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Steel Magnolias
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 7, 2012
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
76
80% Positive
12 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
76
80% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
20% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
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.
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.
Downsizing to television not only doesn't hurt Steel Magnolias--it may have brought it into better focus.
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.
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.
While some tension looms throughout Steel Magnolias, it's really more a character drama.
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.
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Production Company:
- Flavor Unit Entertainment
- Lifetime Movie Network (LMN)
- Sony Pictures Television
- Storyline Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Oct 7, 2012
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
Awards
Image Awards (NAACP)
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Black Reel Awards
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
NAMIC Vision Awards
• 2 Nominations
