Guilty Pleasures: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)

Just ask yourself one question: why wouldn’t you want a pair of thrift store jeans that magically fit you and your three best friends with completely different body types? No answer? We thought so.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants follows four teenage girls — Tibby, Carmen, Lena and Bridget — spending their first summer apart. During this separation each of the girls keeps the pants for a week before sending them to the next girl with a letter recounting all of her pants-wearing pursuits.

The film strikes a perfect balance of cringe-worthy acting and girl power, tailor-made for a girls' night in. Following the girls’ journeys through first loves, family dramas and personal tragedies, it’s hard not to picture yourself in their shoes — or pants.

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