Synopsis
A mother and daughter dispute is resolved by the "Yaya sisterhood" - long time friends of the mother.
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Cast
- Sandra BullockSidda Walker
- Ellen BurstynVivi Abbott Walker
- Fionnula FlanaganTeensy Whitman
- James GarnerShep Walker
- Cherry JonesBuggy Abbott
- Ashley JuddYounger Vivi
- Shirley KnightNecie Kelleher
- Angus MacfadyenConnor McGill
- Maggie SmithCaro Bennett
- Jacqueline McKenzieYounger Teensy
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
As a rich, gum-chewing matron who tools around in her canary-yellow Rolls-Royce, Flanagan is the picture's real scene-stealer. - 63
Chicago Tribune
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. - 60
Los Angeles Times
This is a work of excess and passion, an untidy sprawl of a motion picture that is sometimes ragged, occasionally uncertain, but -- and this is what's important -- always warm, accessible and rich in emotional life. - 50
Portland Oregonian
During one or two comic set-pieces, you can see the appeal that the Ya-Yas hold for readers. But you can also sense, farther in the distance, the more vital film that might have been. - 50
Baltimore Sun
As for the Ya-Yas: They're not as much fun as the First Wives' Club. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Suffers from an excess of material crammed into too little screen time. There's so much story that the characters get short shrift; you have to wonder, for example, what became of Siddalee's three siblings. - 50
Charlotte Observer
A question: If you hire actresses from England, Kansas, Ireland and Michigan, shouldn't someone teach them all to do believable Southern accents -- and remind them to keep doing those accents as the film goes on? - 50
Miami Herald
The film relies a bit too much on the humor of older women flipping each other off and mouthing obscenities, although it is hilarious to see the usually proper Smith frantically chopping up a roofie to slip into Sidda's drink.
