Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
- Starring:
- Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Callie Khouri
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast:
- Sandra Bullock - Sidda Lee Walker
- Ashley Judd - Younger Vivi Abbott Walker
- Maggie Smith - Caro
- Shirley Knight - Necie
- Angus MacFadyen - Connor McGill
- Caitlin Wachs - Little Vivi Abbott
- Katy Selverstone - Younger Caro
- Leslie Silva - Willetta
- Gina McKee - Genevieve
- Ron Dortch - Chaney
- David Rasche - Taylor Abbott
- Mark Jeffrey Miller - Lyle
- Michael Moyer - Pawn Broker
- Austin R. Cooper - Little Shep Jr.
- Mary Katherine Weiss - Little Caro
- Robert Longstreet - Pilot
- Suellen Yates - Stage Manager
- Michael Mattison - Officer Roscoe Jenkins
- Sarallen - Older Willetta
- Clint Lienau - James Jr.
- Alyssa May Gold - Little Teensy
- Don Baker - Confessional Priest
- Nina Repeta - Lady at Gas Station
- Boyd Kestner
- Ellen Burstyn - Vivi Abbott Walker
- Fionnula Flanagan - Teensy
- Cherry Jones - Buggy
- James Garner - Shep Walker
- Allison Bertolino - Little Sidda Lee Walker
- Jacqueline McKenzie - Younger Teensy
- Kiersten Warren - Younger Necie
- Matthew Settle - Jack
- David Lee Smith - Younger Shep Walker
- Frederick Koehler - Pete Abbott
- Mark Joy - Mr. Whitman
- Taj Mahal - Swing Band Singer
- Ann Savoy - Chanteuse
- Alex Cooper - Baylor
- Gillian Johnson - Younger Chick
- E. Michael Hewett - Airplane Man
- Barbara Weetman - Female Interviewer
- Veda Wilson - Shirley
- David Bridgewater - Dr. Beau Poche
- Nicki Tschudi - Little Necie
- Sarah Huck - Lulu
- Ursula Burton - Sister Solange
- Deborah Hobart - Aunt Louise
- Director(s):
- Callie Khouri
- Writer(s):
- Mark Andrus, Callie Khouri
- Producer(s):
- Hunt Lowry, Bonnie Bruckheimer
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
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