http://www.rpoints.com/?ruid=5 2421 earn £5 when you sign up xx Donna xx
http://www.rpoints.com/?ruid=5 2421 earn £5 when you sign up xx Donna xx
Member since:06.08.2004
Reviews:36
Members who trust:12
This is my favourite film of all time, for a film that hasn’t got many people raving about it; this film has an all star cast including Julia Roberts, Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Sally Fields and many more.
THE PLOT
This film is great because it's actually based on a true story, which means it's both stronger and better than any fiction story. The film centers on six women of different ages and different classes over a couple of years. The film follows their hardships, triumphs, and friendships with each other. It's a great "chick" movie and men usually hate it. The main story is based around Shelby who is a serious diabetic and suffers terrible seizures however despite her doctor's warnings and her over-protective mother's wishes Shelby is determined to live life to the full and part of living life and she does. The story really introduces everyone at Shelby’s wedding and that’s where the five friends take in the new girl Annelle. Not long after the wedding Shelby announces she is having a child with her husband Jackson, which doesn’t please her mother as her mother knows the risks that could happen. After having the baby Shelby’s health goes down hill and her friends and family all come together to help one another and overcome the tragedy that is there awaiting them.
Steel Magnolias will touch the heart of every one that watches it and tears and laughs will be shared. I recommend that everyone should at watch this film at least once. The laughs come mainly from the one line insults that two of the older members of the group. Ouiser and her best friend Clairee are always throwing insults at each other but deep down they know they love each other dearly.
CAST
Sally Field as M'Lynn Eatenton Dolly Parton as Truvy Jones Shirley MacLaine as Louisa 'Ouiser' Boudreaux Julia Roberts as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie Daryl Hannah as Annelle Dupuy Desoto Olympia Dukakis as Clairee Belcher Dylan McDermott as Jackson Latcherie Tom Skerritt as Drum Eatenton Kevin J. O'Connor as Sammy Dwayne Desoto Jonathan Ward as Jonathan Eatenton Knowl Johnson as Thomas 'Tommy' Lee Eatenton Sam Shepard as Spud Jones Ann Wedgeworth as Aunt Fern Thornton Bibi Besch as Belle Marmillion Bill McCutcheon as Owen Jenkins
My original copy of this film was on a video however now I have bought it on DVD I get the joy of extra’s which is fab because I thought that a film made in 1989 would have any but it does!
DVD EXTRA’S
• Deleted Scenes • Directors Commentary • Featurette In Full Bloom Remembering The Steel Magnolias • Filmographies • Isolated Score • Menu Music
How helpful would this review be to a person making a buying decision? Rating guidelines
Production Year: 2003 - Drama - Director: Michael Winterbottom - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Jeanne Balibar
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
just finished watchin it which i wouldnt have done without the review. great film. went through a whole box of hankies!
jesi 15.09.2004 19:33
Does that mean you have a copy of the video to lend out (as in PLEASE?) - I'd love to see it, following your description - in between doing my studies. ≈≈≈≈{; -)-{{::::: |||||<
Based on Robert Harling's play and directed by Herbert Ross,Steel Magnoliasis a ... more
comedy-drama that follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana hometown. The story deepens as Julia R...
Postage & Packaging: £1.21 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
Based on Robert Harling's play and directed by Herbert Ross,Steel Magnoliasis a ... more
comedy-drama that follows several years in the lives of women who regularly see one another at a beauty shop in their small Louisiana hometown. The story deepens as Julia R...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
A beautiful bittersweet comedy set in deep south Louisiana 'Steel Magnolias' unites ... more
talents of America's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences beautiful Shelby (Juli...
Postage & Packaging: £0.00 Availability: 3-5 working days