Better than the first one!

 

Final Thoughts: After watching the trailers and teasers for the second installment of the Sisterhood movies and being mildly disappointed with the first one, I was excited to see the movie. Thankfully, my film intuition didn’t fail me because this movie was far better than the first one.

When we last left the girls, they found themselves reunited after a summer filled with love, laughs, tears and a little lust. Now, three years later – the girls have finished their first year of college and will once again return home for a pants-induced ritualistic evening only to separate again a few days later.

This time around, we find Bridget (Blake Lively) playing soccer for Brown and about to embark on a summer archaeological internship in Turkey. Bridget’s summer is quickly complicated when she finds letters from a grandmother whom she hasn’t heard from in ten years.

Also in Rhode Island is Lena (Alexis Bledel), the shy one of the group, enrolled at RISD painting and sketching, as she always did. Instead of returning home, Lena stays at the university to take a figure drawing class and falls for the steamy nude model, Leo. All is well with Lena until she returns to Greece for her grandfather’s funeral and she runs into Kostos, her Greek ex-boyfriend, and his wife.

Tibby, (Amber Tamblyn) the pseudo-rebellious punk of the group has gone off to NYU to pursue a degree in film. All seems well with Tibby – she’s dating a great guy and she’s enjoying her summer in the city until she has a scare, which rocks her world and leaves her doubting her relationship.

Carmen, (America Ferrera) the emotional writer of the group has spent her first year at Yale trying desperately to acclimate to college life without the help of her friends. Anxious to return home, upset about  hearing that her friends will be spending the summer elsewhere, she joins a friend from school in a Vermont drama program as a stagehand. After befriending the male lead in the play, Carmen auditions and gets the part of the female lead, much to her friend’s despair.

During the course of the movie I found myself laughing hysterically at Tibby’s jokes and crying with the ladies as their romantic plights unraveled. Although it is a Grade-A chick flick, this movie is a must-see for all.