Steel Magnolias

11/15/19891h 57m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Six extraordinary friends. They share each other's laughter. They dry each other's tears. ~

Overview:

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$15,000,000.00

Revenue:

$95,904,091.00

Key words:

strong woman
southern usa
beauty
female friendship
based on play or musical
mourning
loving
sentimental
hilarious
compassionate
distressing

Cast

Sally Field

~ as ~

M'Lynn Eatenton

Dolly Parton

~ as ~

Truvy Jones

Shirley MacLaine

~ as ~

Ouiser Boudreaux

Daryl Hannah

~ as ~

Annelle Dupuy

Olympia Dukakis

~ as ~

Clairee Belcher

Julia Roberts

~ as ~

Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

Tom Skerritt

~ as ~

Drum Eatenton

Sam Shepard

~ as ~

Spud Jones

Dylan McDermott

~ as ~

Jackson Latcherie

Kevin J. O'Connor

~ as ~

Sammy Desoto

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Reviews (2)

GenerationofSwine
Written 2 year(s) ago
10
You can tell from the start that this was adapted from the stage. The dialogue--for the most part--has the same earnest theatrics as your average play, and honestly it works fairly well in a knock-off Tennessee Williams kind of way.

And the stage adaptation becomes even more evident when it shows itself to be a comedy tear-jerker.

And, as I said, that's fine. It has pro-talent and it's always nice to bring the stage into your living room from time to time.
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kevin2019
Written 2 month(s) ago
5
"Steel Magnolias" is an emotionally barren experience throughout as it attempts to emulate the feeble "Beaches" (1988) and it largely accomplishes the same startling underachievement as that memorably lacklustre film. This time around we are introduced (or perhaps that should be we are subjected) to an assortment of constantly wittering women warbling on about a wealth of risible nonsense we are supposed to care about (or perhaps that should be find entertaining and funny), but in the main it is none of these things which is hardly surprising since much of it is aimed squarely at what will probably be a more appreciative female audience while the rest of us merely endure it - while wishing we were watching "Die Hard" instead - and we are never rewarded with anything of thought provoking consequence which might make any of it seem worthwhile.