New York playwright Sidda Lee Walker is a long way from her Louisiana ho metown, but an even greater emotional distance separates her from her m other Vivi. The Ya-Yas - sworn lifelong friends of Vivi - stage an unort hodox "intervention" to bring daughter and mother together in this warm, winning adaptation of Rebecca Well's bestsellers, written for the screen and directed by Thelma & Louise Academy Award® winner Callie Khouri.