

Steel Magnolias
Six extraordinary friends. They share each other's laughter. They dry each other's tears.
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.
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7.2/10
778 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $95.9M
- Language
- English
- strong woman
- southern usa
- louisiana
- beauty
- female friendship
- based on play or musical
- dysfunctional family
- kidney transplant
- beauty salon
- family drama
- wedding
- mourning
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremierePGNew York City, New York5 Nov 1989
- Theatrical (limited)PG15 Nov 1989
- TheatricalPG22 Nov 1989
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG9 Feb 1990
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM15 Feb 1990
BrazilBR
- Physical12DVD30 Apr 2007
- TV109 Sept 2016
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT18+1 Dec 2000
DenmarkDK
- TheatricalA16 Mar 1990
FranceFR
- TheatricalU14 Feb 1990
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1215 Mar 1990
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG9 Feb 1990
JapanJP
- TheatricalG21 Apr 1990
NetherlandsNL
- Premiere1415 Nov 1989
SlovakiaSK
- TV12Markíza 30 Mar 1997
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Steel Magnolias was released on 15 November 1989.
Audience reviews
3- G10/10
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023
You 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 adaptation becomes even more evident when it shows itself to be a comedy tear-jerker. And, as I said, that's fine. It has pro-talent and it's always nice to bring the …
- K5/10
kevin2019
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 introduced (or perhaps that should be we are subjected) to an assortment of constantly wittering women warbling on about a wealth of risible nonsense we are supposed to care abou…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
8/20/2026
Ok, so it's a film largely about women - but I still reckon Tom Skerritt's innovative way of stopping crows nesting in his tree is one of the best moments of this otherwise really quite sentimental drama. Things all centre around "Shelby" (Julia Roberts) who is about to be married to her sweetheart "Jackson" (Dylan McDermott) and so they are all frequenting the beauty salon of the cheery "Truvy" (Dolly Parton). Now t…
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