The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (released in the UK as
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants) is a 2005 American film, based on the
novel of the same name by
Ann Brashares and released by
Warner Bros. Pictures. It was directed by
Ken Kwapis and written by
Delia Ephron.
The film's production budget was $25 million. At the box office, it brought in a total domestic gross of $39 million.
[Box-office numbers from boxofficemojo.com] The
DVD was released in the
United States on October 11, 2005, and features on-camera commentary by
Amber Tamblyn,
Alexis Bledel, and
America Ferrera and deleted scenes (discussed by Kwapis).
Plot
Four teenage girls—Lena Kaligaris, Tabitha "Tibby" Tomko-Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell—who are best friends and have been together all their lives in
Bethesda, Maryland, but are about to separate for the summer. Lena is spending the summer in
Greece with her grandparents; Tibby is staying at home; Bridget is going to
soccer camp in
Baja California; and Carmen is visiting her father in
South Carolina. On the eve of their separation, the girls visit a thrift shop and find a pair of pants that magically fits all four of them perfectly, even though they have different measurements. The girls decide to share the pants equally among them over the summer as a way of keeping together when they are apart. Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen part the next day, and the film focuses on each girls' journey separately.