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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
not as good as i thought it would be
I read the book that this movie was based on and found it amazing. it portrayed a new genre of women (really cheeky and bad but so loving and wonderful and sisterly that it made up). The book was excellent and the story flowed so when I heard it was to be made into a movie I was eager to see it. I was however, unfortunately disappointed with the results. The actors were suitably and quite well cast and the acting was good too, especially by the actors who played Vivi, however the story just didn't work. It missed out essential details and pretty much changed the storyline to suit a budget and time period, the fact that Sidda didn't willingly go to her friends cabin to find herself and she was drugged by the yayas just didn't make sense and the movie genre changed from what could have been a drama with comedy mixed in to a miss matched and wrongly timed comedy that wasn't really that funny. I was disappointed with the film and feel it might have been better not to make it into a movie at all. It lacked so much of the southern culture and spirit that made the book a best seller.