Angus Macfadyen, Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn
After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.
DVD Release Date: November 5, 2002
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December 2, 2007this was a waste of time. it was well acted, but it was one of the slowest moving films i have ever seen.
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August 7, 2007Grab your tissues and send the guys away just as well this is utter pants :P
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April 1, 2007Definitely interesting and not quite like any other film I've ever seen.
It shows that every little thing, whether good or bad, has an effect on our lives and on the person we become. And further down the chain, the person we are has an effect on the person our children are. -
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September 24, 2009A solid film about tension between a mother and daughter. She then gets a book describing her mother and the Ya-Yas. Which is her group of friends and their past lives. The story is more geared for a female audience. A really great cast is in this. I enjoyed James Garner the most...( read more)
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August 21, 2009Love that book and the movie.
Beautiful story about friendship, family, broken dreams and struggle.
Ashley Judd and Ellen Burstyn were awesome as Viviane Joan 'Vivi' Abbott Walker. She is such a unique, strange, beautiful, but complicated character. I also like coolness of...( read more) -
Critic Reviews
June 18, 2002
Nick Schager, Matinee Magazine
June 10, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Except for Ashley Judd, who shows true grit as Vivi in her babe days, the effect is like being buried in molasses. full review
June 7, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Not that there's nothing to enjoy about Divine Secrets, but it too frequently veers into screechy melodrama or artificially drawn-out conflict. full review
June 7, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
There's no denying that Divine Secrets is a clumsy journey, but at the end we know we've been places. full review
June 7, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The movie's main point, that sisterhood is powerful -- or, in this case, pahrful -- is hammered home in a hundred different ways. Those nailheads seal the movie off tight and clean. full review
June 7, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There is not a character in the movie with a shred of plausibility, not an event that is believable, not a confrontation that is not staged, not a moment that is not false. full review
June 7, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today
It's a predictable chick flick raised to a level above soap opera by an impressive cast. full review
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