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      Steel Magnolias

      1989, Comedy/Drama, 1h 58m

      36 Reviews 100,000+ Ratings

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      Steel Magnolias has jokes and characters to spare, which makes it more dangerous (and effective) when it goes for the full melodrama by the end. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      M'Lynn (Sally Field) is the mother of bride-to-be Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts), and as friend Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) fixes the women's hair for the ceremony, they welcome a helping hand from aspiring beautician Annelle Dupuy Desoto (Daryl Hannah). Diabetic Shelby has a health scare, which is averted but doesn't bode well for her hopes of having children. Time passes, and the women and their friends encounter tragedy and good fortune, growing stronger and closer in the process.

      • Rating: PG

      • Genre: Comedy, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Herbert Ross

      • Producer: Ray Stark

      • Writer: Robert Harling, Robert Harling

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $79.4M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: TriStar Pictures

      • Production Co: Rastar Films

      • Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, Dolby

      • Aspect Ratio: 35mm

      Cast & Crew

      Sally Field
      Dolly Parton
      Shirley MacLaine
      Daryl Hannah
      Olympia Dukakis
      Julia Roberts
      Tom Skerritt
      Sam Shepard
      Dylan McDermott
      Bill McCutcheon
      Robert Harling
      Ray Stark
      Andrew Stone
      Victoria White
      Georges Delerue
      John A. Alonzo
      Paul Hirsch
      Gene Callahan
      Edward Pisoni
      Hub Braden
      Michael Okowita
      Garrett Lewis
      Lee Poll

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      • Sep 05, 2014

        This bittersweet drama has a very nice cast and deserves credit for making us laugh and cry at the same time even in its most melodramatic scenes, but the film's last seven minutes are simply awful and should have been excised from it without any mercy.

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      • May 14, 2013

        Moving film. This is Olympia Dukakis' best role. I love it more than my luggage!

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      • Jun 23, 2011

        Heartwarming! A must see!

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      • Nov 17, 2010

        As delightful as the female ensemble is, this movie uses a dramatic trick that cheapens it somewhat at the end. However, there are enough comic one-liners to make up for this. Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine are superb, and Dolly Parton is a natural. This is definitely a chick flick. It will make you cry, but it's not Terms of Endearment.

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