Divine Secrets Of The Ya-ya Sisterhood (Full Frame)

New York playwright Sidda Lee Walker is a long way from her Louisiana hometown, but an even greater emotional distance separates her from her mother Vivi. Like mother, like daughter: neither is likely to take the steps to bridge the chasm between them. No, this is a job for the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. The Ya-Yas - sworn lifelong friends of Vivi - stage an unorthodox "intervention" to bring daughter and mother together in this warm, winning adaptation of Rebecca Well's bestsellers, written for the screen and directed by Thelma & Louise Academy Award winner Callie Khouri. Sandra Bullock plays Sidda and leads a stellar cast: Ellen Burstyn(as present-day Vivi), Ashley Judd(as the younger Vivi), James Gardner and as the trio of irascible do-good Ya-Yas, Fionnula Flanagan, Shirley Knight, and Maggie Smith. "This sisterhood is powerful and powerfully funny," The Philadelphia Inquirer's Carrie Rickey wrote.