Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (film)
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| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | |
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 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood film poster |
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| Directed by | Callie Khouri |
| Produced by | Bonnie Bruckheimer Hunt Lowry |
| Written by | Rebecca Wells (novel) Mark Andrus |
| Starring | Sandra Bullock Ashley Judd James Garner |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | June 3, 2002 |
| Running time | 116 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ $27,000,000 |
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is a 2002 film directed by Callie Khouri. It is based on the novel of the same name, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, written by Rebecca Wells.
[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Mothers. Daughters. The never-ending story of good vs. evil.
Playwright Siddalee Walker is on the verge of releasing her newest play. She has an interview with Time Magazine in which she expresses some opinions of her unhappy childhood.
Her mother, Vivian Joan Abbott Walker, sees the article, and is extremely offended by it. She takes down all the pictures of Siddalee in her house, and indicates that she never wants to see her daughter again. She refuses to talk to Siddalee, even when Siddalee sends her a wedding invitation — though the date of the wedding is cut out.
Siddalee has difficulty understanding her mother's behavior until she is visited by three of her mother's friends: Teensy Melissa Whitman, Necie Rose Kelleher, and Caro Eliza Benett. The four ladies had created the 'Ya-Ya Sisterhood' in their youth as a token of their close friendship, which has lasted through the years. They kidnap her from her fiancé, Connor McGill, and tell her of her mother's troubled life.
Through the assistance of the three friends, Siddalee gains an understanding of her mother's behavior, and her mother gains a greater understanding of herself and her daughter.
[edit] 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 Viviane Abbott 'Vivi' Walker
- Shirley Knight — Necie Rose Kelleher
- Angus MacFadyen — Connor McGill
- Maggie Smith — Caro Eliza Bennett
- Jacqueline McKenzie — Younger Teensy
- Katy Selverstone — Younger Caro
- Kiersten Warren — Younger Necie
- David Lee Smith — Younger Shep Walker
- Gina McKee — Genevieve
- Matthew Settle — Jack
