Rotten
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.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Secret Is Out.
2002 · 1h 56m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Callie Khouri
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Overview
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Gives us a lot to enjoy and something most studio movies don't even try for: an attempt at the richness, density and sheer contrariness of life.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
As 'chick flicks' go, this one is pretty miserable, resorting to string-pulling rather than legitimate character development and intelligent plotting.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Rotten
Not one character in this ovarian jungle is particularly likable.
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh
Khouri manages, with terrific flair, to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum.
F.X. Feeney, L.A. Weekly
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