Reviewed by: Becca

Directed by: Callie Khouri

Produced by: Bonnie Bruckheimer & Hunt Lowry

Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Maggie Smith, & Fionnula Flanagan

Comedy and Drama 1 hr. 56 min. A Southern comedy drama about life, love and family which follows a group of lifelong friends as they stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her eccentric mother, find forgiveness and come to terms with her difficult past.

When I saw the previews for this movie, I rolled my eyes at it. It seemed like a stupid idea for a movie, and I didn't even give it a second thought. Well, one day in complete boredom I found it among several other movies, and I decided to give it a shot. It's better then being bored, right? Please quote me using that sentence.

It's 100% a chick flick, but I am a chick so guess what? I liked it alot. It was about a mother and a daughter understanding what eachother has been through. The mother had put her through alot when she was growing up as the mother was a selfish person, she didn't see it or at least she hoped her daughter didn't. While the daughter only sees her mom for what she did to her. So, the Ya Ya sisterhood, which her mother made when they were little decides to jump in on the action and kidnap the girl to teach her about her mothers past. To tell her exactly what made her that way.

This was an excellent movie especially for it's moral lesson, which was don't judge people, no matter what they have done to you. You never know what they themselves have been through and how they have blinded themselves to the truth. Don't let them get away with doing wrong to you, but never judge them.