Steel Magnolias
Lifetime | Release Date: October 7, 2012
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
76
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New York PostLinda StasiOct 8, 2012
Season 1 Review: Even though we all know what happens, somehow in the hands of these magnificent women, you'll be wishing and hoping for a different ending. Read full review
100
San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesChuck BarneyOct 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Fortunately, the new Steel Magnolias turns out to be a full 90 minutes of wonderful. Read full review
91
Uncle BarkyEd BarkOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: References to Beyonce and Michelle Obama are worked in without reaching too hard. And the "black experience," although hardly monolithic, resonates in ways that make this version quite special and different. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyJessica ShawOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: The movie belongs to Queen Latifah, who brings so much heart to M'Lynn, she will make yours break all the more. Read full review
80
Philadelphia Daily NewsEllen GrayOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: Downsizing to television not only doesn't hurt Steel Magnolias--it may have brought it into better focus. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineMatt RoushOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: This movie comes most alive in those scenes when all the well-cast women (including Jill Scott as an unusually reserved Truvy) are bouncing off each other, biting but never drawing blood. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeSarah RodmanOct 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: As far as revisiting a tearjerker goes, Steel Magnolias reliably hits the funny bone and will assuredly send you to the tissue box Read full review
75
USA TodayRobert BiancoOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: Despite the tragedy that drives its plot, there's something slight about Steel Magnolias--a slightness that at times might have benefited from a lighter, faster touch. But it offers the pleasure of spending a Sunday night with some terrific female actors. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMike HaleOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: This Steel Magnolias is mostly restrained and relentlessly tasteful, qualities the original could not have been accused of. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamaraOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: The easy humor and palpable love in the ensemble scenes give this Steel Magnolias just enough buoyancy to survive the pools of syrup over which it must traverse. Read full review
70
VarietyBrian LowryOct 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: As with the earlier film, the men are virtually an afterthought, but the women shine --particularly Latifah. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: There's pleasure in seeing such talented actresses bounce off each other. Woodard could probably recite Google search links and would still turn in an Emmy-caliber performance. But these flowers never fully bloom. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsDavid HinckleyOct 5, 2012
Season 1 Review: While some tension looms throughout Steel Magnolias, it's really more a character drama. Read full review
58
NewsdayVerne GayOct 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: Still sweet and sad, but often dour and slow, too. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid WiegandOct 4, 2012
Season 1 Review: It has some winning moments, and clearly the cast members are having fun with their roles. In the end, though, it just doesn't connect the way it really should have. Read full review
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