Four best friends find a pair of miraculous trousers that fits all of them in 2005's Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. It's a cute diversion with a likable cast.
Alexis Bledel takes the pants to Greece where she has a little Romeo and Juliet romance, minus the tragedy. Despite her family's disapproval she starts to fall for a Greek hunk from an opposing family.
Blake Lively goes to Mexico where she tries to capture the affections of her soccer coach. Scenes of her flirting with him are pretty sexy and her segments aren't bothered too much with a thin moral.
America Ferrera goes to visit her father, played by Bradley Whitford, who, she discovers to her dismay, has married Nancy Travis (who wouldn't find that dismaying?). Awkward moments are inserted to show Ferrera can speak Spanish but ultimately it's a nice little story about a daughter learning to stand up to an asshole parent.
Finally, Amber Tamblyn plays a wouldbe documentary filmmaker. She meets a little girl dying from leukemia. This story's the weakest of the four with lots of cheap, tug-at-your-heartstrings moments. But Amber Tamblyn gives a decent performance.
It's not a masterpiece but Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants isn't a bad way to spend a couple hours.
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