WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING…..

"The Ya-Yas are a helluva lot of fun. And so is this movie about them."

-- Shirley Sealy, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

"...Something that is genuinely...and almost quietly stirring."
-- Joe Morgenstern, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

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

"Despite the heart it wears on its sleeve, this movie brings back real women, and beneath the taffeta and the taffy, there's the actual stuff of real human conflict."
-- Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER

"We've got the chick flick of the year, here… and not a moment too soon!"
-- Eric Lurio, GREENWICH VILLAGE GAZETTE

"It does quite nicely by its tasty performances and a highly evocative song selection."
-- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"It's mostly a pleasure to watch. And the reason for that is a self-aware, often self-mocking, intelligence."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL

"…I was pleasantly surprised."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

"This Southern-belle saga is convinced that it's charming enough to mow down any viewer's skepticism. For the most part, its confidence is justified."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS

"Any woman who counts women as prime life support must revel in the bonds this saga explores."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS

"Cavils aside, many mothers and daughters will recognize themselves and each other in these impossible and infuriating but never dull characters."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE

"The writing is clever and the cast is appealing."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

"It's an exceptional example of ensemble acting."
-- Tom Sander, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL

"By the film's end, these rambunctious women have won your heart."
-- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE

"… its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly…"
-- Renee Graham, BOSTON GLOBE

"A rich, thoroughly engaging drama that is by turns funny, wistful, phantasmagorical and disturbing."
-- Glenn Lovell, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

"….Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood is nurturing, in a gauzy, dithering way."

-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES

"…..Ya-Ya wrings abundant laughter and tears."
-- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER

"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."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES

"Ya-Yas everywhere will forgive the flaws and love the film."
-- Melissa Ward Aguilar, HOUSTON CHRONICLE

"The film is faithful to what one presumes are the book's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents, but we have no idea who they were at our age; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are."
-- Duane Dudek, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL

"……comes to life in the performances."
-- Ann Hornaday, WASHINGTON POST

"…..at the end we know we've been places."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

"Having had the good sense to cast actors who are, generally speaking, adored by the movie-going public, Khouri then gets terrific performances from them all."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES

"There's a whole generation of people out there who can look back on their own mothers, the ones who were housewives and mothers less by choice than because their options were limited, and see in them little bits of Vivi."
-- Mary F. Pols, CONTRA COSTA TIMES

"A dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble. There isn't a weak or careless performance amongst them."
-- Michael Elliott, MOVIE PARABLES

"A rollicking mumbo-gumbo, delivering a spirited yet poignant message about dysfunctional families and forgiveness..."
-- Susan Granger, WWW.SUSANGRANGER.COM

"The tone errs on the shrill side, tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty, grace and a closet full of skeletons."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, PALO ALTO WEEKLY

"Maggie Smith as the Ya-Ya member with the O2-tank will absolutely crack you up with her crass, then gasp for gas, verbal deportment."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD

"The film has its strong points, especially the first-rate performances from its A-list cast."
-- CITYSEARCH

"You can blame the film for tugging at obvious heartstrings -- 'cause it does -- but chances are you're gonna want to call your mom just to say 'hello' the second the credits roll."
-- E! ONLINE