Rating: PG13
Genre: Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 06/07/2002(USA)
Release Date: 11/05/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 116 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

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

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Cast:
Sandra Bullock - Sidda Lee Walker
Ellen Burstyn - Vivi Abbott Walker
Ashley Judd - Younger Vivi Abbott Walker
Fionnula Flanagan - Teensy
Maggie Smith - Caro
Cherry Jones - Buggy
Shirley Knight - Necie
James Garner - Shep Walker
Angus MacFadyen - Connor McGill
Allison Bertolino - Little Sidda Lee Walker
Caitlin Wachs - Little Vivi Abbott
Jacqueline McKenzie - Younger Teensy
Katy Selverstone - Younger Caro
Kiersten Warren - Younger Necie
Leslie Silva - Willetta
Matthew Settle - Jack
Gina McKee - Genevieve
David Lee Smith - Younger Shep Walker
Ron Dortch - Chaney
Frederick Koehler - Pete Abbott
David Rasche - Taylor Abbott

Production:
Callie Khouri - Director
Hunt Lowry Bonnie Bruckheimer - Producer
T-Bone Burnett David Mansfield - Composer
Andrew Marcus - Editor
Mark Andrus Callie Khouri - Screen Writer
James Edward Ferrell, Jr. Rob Simons - Set Designer
Troy Porter - ADR Mixer
Darrell Leonard - Additional Music
John Jensen - Art Director
David Burnett - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Jessica Peel - Assistant Costumer Designer
Geoffrey Ryan - Assistant Location Manager
Ashleigh Tucker - Assistant Production Coordinator
Marilyn Phillips - Assistant Properties
Dana LeBlanc Frankley - Assistant Sound Editor
Joe Schiff - Assistant Sound Editor
Ann Trulove - Associate Editor
Scott Elias - Associate Producer
Tom Proper - Associate Producer
Daniel "D.J." Haizlip - Best Boy Grip
Rebecca Wells - Book Author
Carl Fischer - Boom Operator
Michael Rayle - Cable Person
Anette Haellmigk - Camera Operator
Malcolm MacIntosh - Camera Operator
Avy Kaufman - Casting
Marty Cherrix - Casting
Maureen Whalen - Casting Associate
Michael Moyer - Chief Lighting Technician
John Bailey - Cinematographer
Michael Tackett - Cinematographer
Jeffrey Schlatter - Construction Coordinator
Thomas C. Ryan - Construction Foreman
Allan Kaufman - Consultant/advisor
Debra Baum - Consultant/advisor
Cheryle Cravedi - Costume Designer
Gary Jones - Costume Designer
Joel Voorhies - Costume Designer
Joyce Marling - Costume Designer
Michaell Keith Taylor Jr. - Costume Designer
Bruce Ericksen - Costumes Supervisor
Jeri Baker-Sadler - Department Head Hair
Felicity Bowring - Department Head Makeup
Lilene Mansell - Dialogue Coach
Tammy Christine Arnold - Dialogue Coach
David V. Butler - Dialogue Editor
Kim Drummond - Dialogue Editor
Scott Leftridge - Dolly Grip
Bette Midler - Executive Producer
E.K. Gaylord II - Executive Producer
Lisa Stewart - Executive Producer
Mary McLaglen - Executive Producer
Eric Layne - First Assistant Accountant
Frank Godwin - First Assistant Camera
Peter Kuttner - First Assistant Camera
Matthew Rowland - First Assistant Director
Alain Romi - First Assistant Editor
Alyson Moore - Foley Artist
John Rush - Foley Artist
Mary Jo Lang - Foley Artist
Lana Sharpe - Hair Styles
Lona Vigi - Hair Styles
Rita Parillo - Hair Styles
Pauline White Kassulke - Key Costumer
Walter "Chunky" Huse - Key Grip
Duane Williamson - Leadman
E. Michael Hewett - Location Manager
Charlene Roberson - Makeup
Pamela Westmore - Makeup
Wendy Bell - Makeup
Nick Viterelli - Music Editor
Darrell Leonard - Musical Arrangement
Mo Henry - Negative Cutter
Nicole Furia - Production Accountant
David James Bomba - Production Designer
Jessica Sheaffer - Production Secretary
Robbie Beck - Properties Master
Gregory H. Watkins - Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin E. Carpenter - Re-Recording Mixer
Michael J. Leone - Script Supervisor
Derek Smith - Second Assistant Camera
Patrick Borowiak - Second Assistant Camera
Jennifer Giancola - Second Assistant Director
Jonathan Capra - Second Second Assistant Director
Richard Burton - Sound Effects Director
Scott A. Jennings - Sound Effects Director
Frank Wolf - Sound Mixer
Mike Piersante - Sound Mixer
Petur Hliddal - Sound/Sound Designer
Creo - Special Effects
Walter Kiesling - Special Effects Coordinator
Raymond Prado - Storyboard Artist
Carol Lin James - Stunts
Donna Evans Merlo - Stunts
John Martin - Stunts
Karen Brigman - Stunts
Tree O'Toole - Stunts
M. James Arnett - Stunts Coordinator
Kerry Dean Williams - Supervising ADR Editor
David Giammarco - Supervising Sound Editor
Kaleidoscope Films - Title Design
Pacific Title - Title Design
Mary McLaglen - Unit Production Manager
Pat Story - Unit Publicist
Sean Menzies - First Assistant Editor

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