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2002 Certificate 12
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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 .. Read more

Starring Ellen Burstyn, Ashley Judd, Sandra Bullock, James Garner
Director Callie Khouri
Genres Comedy

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Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood

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.

Starring Ellen Burstyn, Ashley Judd, Sandra Bullock, James Garner, Maggie Smith, Fionnula Flanagan, Shirley Knight, Angus Macfadyen
Director Callie Khouri
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Italian
Hearing-impaired English, Italian
Subtitles DVD: English, Italian, Hebrew
Released DVD: 24 Mar 2003
Production year: 2002
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Take all the girly chick-flick bits of Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias and How to Make an American Quilt, put them together … and this is what you end up with. Sandra Bullock plays the writer who has issues with her mother (issues that seem to be holding her back from marrying the altogether too perfect Angus McFadyen), so her mother's friends (Shirley Knight, Fionnula Flanagan and Maggie Smith) kidnap her so they can explain all the things her mother went through that turned her into the hard-drinking, bitchy woman she is now. Ashley Judd and Ellen Burstyn are terrific as the past and present version of Bullock's mum, but the story, which is based on parts of two novels, doesn't flow properly and is let down by a final revelation that isn't that much of a surprise.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...Always warm, accessible and rich in emotional life....This film is strong when and where it needs to be, in its ability to convey heartfelt sentiments and portray the power of a very particular kind of sisterhood..."

    • Los Angeles Times
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 7 out of 11 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    nice

    I'm not sure what I expected from this, but I was dissapointed in the movie. It's a similar vain to How To Make An American Quilt, but just not as good.

    It's a story about a mother and daughter that don't get on and the mothers crazy friends who are stupidly part of a 'ya ya' siterhood try to bring them together. It all centers around a secret past the mother has and the story drags until the ending when you are finally told what this is...I felt a little betrayed.

    Although there are some really nice parts to this film and some really funny parts, there just wasn't enough of anything to keep me amused for so long.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 21 Oct 2003 09:39

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Lovely!

    This is a deliciously well-acted and well-directed piece about therapist-driven reality and emotional truth, but more simply - it is a delightful story of sisterly friendship for a guilty mother.

    Ashley Judd is so good - nearly as good as the jaw-droppingly outstanding Ellen Burnstein (both Vivi) - in portraying emotional fragility in an outwardly elegant woman. It is utterly convincing that they are the same woman.

    We see true love, sisterly but also of a man for his exceptional woman, played out in gorgeous settings that add to the warmth and 'solve your own problems' attitude of the film.

    All characters in this film have depth and warmth, from the maid, to the snapshot of the obnoxious racist, to the perfectly timed humour of the ya-yas. This film is a delight.

      • A customer from Leamington Spa
      • Posted 02 May 2007 09:32

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      • 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 ...