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 fianc�, 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, Rovi.

8 additional scenes, Commentaries with Director Callie Khouri and actress Ashley Judd, Filmmaker commentary with Khouri, Executive producer Lisa Stewart, producers Bonnie Bruckheimer, and Hunt Lowry, editor Andrew Marcus and composer T Bone Burnett, Featurettes: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Ya-Ya sisterhood scrapbook, Alison Krauss music video, Sitting in the Window of My Room, Interactive menus, Theatrical trailer, Cast/director film highlights, Scene access, Languages: English & Fran?ais (dubbed in Quebec), Subtitles: English, Fran?ais & Espa?.

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