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Title: Should have been a Made for TV film
Review: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants could have been a well acted, insightful movie about overcoming teenaged adversity. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Instead, the movie has all the ingredients of a fairly decent TV movie, with plenty of pause spots for commercials.There are many reviews that describe the sub-plots of the four friends so they won't be reiterated here. In quick summary, the two emotional subplots are: parental void (deceased mother, absentee father) and fear of feeling (exposing the "real me"). These are basic, western culture, female teen age issues, and are exploited to a heightened sentimental degree.The film isn't bad, its just that its targeted audience doesn't require good acting (see hospital bed scene), exceptional videography (entire movie), or meaningful dialogue for it to have some box office success. If it's a Friday night and your 15 year old daughter is bored, you could do worse than rent this film.
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