Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, The

Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves

The four stars of Sisterhood are back for this smart, confident second act, based on novels by Anne Brashares.

Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling

Even cynics might concede that, again, four capable actresses have pulled off a relatively rare thing: They've convinced us they're an honest-to-God movie sisterhood.

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

Given the juiciest plotline, Tamblyn goes for it, turning in a hard-boiled performance that's a needed contrast to her co-stars' tendency to go for sweet.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

The resulting drama is more deeply felt than it is deep. But I can't think of another film so frankly dealing with what we expect from friendship, so tenderly showing how friends can fail in one area, yet be there in another.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Everything that "Sex and the City" wanted to be. It follows the lives of four women, their career adventures, their romantic disasters and triumphs, their joys and sadness. These women are all in their early 20s, which means they are learning life’s lessons; "SATC" is about forgetting them.

Miami Herald Connie Ogle

Turns out to be a lot less tiresome than it sounds, aided by a wonderfully appealing cast and a strong message.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

As chick flicks go, this is one men can attend with the expectation that they might just enjoy experiencing two hours alongside these down-to-earth, appealing characters.

Film Threat Stina Chyn

For Carmen, Tibby, Lena, and Bridget, their sisterhood shines even brighter the second time around.

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

This sequel improves on the 2005 original about four friends.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

It's a relief to go to the movies and see teenage girls acting like teenage girls, as opposed to grown women acting like teenage girls.

Washington Post Teresa Wiltz

This is pure, escapist fun -- skepticism and naysaying are best left at home.

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

A shapely sequel that retains much of the sparkle and warmth that made the original such a pleasant surprise.

Variety John Anderson

It's all largely eye candy, especially the men, although this can be forgiven: Women have a long enough history of being superficial in the movies, and a little payback is perfectly understandable.

Village Voice Michelle Orange

Blandly engaging sequel.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Travis Nichols

Ferrera walks this fine line between the real and the fairy tale – she's the only one in the film who doesn't seem to equate a good performance with a lot of blinking – and it's fun to watch her outside the confines of her TV character.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

In the intervening years, they've become pretty good actors, too. Now where's the filmmaker who'll give them more to do than pregnancy scares and falls off donkeys?

USA Today Claudia Puig

A warm and pleasantly diverting tale.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

The sequel is something of a disappointment, embroiling its refreshingly level-headed heroines in a series of clichéd romantic dilemmas.

Premiere Pauline Pechin

Like any coming-of-age story, there's enough drama, comedy, and, of course, romance to be entertaining. But moreover, Sisterhood furthers an honest dialogue among young women.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

Demonstrates that not only is sisterhood powerful, it can be awfully entertaining.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jason McBride

Watchable as ever.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The reason this franchise has been so successful - both on film and in Ann Brashares' original novels - is that, just like the jeans, it suits the needs of vastly different girls.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Video veteran Sanaa Hamri directs with smooth competence, and the leads all go pleasantly through their paces, but there are no surprises.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Observed through emotional gauze, its four likable women are symbolic cheerleaders for personal loyalty and wholesome living.

Austin Chronicle Josh Rosenblatt

If you had any notions of getting through The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 without having your emotions pushed, prodded, pounded, and kneaded like so much pizza dough, you can forget about them right now.

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

The only genuine moments of emotion come not from the lead actresses but from that great trouper Blythe Danner.