Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Callie Khouri

Writers (WGA):

Rebecca Wells (novels)
Mark Andrus (adaptation)

Release Date:

7 kesäkuu 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Mothers. Daughters. The never-ending story of good vs. evil.

Plot:

After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.

Plot Keywords:

Mother | Playwright | Secret Society | Daughter | Interview

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Siddalee 'Sidda' Walker
Ellen Burstyn	...	Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker
Fionnula Flanagan	...	'Teensy' Melissa Whitman
James Garner	...	Shepard James 'Shep' Walker
Cherry Jones	...	Grandma 'Buggy' Abbott
Ashley Judd	...	Younger Vivi Abbott Walker
Shirley Knight	...	Necie Rose Kelleher
Angus Macfadyen	...	Connor McGill
Maggie Smith	...	Caro Eliza Bennett
Jacqueline McKenzie	...	Younger Teensy Whitman
Katy Selverstone	...	Younger Caro Bennett
Kiersten Warren	...	Younger Necie Kelleher
David Lee Smith	...	Younger Shep Walker
Gina McKee	...	Genevieve Whitman
Matthew Settle	...	Lt. Jack Whitman

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, language, and brief sensuality.

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:12 (video rating) (2002) | UK:12A (original rating) | Iceland:10 ) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | Malaysia:U | Canada:A (Ontario) | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38793)

Filming Locations:

Burgaw, North Carolina, USA

Company:

All Girl Productions

Trivia:

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina at the same time as was A Walk to Remember (2002).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the plane scene (Siddalee's flashback, near the end), you see all the cars pull up to the field. In the car beside the one Vivi is driving, you see a girl jump out of the car twice.

Quotes:

Teensy: I can't tell if that's a scar or a wrinkle.
Caro: Yeah, that's a wrinkle pal. There's some scars behind your ears though.
Teensy: Shut up, Caro.

Movie Connections:

References History of the World: Part I (1981)

Soundtrack:

I Got Love if You Want It

These Women Are Really There For Each Other

No college sorority was ever as tight as the bond formed by Ellen Burstyn, Shirley Knight, Fionnula Flanagan, and Maggie Smith as the Ya Ya Sisterhood. So when one of them is in trouble, they all jump in to help.

In this case Ellen Burstyn possibly the most neurotic of the four has just been cut good and proper by her daughter Sandra Bullock on a television interview. Bullock in a moment of candor says that her growing up in Louisiana was not the happiest childhood she could have had.

Of course all the members of the Sisterhood read it and/or hear it and the other three think that it's time that Sandra gets told a few facts about mother and both their childhoods that she didn't know. These crazy old women actually slip Sandra a Mickey Finn and whisk her back to Louisiana for a little heart to heart.

Even risking kidnapping charges, these women are really there for each other. We should all be lucky enough to have such friends.

This is one of the best films of this new century so far to come out. I enjoyed every blessed nostalgic look back in flashbacks to the events that shaped the lives of Burstyn and Bullock. Ashley Judd's performance as Burstyn's character in young adulthood is also first rate.

The great thing about the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is that not all of us, not most of us even get to live in ideal Donna Reed or June Cleaver like homes. We make it out of childhood the best we can, with what we can. The most important relationships each of these women have is with each other. That silly little childhood name they chose for their group is what sets them apart and what supports each of them through their individual crisis.

Presiding through most of the film is Burstyn's husband and Bullock's father James Garner. In fact Garner through half the film has no dialog at all, but his facial expressions tell everything. He's a lot of the reason that Bullock made it through childhood as well.

I can't recommend this film highly enough, it's about four of the best friends ever put on film.

YA-YA forever.