Steel Magnolias

Six divas of the silver screen – Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts – come together as bosom buddies in this hilarious and heartwarming story of life, love and loss in a small Louisiana parish. At the center of the group is Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts), newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening. Terrified and angry at the possibility of losing her only daughter, M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) looks to her four closest friends for strength and laughter as she battlesher deepest fear of death in order to join Shelby in celebrating the miracle of new life.

Critic Reviews:

• " A good film for the soft-hearted more than the paean to womanly strength that was its motive. " – Angie Errigo (Empire Magazine)

• " Steel Magnolias is so immersed by the conviction of its story that in a way it becomes an extension of our own human experience. " – David Keyes (Cinemaphile.org)

• " This is a little too dependent on sassy one-liners and is awash with sentiment by the end, but is still wonderful entertainment. " – David Parkinson (Radio Times)