Amazon.com essential video: Based on Robert Harling's play, this comedy-drama directed by Herbert Ross (The Turning Point) follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana town. The story deepens as Julia Roberts, playing a serious diabetic and the daughter of Sally Field, goes downhill in her health. But as an ensemble piece, this is one of those enjoyably lumpy tearjerkers with many years' worth of stored truths suddenly being shared between the characters, lots of grievances aired, that sort of thing. Daryl Hannah and Shirley MacLaine assume the most eccentric roles, Dolly Parton the most fun, and Olympia Dukakis the most dignified, while Sally Field essentially provides the moral and emotional center of the movie. --Tom Keogh
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Rating: - STEEL MAHNOLIAS
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Rating: - The best women's movie
Steel Magnolias is the best "strong" women film. I enjoyed viewing this with my mother, and my sister. What a treat to be enjoyed time after time.
Rating: - poor !!!!!!!!!!!
never recived my DVD but did recieve reund was dissapointed wanted the movie real bad
Rating: - BEST MOVIE WITH JULIA ROBERTS & DOLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is my favorite movie that has Dolly and Julia. I love Julia and Dolly both - but to have them together in one is even better! I also love Sally Field - second best actress. I am speechless. ALl I have to say is this is the most wonderful review ever.
Rating: - Girl's Club in Louisiana
At the moment I can think of no other film featuring four academy award winning actresses, and Darryl Hannah and Dolly Parton hold up well in this ensemble featuring Oscar-winners Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley Maclaine.
Steel Magnolias is an artifice - a fictional Southern Universe where all the women are strong and funny and compassionate and lovable despite their flaws. It's the kind of fictional universe where the characters are named M'Lynn, Truvy, Ouiser (pronounced "Wheezer"), Annelle, Clairee and Shelby. In my extensive travels in the south I have ... Read More
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