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Great Film overall

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Shirley Maclaine as the wry, eccentric Ouisa is the best thing about this movie. She lights up every scene she is in, and has the best comic role. This movie means very well and it's good to see six women as the stars. The male support actors such as Sam Shepherd and Tom Skerritt are excellent. The trouble is that the film's roots as a stage play are too obvious. Scenes are packed with dialogue and people standing around emoting. And there's not enough plot. All the female cast are likable but sometimes they just stand and deliver their lines rather than act them out. Which might be a direction problem. The movie is too long, but I love the small town setting and the fact the friends are from different generations.

28 years after its megahit release the ten versatile leads seem as strong a closely knit ensemble as ever and the story as deep and timely as ever. In a small southern town in Louisiana not far from the Texas panhandle border Sally Field struggles with daughter Julia Roberts' unwillingness to recognize the lifestyle restrictions of her type 1 dabetes and makes time every time she schedules Dolly Parton's beauty parlor to dish gossip with the other two very rich town ladies of leisure, Olympia Dukakis and Shirly Maclaine. A story possibility with potential depth and meaning comes alive from Herbert Ross with equally brilliant performances by Daryl Hannah, Sam Shepherd,Kevin J. O'connor, Dylan McDermott and Tom Skerrit. Magnificent sets and wardrobe and magnificent photography and editing make this brilliant, timely work of art one for posterity. Not a slow or dull second of dialogue or of editing from opening to closing credits.

I have always loved this movie. We have a running joke in our family. Daryl Hannah played Annelle Desoto. My name is Darrell and my sister's is Annelle. When we talk about the movie, we say Darrell played Annelle. Loved the beauty parlor scene talking about Marshall who is played by James Wleck. He bacame a regular for a couple of seasons of Walker Texas Ranger. He is one of my favorite actors. Sally Field is one of my favorite actresses. I loved her on Brothers and Sisters. Does anyone know if Robert Harling has written anymore screenplays. If anyone has an address for him, I would like to have it to write a short fan letter. I'm sorry I'm kind of rambling on here, but they said it had to be ten lines of text.

There are a couple reasons why everyone should watch this movie.First, Steel Magnolias is led by a strong female cast whose snappy and comedic dialogue are enjoyable to watch. Their performances are so raw and believable that it's a shock to learn that only Julia Roberts was nominated for an Oscar.The supporting cast is full of wonderful characters from Dolly Parton (Truvy) (she's so cute!), Olympia Dukakis (Clairee) and Shirley McLaine. McLaine was my favorite as Ouiser, a sarcastic, grouchy, two-time widow. Daryl Hannah was the one weak point within the tight group. Hannah's performance was spot on, but I found her character exhausting and annoying at times. Roberts was lovable as Field's daughter Shelby, whose Type One Diabetes casts a somber cloud over the otherwise cheerful movie.Second, the story is adapted from the play written by Robert Harling (The First Wives' Club). Harling's inspiration for the story came from his own tragic real-life experiences of dealing with his sister's sickness and eventual death.Third, Sally Field. Field is fantastic as Robert's strong and overprotective mother, M'Lynn. Field's monologue at the end gave me the chills, it was perfect representation of what M'Lynn was going through. It's enough just to watch the movie for that one scene. I have not seen many of her movies so I didn't realize how incredibly talented she is. I really really like her, I really do.Throughout the movie, I got confused with the time jumps and what was going on during some scenes. Sometimes the next scene jumps ahead a couple of years and I wouldn't realize it until the next scene. Other than that issue, I really have no complaints. The cinematography, hairstyling (the southern big puffy hair), and the acting by everyone (even the men) was perfect for this chick flick.A heartwarming and charming tearjerker, Steel Magnolias is a movie that everyone has to see at least once. Highly recommended. 8 out 10.