Have you ever had to spend the summer apart from your absolutely best friend in the world? This movie, and the book it is closely based upon, is about four best friends who spend the summer apart but still manage to stay connected. Best friends since birth, Bridget, Carmen, Lena, and Tibby, find a pair of jeans that amazingly fit all four of their different body types. They get the idea to share the jeans over the summer, when each girl will be leaving for different places. Each girl will keep the jeans for one week then pass them onto the next with a note explaining the most exciting thing that happened so far to her. Bridget goes to soccer camp where she falls for a coach; Latina, Carmen goes to meet her absent father and his new step-family, who are all Caucasian; Lena goes to visit her family in Greece where she ends up re-starting a family feud when she falls for a local guy; and Tibby will be staying home and working. The differing stories are fun with some serious parts that will make this movie more appropriate for older teens (one of the girls' mothers commits suicide). Overall the themes stay summer-breezy just like the story line.The teens who play the characters fit well into their parts, and the story mostly follows the book with a few deviations and omissions that will probably not bother die-hard book fans too much. Many scenes, especially those in Greece, are beautiful. The story never gets too cutesy or patronizing.
Directed by Ken Kwapis; Starring Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, and Blake Lively
Movie; 12+; Alcon Entertainment, 2005
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