Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Theatrical Release: Jun 7, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $69,542,820
Synopsis: Sidda Walker (Sandra Bullock), who is high on life--about to marry Connor (Angus MacFadyen) and flushed with success because her new play is about to open on Broadway--gives an unguarded interview to TIME Magazine. After reading the interview, Sidda's mother, Vivi (Ellen Burnstein), is so... Sidda Walker (Sandra Bullock), who is high on life--about to marry Connor (Angus MacFadyen) and flushed with success because her new play is about to open on Broadway--gives an unguarded interview to TIME Magazine. After reading the interview, Sidda's mother, Vivi (Ellen Burnstein), is so livid that she disowns Sidda, takes down her pictures, and refuses to attend her daughter's wedding. Trying to heal the rift between mother and daughter, Vivi's best friends, Caro (Maggie Smith), Teensy (Fionnula Flanagan), and Necie (Shirley Knight), go to New York, take Sidda to dinner, slip her a Mickey Finn, and spirit her off to Louisiana. First-time director Callie Khouri (writer of THELMA AND LOUISE) uses an intricate series of flashbacks to slowly reveal the DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, which is based on the book by Rebecca Wells. The flashbacks are triggered by a scrapbook that Caro, Teensy, and Necie show Sidda. The scrapbook chronicles the hopes, dreams and disappointments that they shared with Vivi. Standouts in the great cast are Ashley Judd, as the younger Vivi, and Maggie Smith as the feisty Caro. [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner, Ashley Judd
Screenwriter: Callie Khouri, Mark Andrus
Producer: Bonnie Bruckheimer, Hunt Lowry
Composer: T-Bone Burnett, David Mansfield
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 5, 2002
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Music Video - 1. "Sitting in the Window of My Room" by Alison Kraus
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Reviews
I heard something in the audience for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood I don't hear often any more: the sound of middle-aged women laughing.
...if you plan on having a man watch this film with you, do him a favor...and don't.
That such strong, capable women are called on to carry a film as shoddy as Ya-Ya in front of and from behind the camera is hardly progress.
A tal irmandade Ya-Ya é de uma bobagem extremada, e o roteiro tem buracos incríveis, deixando de lado vários pontos sobre os irmãos de Burstyn e Bullock, que são mencionados, mas nunca vistos.
...it becomes clear that these two hours would be better spent reflecting on our own treasured memories than getting confused by this group's sordid past.
Cross-generational mother-daughter drama is a little familiar, but it'll still warm your heart.
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