Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Full Screen)

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Full Screen)

List Price: $14.96
Our Price: $1.49
You Save: $13.47 (90%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases

DVD Cover Information

Movie Reviews of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Full Screen)

Movie Review: YEAH, YEAH FOR THE YA-YAS!
Summary: 5 Stars

By now many readers are familiar with the story of how Divine Secrets, written and published after Little Altars Everywhere, was sold primarily through word of mouth first by booksellers and then by readers around the country. Appealing to women and their sense of camaraderie, the book was immediately sought after by reading groups and Ya-Ya groups began springing up around the country. Perhaps they were the late 90's answer to the earlier feminist consciousness raising groups but many readers seemed to have a need to get in touch with their feminine side and girlfriends after reading these books. And when plans for the movie were announced, many pleased readers couldn't wait to see how the movie transfered to the screen. While I read and loved Little Altars Everywhere, I held off on reading The Divine Screts of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood for some reason and am now I'm wondering if the book is as good as the movie.

In the movie, directed by Callie Khouri who also directed Thelma and Louise, Ellen Busrstyn plays Vivi Walker a Southern belle from Louisiana and one of the Ya-Yas. The Ya-Yas are a group of women friends who have been there for each other for more years than they care to admit to. Spanning over 50 years, the movie shifts from present times to ther past as we watch scenes from both books. And as we watch, we get an idea what the Ya-Yas are all about as we first glimpse them as young girls to their loves during WWII to the women as young mothers and finally to the present when Vivi is in a rage and about to disown her oldest child. Seems as thogh Siddalee, an up and coming director, when interviewed by a magazine was quoted as saying her mother is, "one of the most charming wounded people in the world and also dangerous." Now it is up to the other three Ya-Yas to inform Siddalee about the Ya-Yas and in a bold move they kidnap her from her home and lover to a cabin in Louisiana. It is there, over a period of a few days, that Sidalee learns about the Ya-Yas ands their divine secrets. And as the viewer watches these scenes play out one can't help but marvel at the fine cast. We watch Ashley Judd play the young high spirited Vivi to perfection and then Ellyn Burstyn as the older and still vibrant Ya-Ya and mother. Sidalee is played by Sandra Bullock and the other Ya-Yas are played by Maggie Smith, who totes around an oxygen tank for her emphysema, Shirley Knight and Fionnula Flanagan who I remember as Clothilde from Rich Man, Poor Man. Even James Garner as Shep, Viv's husband seemed to be the right choice.

This film has beautifully crafted scenes which I won't forget too soon. From the first one where we watch as the young Ya-Yas pledge allegiance to one another to a wonderful scene late in the movie between mother and daughter where the divine secret is revealed, you'll think about your own Ya-Ya Sisterhood and laugh and cry.

This is one of those movies which stays wih you long after you leave the theater. See the movie. You may even want to read the books. And then ask yourselves if if you don't agree with me that the Ya-Yas are wacky, fun, infectious, sad, confusing, confounding but always lovable. I bet you'll also agree with me when I say again YEAH YEAH FOR THE DIVINE SECXRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD!
While this movie has been termed a chick flick or mother daughter film it is truly a wonderful represntation of what women mean to erach other. It ranks hiughly among other fiklms with

Summary of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (Full Screen)