Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

Director:

Callie Khouri

Writers (WGA):

Rebecca Wells (novels)
Mark Andrus (adaptation)

Release Date:

7 June 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:

As part of the initiation to the Ya-Ya Sisterhood club, Siddalee Walker (Sandra Bullock) has the palm of hand cut. In the movie 'Practical Magic', Sally Owens, Sandra Bullock's character, cuts the palm of her hand too.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Teensy blocks Vivi on the bridge, Vivi slams on the brakes, causing tire marks. Yet, when Vivi gets out of the car, we don't see any tire marks behind her on the road.

Quotes:

Connor: [about Sidda and Connor's wedding] Vivi, it's taken years to nail down a date. She's always said, "What's the rush, when things are so good?" I don't know what the hell she's so afraid of - it's like she's always waiting for the bottom to drop out.
Vivi: You know why she thinks that, don't ya, honey? Because it did. It always did.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Office: Hot Girl (#1.6)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?

Disgusting, Reaganesque moral

This movie is in the same vein as Khouris' last, Grace under pressure, where she, literally, said: Stand by your man. Even if he porks your best friend.

Here, she says: forgive Mama everything, her alcoholism, her mistreating of her own family, her lovelessness during Siddalee's childhood. Because of that "dark secret" (pathetic, really), that only lasted a few months.

But we saw it coming, already at the end of Thelma & Louise, didn't we? Girls/women should either put up, shut up - or die!

Disgusting movie.