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.
Acting
Ellen Burstyn unhinged and Ashley Judd matching her chaos
Costume
Spanning decades of southern belle glamour and disaster
Writing
Callie Khouri adapting her own chaotic source material
Director
Callie Khouri
Sandra Bullock
Sidda
Ellen Burstyn
Vivi
Fionnula Flanagan
Teensy
James Garner
Shep Walker
Cherry Jones
Buggy
Ashley Judd
Younger Vivi
Shirley Knight
Necie
Angus Macfadyen
Connor
Maggie Smith
Caro
Jacqueline McKenzie
Younger Teensy
Katy Selverstone
Younger Caro
Kiersten Warren
Younger Necie
David Lee Smith
Younger Shep Walker
Gina McKee
Genevieve
Matthew Settle
Jack
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Callie Khouri won an Oscar for writing Thelma & Louise before directing this, her feature debut. The woman knows complicated women.
The Ya-Ya books were massive in the early 2000s 'divine secrets of female friendship' publishing wave. This film is essentially the era's aesthetic preserved in amber—complete with Sandra Bullock's aggressively layered hair.
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