A successful writer laments about her mother and her childhood to a reporter from Time and the subsequent article causes a rift between mother and daughter. Both sides increase their frustration with one another until finally the daughter disinvites the mother from her wedding. Now, the Ya Yas, a secret group of life-long friends to which the mother is a member, decide it's time to act they kidnap the daughter and bring her back home to rural Louisiana where they stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated, eccentric mother, find forgiveness and acceptance, and let go of her painful past with hopes that they can bring mother and daughter back together.
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I just finished watching it on HBO and I love this movie, it really won me over. Its a total emotional/funny film, youre laughing one minute and youre cring the next. I'm not the kind that cries but there were some parts where it just tore your heart out. Great acting by Ashley Judd, Ellen Burstyn, Katy Selverstone, Maggie Smith, Sandra Bullock, and Shirley Knight. I recomend this film to evryone, if your up for it.