukturen, das Ankämpfen von nie da gewesenen Gefühlen. Es ist alles drin!
Humor, Comedy, Trauer und Leid und auch Happy End.
Wirklich ein Film, der einfach nur schön ist! Actionliebhaber kommen da leider nicht auf ihre Kosten! Aber für einen netten regnerischen Familienabend oder Mädelabend wärmstens zu empfehlen.