Common Sense Note
Parents need to know that The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is based on the book by the same name. Friendship, family, acceptance, loyalty, and a pair of pants hold together the different summer experiences of four close high school friends. The teen characters deal with difficult issues, including a parent's suicide, the disease and death of a close friend, a father's remarriage, seduction, and first-time sex (this last is indicated rather than depicted explicitly). The film includes tense family scenes, with a focus on reconciliation after angry flare-ups. Characters use some mild profanity (including "suck" and "ass"), and they drink. The girls demonstrate self-sacrifice, empathy, and understanding as they support each other through difficult experiences.
Sexual
Content
Bridget dances seductively. Offscreen, Bridget has sex with a slightly older coach. Lena kisses her new Greek boyfriend.
Violence
A suicide that took place before the movie begins continues to affect the characters. Someone is conked in the head with a tennis ball. Someone throws a rock at a window in anger. A 12-year-old girl has leukemia. Tibby visits the girl in the hospital, who appears to be very sick.
Language
"Screw the world," "pain in the ass," "oh, Jesus," "sucks," and "hell."
Social
Behavior
Friendship, family, acceptance, loyalty, and a pair of pants hold together the different summer experiences of four great high school friends. The girls demonstrate self-sacrifice, empathy, and understanding as they support each other through difficult experiences.
Consumerism
Not applicable
Drugs / Tobacco /
Alcohol
In a bar scene, people drink. A woman smokes.
