Search - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 11/05/2002 Format: DVD Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 56 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 94 Genres: Comedy Drama, Americana, Family Drama, Ensemble Film See Also: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [Widescreen], Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [Widescreen]

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

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

Callie Khouri's adaptation of The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track by Khouri and star Ashley Judd, a second commentary track featuring Khouri and several behind the scenes figures involved with the film, a pair of featurettes, trailers, eight additional scenes, and a music video. This is a fine release from Warner Brothers for what it is, but a different edition with a widescreen transfer is available. That version is superior to this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide