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- 1989
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 1989
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
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.
Directed By: Herbert Ross
Written By: Robert Harling
- 1989
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
- 1989
- PG
- TriStar Pictures
- 1 h 57 m
Steel Magnolias
56
7.6
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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.
Directed By: Herbert Ross
Written By: Robert Harling
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
56
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
This film is a true story and a brilliant depiction of friendship that manages to be witty, warm, uplifting, and, just when you thought you were safe, utterly heartbreaking. It’s also frequently laugh-out-loud funny.
MacLaine grabbing Dukakis by the bangs, shoving her head back with a sneering “Have your roots done,” radiates more feminine fellowship than a dozen sisterhoods of the travelling pants. Not bad for a movie that alternates the tragedy of dying young and beautiful against the comedy of growing old and bitter.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.6
67% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
33% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 21 User Ratings
7.6
67% Positive
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
33% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
The six women of the film steal the show in Steel Magnolias with their terrific performances. masterfully shifting from comedy to drama to bring an emotional train ride while entertaining us with their top notch chemistry.
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Great! Funny, Touching. And the actresses were amazing! Great start for Julia Roberts
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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.
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."
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]
Steel Magnolias is pop entertainment of an especially condescending, superficial sort. Its bitchiness and greeting-card truisms are made no more palatable by the fact that Mr. Harling probably wrote it with as much sincerity and passion as Mr. Shepard put into "Fool for Love."
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."
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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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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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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Una agradable película clásica; la trama es decente y las actuaciones son muy buenas; la recomiendo.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
American Comedy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
