| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Sandra Bullock |
Siddalee Walker
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| Ellen Burstyn |
Vivi Abbott Walker
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| Ashley Judd |
Younger Vivi Abbott Walker
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| Fionnula Flanagan |
Teensy
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| Maggie Smith |
Caro
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| Cherry Jones |
Buggy
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| Shirley Knight |
Necie
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| James Garner |
Shep Walker
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| Angus MacFadyen |
Connor McGill
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| Allison Bertolino |
Little Siddalee Walker
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| Jacqueline McKenzie |
Younger Teensy
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| Plot |
| Grab your tissues and send the guys away, because Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is the most pedigreed chick flick since Steel Magnolias. You can tell by the title and the novelish names of the Louisiana ladies from Rebecca Wells's precious bestseller. First there's Sidda (Sandra Bullock), a successful playwright still wrestling with her manipulative mother, Vivi (Ellen Burstyn), after a traumatic upbringing. Then there's longtime friends Teensy (Fionnula Flanagan), Necie (Shirley Knight), and Caro (scene-stealer Maggie Smith), from Vivi's secret club of "Ya-Ya Priestesses," together since childhood and determined to heal the rift between Sidda and her mom. Through an ambitious flashback structure (including Ashley Judd as the younger Vivi), screenwriter and first-time director Callie Khouri (who wrote Thelma & Louise) establishes a rich context for this mother-daughter reunion. There's plenty of humor to temper the drama, which inspires Bullock's best work in years. Definitely worth a look for the curious, but only fans of Wells's fiction will feel any twinge of loyalty. --Jeff Shannon |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama |
| Director |
Callie Khouri |
| Producer |
Bonnie Bruckheimer; Hunt Lowry; Hutn Lowry |
| Writer |
Rebecca Wells; Mark Andrus; Callie Khouri |
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| Studio |
Warner Bros. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
116 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
6/7/2002 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
219 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
10/30/2003 |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Widescreen Edition |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 1.85 (16:9) Anamorphic |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
085392330829 |
| Chapters |
29 |
| Release Date |
2002 |
| Subtitles |
English; French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Widescreen |
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