You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll forgive your own mother (well, maybe). Bottom line - you can't help by go ga-ga for Ya-Ya.

| Nov 7, 2019

The Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood was a little ahead of its time... it dreamed big, floundered and eventually petered out, making way for better versions of itself. But that doesn't mean it wasn't important.

| Jun 3, 2019

Chick flick for mom; teens may not enjoy it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 22, 2010

Sandra Bullock is great as Siddalee Walker, the angry and disgruntled woman who has a cross to bear with her mother and often exhibits the corky odd traits her mother does.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 29, 2009

While there are pleasures to be had from watching so many grand actresses strut their stuff, the fact is that the overriding preoccupation here rests with surface impressions rather than psychological probity.

Full Review | Sep 5, 2008

I heard something in the audience I don't hear often any more: the sound of middle-aged women laughing.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 30, 2007

If Hollywood is to be believed, something about growing up in the South turns women into quirky, often-hysterical drama queens.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 6, 2006

Better make the most of the first ten minutes of this execrable melodrama (directed by the scriptwriter of Thelma & Louise), because from then on it's the yackety-yack sisterhood in spades.

| Jan 26, 2006

...if you plan on having a man watch this film with you, do him a favor...and don't.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 31, 2005

Seeing the film, my initial, gut perception of those who form real life Ya-Ya Sisterhoods stands: these are women with way too much time on their hands.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

There are some truly great actresses in this movie, but nearly all of them are wasted playing caricatures.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 30, 2005

Though [Khouri] has an obvious flair for exploring the inner workings of the female mind, she unfortunately glosses over a pinnacle moment in the story and inevitably lets the viewer down.

| Feb 1, 2004

That such strong, capable women are called on to carry a film as shoddy as Ya-Ya in front of and from behind the camera is hardly progress.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 12, 2004

A tal irmandade Ya-Ya de uma bobagem extremada, e o roteiro tem buracos incrveis, deixando de lado vrios pontos sobre os irmos de Burstyn e Bullock, que so mencionados, mas nunca vistos.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 25, 2003

...it becomes clear that these two hours would be better spent reflecting on our own treasured memories than getting confused by this group's sordid past.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 9, 2003

...Mostly a load of pretentious crap, but it has its moments.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Since, at least as relates to its central plot, Ya-Ya cheerleads for the pure life-living gusto of its gaudy heroines, some spirited overacting and slathery screenwriting is less a liability than a guilty pleasure the movie is wholly in on.

| Original Score: B | Jan 10, 2003

It is the actresses' irreproachable ability to tap into the feminine psyche, to capture the beauty of female friendships and to demonstrate the complex love and loathe relationship often found between mothers and daughters that elevates this movie.

| Original Score: 74/100 | Dec 16, 2002

Cross-generational mother-daughter drama is a little familiar, but it'll still warm your heart.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2002

Well-made, but frequently boring and predictable drama -- a couple of decent performances but the climax doesn't work and it's all been done better elsewhere.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 30, 2002