Story Line
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.
“Six extraordinary friends. They share each other's laughter. They dry each other's tears.”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
1989-11-15
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
ComedyDramaRomance
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User Reviews (2)
GenerationofSwine
10/10
•1/14/2023You 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 ...
kevin2019
5/10
•4/18/2025"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 introduc...