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Movie Overview
Cast
• Amber Tamblyn
• Alexis Bledel
• America Ferrera
Director
• Sanaa Hamri
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for mature material and sensuality
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)

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OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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"America Ferrera projects such star power here that I felt cheated when the camera moved to other characters. The rest of the film seemed to drag for me."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

C-
"Granted, I'm miles outside of the target demographic, and certainly Traveling Pants 2 will make for awesome pajama party fodder, but the bloodless nature of this sequel is tiresome to witness."  BrianOrndorf.com  Brian Orndorf

5/10
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is so fixed on representing the range of the girls' experiences that they spend precious little time together."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

C
"It's a film that probably will please its targeted viewer more than it did me."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2.5/4
"A solid if not wholly necessary sequel, but Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget are so pleasant to spend a couple hours with that it hardly matters."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

C+
"Like Sex and the City, this one is strictly for the already-converted."  Film.com  Eric D. Snider

3/5
"Charts the difficulties four young women have in keeping alive their friendship and the ritual that animates it."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

3/4
"As chick flicks go, this is one men can attend with the expectation that they might just enjoy experiencing two hours alongside these down-to-earth, appealing characters."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

5/10
"Traveling Pants 2 offers more of the same and, I'm afraid, more of the same and more of the same."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

C-
"I imagine if I were a woman, this movie would receive a very favorable review. However, I'm just a fat guy from Ohio."  Film School Rejects  Kevin Carr

1.5/4
"Holds little of the charm and unexpected emotional heft of its predecessor, which mostly avoided the kind of empty girly crap that abounds here."  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

B
"...that rare sequel that not only stands up to its predecessor, but slightly surpasses it."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2.5/4
"Tamblyn, Lively, Ferrara and Bledel have a sparkling chemistry that transcends the subpar material, and the Greek-island conclusion is so picturesque you can almost overlook the predictable histrionics."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

"[T]he fact that the jeans are entirely incidental to everything happening here is the least of its problems..."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

3/4
"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."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

B+
"The talented young actresses and a quartet of appealing swain make this story's travels between laughter and tears a journey worth taking."  Beliefnet  Nell Minow

2/4
"Hamri's film barely incorporates the pants into any of its primary storylines, so busy is it struggling to keep track of the many peripheral characters and subplots which crop up around each corner."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

2/5
"An unnecessary continuation that is strangely dour and populated by a quartet of actresses who seem as if they would rather be doing anything than living up to their contractual obligations to appear in a sequel now that they have better things to do"  eFilmCritic.com  Peter Sobczynski

3/5
"Seriously, this sounds like The Young and the Restless."  Filmcritic.com  Sean O'Connell

"It's a relief to go to the movies and see teenage girls acting like teenage girls, as opposed to grown women acting like teenage girls."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

5/10
"A distractingly kaleidoscopic look at four familiar coming-of-age adventures."  SSG Syndicate  Susan Granger
OFCS Rating: 38% Rotten
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