"Steel Magnolias," released in 1989 was directed by Herbert Ross. It stars Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. Yes, this is essentially a chick flick...just a lot better than most...and yes, this is an extremely impressive list of talented actresses and that was my reason for wanting to see the movie. All of the actors in this movie are tremendously overshadowed by the actresses, because the movie is all about them, so I won't bother to list the actors here, they all just play the husbands of the leads. "Steel Magnolias" is set in the South, with several scenes involving the core group of friends/confidents/etc. taking place in a beauty parlor run by Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton). Well anyways she hires Annelle Dupuy (Daryl Hannah). Truvy, Annelle, Louise Boudreaux (Shirley MacLaine), M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field), and Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis) are the best of friends. Shelby (Julia Roberts), M'Lynn's daughter, is newly married and is expecting a child. However, this could prove to be extremely life threatening because of her diabetes. This is the center of the drama in the movie. Amid the drama there are several funny lines throughout the movie. The six main actresses have fantastic chemistry and interact very naturally with each other. I'm not a fan of Julia Roberts, although she did get an Oscar nomination for this, but she wasn't bad in "Steel Magnolias". I'm not a huge Daryl Hannah fan either. But, the other four women are fantastic. Overall I liked the movie. It wasn't drawn out and I didn't feel like the drama or anything came off as fake. I normally steer clear of chick flicks of any kind because they are horrible, but every so often a movie comes along like "Dirty Dancing", "When Harry Met Sally...", or "Ghost" that are actually good and worth watching. I would put "Steel Magnolias" on that small list of chick flicks that I like. It's not Oscar worthy...but not every movie is. The lead actresses make the movie. If you like any of these actresses, then give the movie a try...they are they main thing this movie has going for it.-Joseph Sbrilli
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