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| TriStar Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 1989 |
Starring:
Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Dylan McDermott, Julia Roberts, Kevin J. O'Connor, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Sam Shepard, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt
Summary:
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.
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The principal pleasure of the movie is in the ensemble work of the actresses, as they trade one-liners and zingers and stick together and dish the dirt. Steel Magnolias is willing to sacrifice its over-all impact for individual moments of humor, and while that leaves us without much to take home, you've got to hand it to them: The moments work.
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Steel Magnolias is an old-fashioned "klatsch" film, a prefeminist relic in which a group of women eschew the public world of men in favor of the community of the coffee table. Their world is shown as inferior to men's in terms of power but superior to it in emotion and insight into the things that "really matter."
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Everything Terms of Endearment's detractors
accused Terms of being: a synthetic, manipulative tragi-comedy with
performances more appropriate to a proscenium arch - or to a drag show -
than to the wide screen. And yet, there are moments in the movie of high
comedy and sequences of searing truth. At its worst, Steel Magnolias is
vastly inferior to Designing Women; at its best, it brings to mind (but
never equals) Tennessee Williams. [20 Nov 1989]
The movie is an orgiastic celebration of big, sloppy emotions; it's the film equivalent of "Feelings." And what we're supposed to take from it is a renewed faith in the indomitable strength of women. But with all this big acting and all these stars elbowing for space in front of the camera, the film comes across as something quite the opposite of what was intended, not a tribute to femininity but a kind of grotesque parody -- a corn-pone variation on "The Women."
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Jul 28, 2018
Great! Funny, Touching. And the actresses were amazing! Great start for Julia Roberts
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Jun 10, 2019
A truly touching film that starts off seemingly just as a rom-com but proves to be one of the best female lead films ever made. Wonderfully cast and beautifully shot.
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Feb 26, 2020
Caught this on TV the other day, nothing else was on so I said what the heck. I cried like a baby!! That hasn't happened since Toy Story 3!
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Dec 25, 2018
A great ensemble cast and a simple, touching script really makes Steel Magnolias a must see movie. There are funny moments, sad moments, and a lot of lessons about friendship and life. This is a great movie, and the actresses leading the cast really make the whole film.
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Feb 20, 2021
Una agradable película clásica; la trama es decente y las actuaciones son muy buenas; la recomiendo.
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