The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 parents guide

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Parent Guide

Overall B-

Resuming their roles from the first movie, Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn play four friends who have spent the last year apart after graduating from high school. Venturing into new pursuits over the summer, the girls once again decide to pass around the pair of traveling pants they formerly shared as a way of keeping close despite large physical distances between them.

Release date August 5, 2008

Violence B
Sexual Content C
Profanity C+
Substance Use A-

Why is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 rated PG-13? The MPAA rated The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 PG-13 for mature material and sensuality.

Parent Movie Review

Finding a pair of pants that fits me feels miraculous enough, but finding out they would also fit three of my best friends would be unbelievable. Yet that’s the basis behind the story of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

In high school, four life-long friends happened upon some old faded jeans at the thrift store that inexplicably fit each of them perfectly, despite their very different figures. During their first summer apart, the girls each took a turn at wearing the pants for a week before passing them on to the next in line.

Now in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, the girls have graduated and parted ways in pursuit of post secondary education. But with vacation season just around the corner, the foursome, Lena (Alexis Bledel), Carmen (America Ferrera), Bridget (Blake Lively) and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) have planned a reunion.

Unfortunately, the long separation has created some strain on the seams of their relationship and rather than mending it over the summer, each of the girls has plans of her own after the get-together. Meeting in their secret location, they agree to pass around the pants once again, but do it without the same sense of closeness they used to share.

Bridget is off to Turkey to participate in an archeological dig. But unearthing her family’s past proves to be a bigger challenge when she discovers a stash of hidden handwritten letters addressed to her from her estranged grandmother (Blythe Danner). Tibby’s stint at NYU came to a less than stellar conclusion and now she has the summer to write a script in order to pass a class. Lena signs up for a session of figure drawing lessons after breaking up with a fisherman (Michael Rady) she met while visiting Greece. Even Carmen takes the holiday time to engage in some behind the scenes work with a Vermont theater group despite her family’s plans to move and the impending birth of a new sibling.

As the pants make their way around the world over the course of the next few weeks, their presence in the film is almost non-existent, as is the communication between the girls. Undelivered emails, unanswered voicemails and a general lack of contact begin to fray the fabric of their friendship even further as they each face different setbacks or disappointments. However, when Lena’s sister Effie (Lucy Hale) accidentally misplaces the britches, the four girls come together to hunt them down.

Like the first film, this story includes some depictions of premarital relations, one of which results in a pregnancy scare for a girl and her boyfriend. Passionate kissing and discussions about sexual activity are also included along with the portrayal of a nude male model in an art class (no nudity is seen.) Profanities and terms of Deity make their way into the script as well.

Yet despite the girls’ approaching adulthood and expanding horizons, Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget soon realize the value of their shared childhood. When the challenges of life become overwhelming, this sisterhood offers its members a safe and comfortable place to come home to—kind of like a well-worn pair of jeans.

Starring Blake Lively, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn. Theatrical release August 5, 2008. Updated

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Rating & Content Info

Why is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 rated PG-13? The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for mature material and sensuality.

Although no explicit nudity is seen, a male model poses nude for drawings in an art class. Some brief kissing is seen. An unmarried couple is seen for a moment prior to engaging in sex (we see his bare chest). Later the girl fears she may be pregnant after a condom breaks during use. A woman is shown during labor. Characters engage in brief discussions about male/female relationships. A girl talks about her mother’s suicide. The script contains terms of Deity and infrequent vulgarities.

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Parents' Guide

How can distance, time and changing interests have an impact on friendships? What things pull the girls apart in this film? What brings them together?

What important lessons does each of the girls learn over the summer? How does their different life experiences impact the way that they see themselves?

What can archeologists learn from dig sites about the people who lived there? What could others learn about you if they “dug” through your personal space?

Home Video

The most recent home video release of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 movie is November 17, 2008. Here are some details…

This Sisterhood travels onto DVD with the following bonus materials in its backpack: additional scenes, bloopers, and a look at the inspiration for the films final sequence (Go Jump Off a Cliff). Presented in widescreen, the disc offers audio tracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French and Spanish), with subtitle in English, French and Spanish.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is also releasing on Blu-ray disc with all of the aforementioned extras. Audio tracks on the Blu-ray edition are available in TrueHD 5.1 (English) and Dolby Digital 5.1 (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese), with subtitles in English, French and Portuguese.

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This movie is the sequel to The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, which was based on a novel by Ann Brashares. Girlfriend power keeps a gang of seven pals together in The Babysitters Club. Two sisters pursuing a career in show business also vow never to be separated in classic musical White Christmas.