Steel Magnolias (1989)

7.2 ? Nov 15, 1989 1h 57m

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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.

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.

Genres

Comedy Drama Romance

Release Date

November 15, 1989

Rating

7.2 /10

Runtime

1h 57m

Official Trailer from YouTube

Sally Field

M'Lynn Eatenton

Dolly Parton

Truvy Jones

Shirley MacLaine

Ouiser Boudreaux

Daryl Hannah

Annelle Dupuy

Olympia Dukakis

Clairee Belcher

Julia Roberts

Shelby Eatenton Latcherie

Tom Skerritt

Drum Eatenton

Sam Shepard

Spud Jones

Dylan McDermott

Jackson Latcherie

Kevin J. O'Connor

Sammy Desoto

Bill McCutcheon

Owen Jenkins

Ann Wedgeworth

Aunt Fern

Knowl Johnson

Tommy Eatenton

Jonathan Ward

Jonathan Eatenton

Bibi Besch

Belle Marmillion

Janine Turner

Nancy Beth Marmillion

James Wlcek

Marshall Marmillion

Ronald Young

Drew Marmillion

Nancy Parsons

Janice Van Meter

Robert Ginnaven

Mayor Van Meter

GenerationofSwine

10.0/10

Jan 14, 2023

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

5.0/10

Apr 18, 2025

"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.

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