Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 06/07/2002(USA)
Release Date: 11/05/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Screenwriter
Callie Khouri makes her directorial debut with this adaptation of a pair of popular novels by author
Rebecca Wells,
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and
Little Altars Everywhere.
Sandra Bullock stars as
Sidda Lee Walker, a New York playwright who opens a can of emotional worms with her estranged, boozy mother,
Vivi (
Ellen Burstyn), when she discusses her painful childhood and particularly
Vivi's less-than-enviable mothering skills in a
Time magazine article. The eccentric Louisiana drama queen
Vivi has already been barred from her daughter's oft-delayed wedding to her fiancé,
Connor (
Angus Macfadyen), so the article sends her into a rage. Coming to the rescue of the relationship are
Necie (
Shirley Knight),
Caro (
Maggie Smith), and
Teensy (
Fionnula Flanagan), a trio of bickering women, who, along with
Vivi, formed a secret society of feminist empowerment and friendship 60 years earlier that they dubbed the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood." The Ya-Yas kidnap
Sidda and bring her home to Louisiana, where they reveal to
Sidda via a carefully maintained scrapbook her mother's painful past (with
Vivi portrayed in flashback by
Ashley Judd), effecting a rapprochement between mother and daughter.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood also stars
James Garner.
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
A Simply Divine Powerfully Funny Comedy.
Screenwriter, Callie Khouri makes her directorial debut with this warm adaptation of Rebecca Wells' bestsellers which features the performances of showbiz veterans Ellen Burstyn, James Garner, Maggie Smith, Shirley Knight, and Fionnula Flanagan. It also stars Sandra Bullock as a New York City playwright, whose magazine interview causes a rift between her and her eccentric mother (Burstyn), and her three childhood friends make an attempt to bring both them together in order for them to recouncile with each other. Also starring Ashley Judd, Angus MacFadyen, Fred Koehler, Jacqueline McKenzie, David Rasche, Cherry Jones, Leslie Silva, and Ron Dortch.
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