STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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00:00 - Intro
01:55 - Reaction
37:53 - Review - Zábava
"I can't tell what this movie is about yet."
It's about to make you cry like a baby is what it's about.
LMAO. Good one.
best description ever 😂
Steel Magnolias is based on a true story. Actor and writer Robert Harling wrote the play based on the true story of his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died from diabetic complications. This is one of the only movies that can make me laugh and cry at the same time.
Also, Dolly Parton is a national treasure and should be protected at all cost.
Truvy is the kind of friend everyone wishes they had
I never knew this. Thanks for letting us know. I did love this movie so much.
Robert Harling played the priest.
His mother was on the set during the scene when Shelby passes away. She said she “needed to see Julia get up and prove that she was still alive”. 😢
@@mariaghiglieri78he also played the minister who officiated the wedding and funeral. The nurses in the movie were Susan’s real nurses.
Well said
Although Sally Fields has two Oscars one for "Norma Ray" and one for "Places In The Heart", many people think she should have gotten an Academy Award for her performance in this film. I would have to agree.
Places In The Heart is also one of those movies that's under-reacted to. Sally is so good in that as is John Malkovich.
I really think the Academy should have some form of honorary award those who should’ve received an award at the time but got beat by another actor/actress but over time became more apparent they should’ve received an award for their role.
@@ItsLexy Danny Glover too.
@@yourlifeisagreatstory I always think of 1962, which gave us Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird and Peter O'Toole in Lawrence of Arabia, two of the greatest performances ever, but there could only be one Oscar. Then O'Toole went on the get six more nominations without a win until the Academy gave him a lifetime achievement Oscar. And then he went on to be nominated again! What a legend.
*Sally Field, Norma Rae 😁
My daughter has Type 1 diabetes and having a baby almost killed her. She was in the hospital for weeks at the end and had to deliver 9 weeks early. But...that little girl is happy, healthy and 4 years old now. :)
Awww yayyyy! Yeah so many people don't realize that diabetes especially type 1 can be managed but can have so many complications. I'm so glad your daughter and granddaughter and here and doing okay.
Awesome!
My Mom was a childhood diabetic, told she should never have children. My Mom and Dad prayed for a child, and I was born 3 months early, weighing 1 pound 5 ounces. After I was born, my Mom had a kidney and pancreas transplant, and she lived 15 more years. While waiting for the transplant, she went into a sepsis coma due to her dialysis shunt getting infected. When she came out of it her breathing tube had caused problems with her airway so years down the road (when I turned 15) they did a surgery to fix it. Although the surgery was a success, her lowered immune system couldn't fight off an infection she caught in the hospital. She passed away just before my 16th birthday. Everytime I watch this movie I feel a little closer to my Mom. I see her in the character of Shelby and how much she sacrificed to have me. I'm so thankful that unlike Jackson Jr., I got to have 15 wonderful years with my Mom. I miss her everyday, but like Anel said, I know she's watching over me.
9 weeks early! Bless
Your story is touching. Thank you for sharing.
Tom Skerritt wasn't just in Contact, he was also in Alien and Top Gun.
All of us were screaming Top Gun at them.
If you want to see Tom Skerritt at his best, Picket Fences.
Space camp
@@rnorth8812 I remember that show. David E. Kelley also at his best.
@@ts4608 That's a deep cut that most people don't know.
This is the true story of Susan Harling Robinson. When Susan’s husband remarried only five months after her death, and her brother Robert heard her son calling the new wife mommy, he was concerned he would never know what his mother did to give him life. He wrote the Broadway play, then the movie script. Robert played the minister at the wedding and graveside. The film used Susan’s actual nurses. Susan’s mother was on set for the scene when they turned off the machine. She needed to see Julia get up💔
I knew the story of Susan's death inspiring the writing of the play/movie but not that the husband remarried five months later. I always question when someone moves on that fast. Doesn't take away from the movie but makes me dislike the husband more than I already did.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 it made me wonder about him too. Especially, after the line in the movie when Shelby is discussing the pregnancy with M’Lynn. She says I think it would help things a lot. Marriage was in trouble.
The brother who wrote it was the vicar in the movie who performed the wedding and her funeral, their mother and other relatives are in the film too. She was absolutely distraught as u can imagine with the scene in the hospital and just wanted to stay to see " shelby" get out of the bed.
@mortimerbrewster3671 5 months seriously??? Omfg. That's shocking as hell I cannot imagine how much that hurt especially living in a small town where everyone knows everything.
Helps explain that little line about shelby thinking a baby would “help things a lot.” The marriage was already in trouble.
I cannot make it through that funeral speech by Sally Field without bawling like a baby. Ugly crying. It's impossible. The minute she says her hair looks like a brown football helmet and they ask her if she's okay and she says (again) that "I'M FINE!!!!" ... I'm done for. That's one of the most amazing displays of the range of emotions one goes through after loss -- sorrow, nostalgia, contemplation, defensiveness, anger, anguish. It's all right there in one speech and Sally Field acts the hell of it. She's amazing.
Yes, definitely Oscar-worthy! 😭
What gets me about the funeral scene is the fact that not only does Sally give a Oscar worthy performance but every actor gets to play a role. I particularly like Darryl ( who throughout this film shows growth that often people forget she is capable of).
Her yelling “I’m fine!” hits hard once you lose family and friends.
Yes, the first "A" in DABDA makes sense when you feel it.
Yes, Sally cutting lose with all of her dramatic skill is something to see!
Sally Field screaming 'why?!!' at Shelby's funeral goes right through my soul. I absolutely adore this movie, ALL the cast did a stellar job.
Shelby was type 1 diabetic. So is my son. In the salon she was having a hypoglycaemic attack (where the blood glucose falls below 4) This causes impaired brain function, can cause seizures, coma or death if not treated fast enough with sugar/glucose in order to bring blood glucose back up to normal levels.
Does it really make people act the way Shelby did? She seemed like she wasn't listening, refusing getting treated, etc. My father had type 2 diabetes I use to help him monitor it so I'm more familiar with that.
@Serenity113 I am diabetic. When my sugars are out of control, my emotions are way off. I cannot control being mean. I am very rude but I honestly don't know it while it's happening. Once my sugars regulate I know and I feel awful. I am not usually a mean person.
@@melhawl3685 Ohhh so that's why Shelby apologized to her mom afterwards. My father when his blood sugar drops, he would say he would feel shaky, sweaty, I think hungry too. So I would give him some orange juice, some soda maybe, or his candy. I don't think he ever acted mean so I'm assuming it's different for everyone.
@@Serenity113 Type 1 diabetic here. Everyone is different. I've never gotten mean during a low, per se, but it makes me feel very dizzy, sweaty, disoriented. It can easily affect your ability to regulate your emotions since a low is basically your brain being choked of glucose which is essential to it running smoothly. Luckily we have better technology now to prevent extremes from happening too often, but back in the 80's I imagine it was terribly difficult to manage with any accuracy.
@@Serenity113 yes it is different for each person.
Olympia Dukakis plays “Miss Clairee Belcher” in this film. She was a stage actress until her BREAKOUT role in “Moonstruck” where she won an Oscar for her performance. She did many interviews about how her kids were in college on her husband and her credit cards, and their debt had piled up. She was about to leave the industry and then Moonstruck walked into and changed her life. Right after, she was offered this role. She has many roles in many amazing films, and we lost her at age 89 in 2021.
Loved a lot of her movies. That one hurt (when she passed)😊
Olympia Dukakis is a national treasure. Actually all of the the actresses in this movie are. Legit Icons.
You guys should check “Moonstruck” out of you haven’t yet. It’s a good one 😊
@@tequila_mockingbird4525 I can watch that movie 100 times
I got to meet Olympia through work because of her connection to Armistad Muapin and a documentary in the works about her about 10 years ago. It was one of the most amazing moments of my life because I've loved this movie since it came out when I was in jr. high and Clairee and Ouiser are the biggest reasons why. We had a conversation about my grandmother and her grandkids because of a tattoo I have that she asked about, and she was absolutely lovely. Bucket list next is meeting Dolly.
My mother loves Dolly Parton. When she learned Dolly was unable to have children she was sad. She said it was a shame such a wonderful woman couldn't have children of her own. Someone from Nashville said Dolly Parton personally funds books for every child born in the State. She is a woman with a huge heart. This movie shows just how wonderful she really is.
On the plus side she's played a motherly role in a lot of people's lives.
14 states i think. Birth to age 5 so kids have books before they start school. She never had any.
Dolly Parton for President!
Add Emeritus role of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader to her well established list of accolades, as less than 3% of all women at the youthful age of 65 could have rocked that attire ONLY the way Dolly can during this past Thanksgiving Day. 🍻🇺🇸🤘🏼🇺🇸🍻
@@mustang4life True, but Dolly wasn't 65 last Thanksgiving......SHE WAS 77!
Fried Green Tomatoes has to be next! someone make it happen and add it to their list!!!
YES!
Wow!! I just watched that!!😮
These movies are like cousins 😂❤ just like green mile and Shawshank ❤
Please yes!
YES YES YES 🤩😍
"What was the story?" ** Remember when M'lynn was talking about how Shelby died? "I was afraid that I wouldn’t survive the next few minutes while they turned off the machines. Drum couldn't take it. He left. Jackson couldn’t take it. He left. It struck me as amusing. Men are supposed to be made of steel or something."
Steel. And the women are from the south; Magnolias. That's the title. Steel Magnolia is a colloquial term: "A woman who at once exhibits traditionally feminine qualities as well as indefatigable strength, determination, and resolve."
The only movie that makes me ugly cry every single time I watch it.
Spot on
Hello, it got me again too.
Watching this video made me realize how few movies like this are made anymore. The 80s and 90s were the decades of making movies that were just about the daily events of friendships/relationships - nothing flashy. It's sad that they had to keep asking what the movie was about.
The first time that I remember coming across the phrase "Steel Magnolia" was in some book I read in the mid 1980s. That was how the author referred to Former First Lady Rosalyn Carter. I wish that I could remember the name of the book,but I think that description of Mrs. Carter helped popularize the phrase describing strong Southren Women.
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The phrase holds true I think
I love that you included the two scenes between Spud & Truvy (when he doesn't want to go to the fireworks and then when he's getting ready to go to the funeral) . I don't think I've ever seen other reactors include those scenes in their videos and I just love them even though they might seem minor. Spud realizes how much Truvy means to him and that he needs to make an effort to show her what she means to him and also wants to be there on a hard day to support her. ❤ This is my all time favorite movie and I've seen it more times than I can begin to count. So many amazing quotes from it.
Sam Shepard played Spud. Great playwright and a surprisingly good actor.
ALL STAR CAST!! Shirley McClain, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts ALL Oscar Winners; plus Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah, Tom Skerritt.. it does not get better than this!!
Plus, the antagonist of" Cowboy Way ".
Shirley McClain was an amazing actress. Too bad almost no one remembers her today.
Cheers 🍺
@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb Most people, though, do remember Shirley MacLaine
@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sb She still is an amazing actress and millions of us remember her.
@@AbrahamdeLacy-xm8sba triple thread.
This was my mom and aunt’s favorite movie. Whenever a holiday rolled around they would always sit in the living room and watch it. Miss you, mom.
One of the most touching comments, here. Now, I'm crying again....thanks ALOT...LOL.
I love this movie but struggle to watch it now. My granddaughter unexpectedly died in 2018 following pregnancy complications, leaving behind a 5 week old son & a 3 year old daughter. "I wanna know how that baby will *ever* know how wonderful his mother was!" hits harder each year.
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Yeah, that thumbnail is about what I expected for your two’s reaction to this movie. This is one that makes you cry every time. Especially, that scene Sally Field has at the cemetery, I can’t even think about it without wanting to cry.
Yeah that scene is gut wrenching. Bravo Sally.
Tom Skerritt was also Viper in Top Gun, also no one ever comments on the fact that the only time M'Lynn and Drum actually speak to each other in the whole movie is when they're at the hospital and Drum tries to get her to take a break and she pushes him away. Other than that scene the only time you see them together is when they're seeing Shelby and Jackson off.
People always forget about him being Dallas in Alien
That's partly a hold-over from the original play. Drum is, actually, never seen at all in the play, we only hear M'Lynn talk about him (and we hear him shooting at the trees offstage 😆). Another thing that isn't mentioned often enough is that the antagonistic relationship between Drum and Ouiser is made much more hilarious when you know that Tom Skerritt and Shirley MacLaine had played husband and wife a decade earlier in the movie "The Turning Point". Obviously, they got along quite well and it's absolutely why the filmmakers chose to add some extra scenes for Drum & Ouiser in "Steel Magnolias".
Tom Skeritt played the father I'm one of my favorite movies. A River Runs Through It.
I’ve seen this movie 5-6x and Sally Fields at the funeral with that “whyyy?” gets me every single time
This was a play … and this was written by the brother of Shelby and he’s got a cameo as the minister at the cemetery.
Based on a Real Story!!!
The nurses in the film were the real Susan’s nurses. Susan’s mother was on set for the scene when the machine was turned off so she could see Julia get up💔
This a wholesome and beautiful story about love, family, and friendship! I watched this as a kid when it came out in theaters with all the ladies and girls in my family. I remember everyone leaving the theater with makeup smeared eyes and red faces. It was especially emotional for my family. My mom’s oldest sister had juvenile diabetes, diagnosed at age 5 in 1947, so this story hit close to home. She too couldn’t have kids, had diabetic seizures, and in her 40’s had a stroke and then needed dialysis before she passed at age 59. Her poor body went through a lot. This film will always hold a special place in our hearts. 🥰🥹
Some may remember Shirley MacLaine's starring role in "Two Mules for Sister Sara" with Clint Eastwood. I've always thought that her story in Steel Magnolias about dressing up as a nun and going bar hopping was a hat tip to that prior role.
Also, the bartender starred as Bennie in The Mummy.
Omg that was Benny???? ‘You came back from the desert with a new friend, didn’t you Benny?’
Tidbit of info. The priest that married Shelby is the author AND Shelby was his sister. He wrote the book so that Shelby's son would know what his mother went through to have him. Also, her husband Jackson, got married soon after Shelby passed away, which angered her brother, enough to write the story too. The Doctor and nurses were the real nurses and Doc that took care of Shelby in the hospital. Shelby's mother stayed on the film set during the whole time that Shelby was in the hospital bed, waiting for Julia to get up from it, as her daughter never did.
Saw this at the movie theater when it came out. The entire movie theater was crying during the cemetery scene. This is one of my favorite films.Julia Robert's had just hit it big at the time! She is one year older than me and from Smyrna Ga. Only 40min from my hometown.
The man who played Dolly Parton's husband is Sam Shephard, who was Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. And Sally Fields' husband is played by Tom Skerritt, who was Captain Dallas in Alien. Excellent movie!
Sam Shepherd was also a great playwright and writer in general.
I will never ever get through that cemetery scene without crying. Ive seen it 100 times and gets me every time. I also think it's about the bonds of women. Sally Field says at the end "men are supposed to be made of steel" when she was explaining how none of the men could take the grief and how she was the only one who didn't leave Shelby's side. Steel Magnolias is the strength of women of all ages.
I don't know how many times I've watched Steel Magnolias, but every time I am even more impressed with the quality of Sally Fields's acting. She loves her daughter, yet she has to watch as she puts herself into increasingly dangerous positions, and yet her daughter wants her support! It's an amazing role, played by a superb actress at the peak of her abilities, and that scene where she walks down the corridor in the hospital still gives me chills when I see it.
This movie is part of the trifecta for me - Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, and A League of Their Own. They all came out within a few years of each other and my mom and I saw all of them in the movie theater. I’ve never really been one to cry at movies, but this one always managed to draw out a few tears from me. Every time I’ve watched this movie since my dad passed away, I cry my eyes out. It’s such a good movie and I’m glad that you both seemed to enjoy it.
Would Driving Miss Daisy complete the quartet?
and Terms of Endearment
@@terminallumbago6465Oh, that’s a good one!
@@TierraG4LI’ve never seen that one. I’ve heard it’s really good, though.
Love watching the channel especially when the two of you are on. Almost couldn't watch it though. Lost my wife to cancer when she was 32 after a 4-year battle., our son was only six. That movie brought back a lot of memories after also losing my mom last week , I was a grown man crying like a baby as I watched.
Sorry for your loss, brother. My ex-wife died suddenly, and even though she was my ex, I always hoped we would get back together. I miss her all the time.
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You two reacted exactly how I thought you would. I love this movie. It makes me think of my Grandma, aunts, and my mom making me sit there and watch when I was a kid in the 90s and now I quote it often. One of my favorite movies. I needed a good cry with a bunch of laughter today. Thank you 🤘
The nurse who turned off the machine actually was the one who turned it off in real life. Her real life mom stayed on set during that scene so that she could see Julia get up out of the hospital bed.
...those most special scenes that grab us and make a movie an unforgettable experience... a classic. ...it's Sally Field's powerful performance at the grave that grabs every one with a heart and makes 'Steel Magnolias' a timeless classic.
Shelby got her 30 minutes of wonderful even though her lifetime wasn't what she hoped... and...
Cassie and Carly's reaction gave themselves and all of us all the gift of laughing through the tears...
Steel Magnolias used to be one of my Mom's absolute favorite films...until I got type 1 diabetes when I was 13 and now it plays out like a nightmare for her. 😂 Ironically I bought orange juice today to acknowledge 🍊🏈 meeting his maker but unlike Shelby, I drank it when my blood sugar dropped earlier. The lesson of this film is to be smart about your health, folks! There are so many people who love you! ❤
Should try the carnivore diet. Reversed diabetes in my family pretty good.
Shakespeare could have written this -- absolutely perfect.
@@centpushupsTYPE. 1. NOT. 2. ❤
@@atticusmcfly Might still want to give it a try, apparently it helps stabilize blood sugar levels. Best of luck, regardless.
I would watch this movie with my mom all the time, I was born with type 1 Diabetes and this movie is really emotional for her and the fear that something like that can happen to me.
My wife watched this movie 50 times or more on VHS. Wore out the tape lol. I probably watched it 20 times as a result. Love this movie.
Some great quotes.
I took off my glasses. I knew i would cry. Anytime PIB reacts to one of my late mothers favorite movies...I cry.
I'm so glad the algorithm recommended this channel to me a few weeks ago. It's like an awesome flashback to my childhood.
I always say everything about my personality is because my mom took me to see Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes when I was nine and eleven. 😂
Movie is about how important true friends are, especially when life hits hard. Its also a testament to the inner strength of women.
The nerdy girl with the nerdy glasses Annelle that works at the beauty salon with Dolly Parton….hard to believe that’s the same actress that’s in Kill Bill with the eye patch.
Steel Magnolias came out in 1989 so technically it’s an 80’s flick.
Just started watching the reaction. It won't be a matter of IF they cry, but more HOW MUCH they cry.
It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this movie Sally Field's funeral speech ALWAYS makes me cry.
Every time I see this I remember just how underrated Sally Field still is. I know she has two Oscars but she is really one of the all-time great actresses. She is amazing in this, but I still can't help thinking of her as the Flying Nun. If you are looking for the meaning of the film, it's all in the title. It's about the women. Southern women are like steel magnolias. They look pretty but underneath they are strong. The men in this movie are just secondary characters to the women who run everything.
The actor that portrays the father was in the original Alien movie. He was also in Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke, also from the seventies
Shirley MacLaine, the sour looking actress who played Quiser, was super hot in her youth!!
I know, right!
A wonderful singer and dancer as well.
And a charter member of Sinatra’s Rat Pack.
It’s Ouiser not Quiser.
She's awesome
You guys have to watch Ordinary People, Terms of Endearment, and Mask. All great emotional roller coasters.
This! Great movies! ❤
Those are amazing films and they should see all three, but man it'll put them through the wringer!
all great films!
I have been leaving texts about Ordinary People for a year. I hope she watches it. People forget it won the Oscar for Best Picture as well as several others.
@@joebombero1 I've only ever seen one reaction to ORDINARY PEOPLE. The two guys at white noise watched, and it was pretty great. they got it. they had to work through it as they watched, but they got what was happening, what the dynamic was, and why it is an excellent film. I am amazed that nobody has ever done TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. both of those movies were HUGE in their day. and they are both excellent films. they both are good examples of when films were made for adults. no gimmicks. no flash. they move in a slower way. but they both go deep and look at important things about life. and I love a big silly commercial movie as much as they next guy, but I also love both TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and ORDINARY PEOPLE. I was a teenager when they both came out. and both films were very important in terms of how I view films, how I view emotions, and how I view life really.
It is very entertaining when Carly and Cassie watch a movie that the would have chosen to watch themselves.
They did a good job casting Susan's part with Julia
Fun fact: Sally Field had her third son about a year before filming (her older two boys were like 19 and 20) and when M'Lynn goes to Aunt Fern's after the machines are turned off, it's her son Sam that runs to Field.
Never seen this one, but it feels very similar to Terms of Endearment (1983). No reactions to that one yet, might be worth a pop. Not totally up my alley, but Jack Nicholson and Shirley MaClaine are both great in it.
Please watch Terms of Endearment next!
I have recommend “9-to-5” with Dolly Parton. And “Conspiracy Theory” with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson.
Shirley MacLaine is excellent in this movie (all the performances are, actually). Another ensemble cast film that is very "slice of life" story like this movie is Terms of Endearment, and MacLaine gives the performance of her life in that one, and I think you both would really love it.
I clicked on this so fast! Some of my favorite quotes come from this. I felt so bad for you girls being so excited about this in the beginning and expecting an Easter movie. One of the greatest movies ever
Awesome movie! Y’all need to see Stepmom with Julia Roberts, Ed Harris and Susan Sarandon
Yes! No one ever reacts to this gem!
@@leannmiller7153 it is one of Julia Roberts best movies! Love it!!!
Steel Magnolias is based on a true story. Actor and writer, Robert Harling, wrote the play based on the life of his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died from ongoing issues with diabetes.
More great movies that are like a glimpse into the life of a character like this are: The Step Mom (also starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon), Where the Heart Is (starring Natalie Portman and Ashlie Judd), Anywhere But Here (starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon)The Family Stone (starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Rachel McAdams, and Diane Keaton), The first Wives Club (Starring Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton), The Joy Luck Club, Benny and Joon (starring Johnny Depp), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio), Billy Elliot, Bicentennial Man (starring Robin Williams), Corrina Corrina (starring Whoopi Goldberg), Man from Earth, Now and Then (Starring Demi Moore, and Christina Ricci), and North (Starring Elijah Wood).
With your Denzel poll...you can get your Denzel AND Julia Robert's fix in one movie...they star in The Pelican Brief together. A great movie for both you and Carlie
2nd! Great film.
Yes!! Great movie!
The book was awesome to.
They better have a box of tissues within arms reach for this one
This movie and A Bronx Tale both do a very good job of placing the viewer back in that time. The trucks and architecture of the town make you long to walk those streets. From the very start of the movie we are thrown right in with all the preparation for the wedding. All the characters and their manner of speaking are a delight. I love this movie because its a slice of a time and place that feels like we can never return to anymore. The only way to visit it is by watching the movie.
Wasn't it present day at the time?
@@ct6852 Yes, it's not a period piece. That's just what the 80s were like in small towns.
This was a true story, filmed in Natchitoches, La., my old stomping ground. Weezer`s Vet, Whitey Black, was my family vet! Everything about the relationships between these women was, and is, true about Southern Women. I watch this movie and I'm instantly transported to my youth, love it.
I grew up visiting family in Natitoches each summer. My parents live there now and their previous home was on William's Avenue, the street in one of the beginning scenes that has those amazing live oaks that create a canopy over it. I was there in 5th grade when they were filming and saw the amazing fireworks show they did during the Christmas festival. They cut that scene from the movie but I've never seen another firework show that spectacular! All of it reflected off of Cane River Lake. It was a memory I'll never forget!
The father was Tom Skerrit who you may have seen in Alien.
This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it every year. Happy and sad. The laughter through the tears is so special,
The stage play is set in Truvy's salon. It is just the women talking about their lives. It is also a great theatre experience.
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE MOVIE:
Meg Ryan was originally offered the role of Shelby and she accepted! But she wasn't finished filming "When Harry Met Sally" and had to withdraw.
Julia Roberts was a relatively unknown 22-year-old actress when she took the role. She was only paid $90k, the director picked on her and treated her horribly, but she was the only Oscar nomination for the movie as Best Supporting Actress.
Dolly Parton (TN) and Julia Roberts (GA) were the only native Southerners in the movie.
Despite being some of the busiest and well-known actors in Hollywood, ALL of the women still keep in touch! Shirley MacLaine (Ouiser) has said, "We may not talk all the time, but we always know what's going on with each other."
I cry every time i watch this movie.
If Diabetic Hypoglycemia isn't treated, signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia worsen and the patient can go into diabetic shock very rapidly and can include:
Confusion, unusual behavior or both, such as the inability to complete routine tasks.
Loss of coordination.
Difficulty speaking or slurred speech.
Blurry or tunnel vision.
Inability to eat or drink.
Muscle weakness.
Drowsiness.
Diabetic shock is an emergency and can lead to a diabetic coma and death without treatment.
I lost my mother when I was 9. This movie hits a little harder. This and another of Julia Robets' movies.
I got my name from this movie and it's always been so close to my heart. And now that I'm a mom, it means even more to me. I just love how it can make you sob and then immediately laugh right after.
In the 50-70s McClane was the IT girl! She did proly her first role as a teen with Jack lemmon, I think call, The Apartment. She did tons of great work! Half sister of Warren Beatty, she first adopted a grumpy type role probably in a serious great but heart traumatizing movie, Terms of Endearment! She had done several roles like it since, and did an excellent one about ten years ago, where she was mom to Cameron Diaz and Tony Collette!😮😮😮 Olivia has also been around decades and played a wide variety of roles, and had an excellent bit part in the first 2, Look Who's Talking! And Sally, well, She's Sally! And Sam Sheppard, maybe the best pure natural actor, who's ever lived!
She looked exactly the same for like 40 years.
Shirley MacLean Beaty and Warren Beatty (he changed the spelling of his last name and she dropped it) have the same mother and father, raised together in the same home!
@philmullineaux5405 Yes to all of those and don't forget about Olympia Dukakis in MOONSTRUCK with Cher and Nicolas Cage and another fully star studded cast. 😉💜😎 #NYGenXBIKERLady
Shirley’s first big hit movie was the lead in Around The World In 80 Days in 1956. Her first Oscar nomination was in the superb movie Some Came Running with Sinatra and Martin in 1959 .She was a Broadway star in The Pajama Game before the movies.She and Angie Dickinson were the only women allowed to drink , play cards, and smoke cigars with The Rat Pack. Bob Fosse said she was the second best woman dancer he worked with( he always credited his wife first)
@@NeptuneLady1957 Oh I had no idea. That's interesting.
I thought that the groom was gonna fall victim to what they do in rural Oklahoma where I hail from, it's called a shivaree, and is a quaint rural custom that involves "kidnapping" the groom and dumping him in the woods (at a minimum if he's lucky). Brothers cousins, uncles and brother-in-laws conspire, sometimes they take the groom in the middle of the night and wrap him up in his sheets and nothing else not even shoes and he has no idea where he's at! This us usually done a day or two before the wedding.
Something threatened in "Green Grow the Lilacs" that was left out of "Oklahoma!"
Fried Green Tomatoes 👍🏻🔥
Yep, it’s like you watch one you got to watch the other.
This movie had me laughing out loud in my teens and again still in my 40s. Beautiful.
Oh lord, you are all going to be dehydrated after crying in this movie.
Damn, just when I was thinking about going to bed.
Tom Skerrits best line ever came while my wife and I were driving through Armadillo country this past week. She's a pastry chef and I asked if she could make me a cake like that for my birthday.
Oh, boy, I have been waiting for this one for years... And you did not disappoint! I'm not typically a fan of gut-wrenching dramas, but this film mixes tragedy and comedy so delightfully well! And the cast is *_outstanding_* !!! 👍👍
Tom Skerritt who played Sally Field's husband also played Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the first Top Gun movie
It’s about women….. how women are strong….like a Steel Magnolia.
exactly!
"Stepmom" and "Mona Lisa Smile" are both very good Julia Roberts movies that are underrated/go unnoticed. (Not saying they are by any means better than her most famous movies, but still enjoyable watches) ❤
As a high school theatre teacher, I had the privilege of directing the stage version of Steel Magnolias a couple of times. It was always a great journey working through this great story.
My mom is from the south and played Dolly Parton’s role in a community theater production of steel magnolias That was my first viewing of steel Magnolias… And obviously Dolly Parton is iconic but I can’t unsee my mom in the role 😂
Was it a play before the movie? Or after?
@@ct6852 ,before. From what I have read,in the play the men characters are mentioned but never appear onstage.
I’m pretty sure it was written as a play.
@@user-tj7sl2ht4b Yeah I could see that. Even in the movie they kind of appear, do some goofy body language stuff, don't say much, and then leave.
They're gonna go crazy on this movie...GEM of a movie.....
You ladies might add Sally Field's, "Sybil" to your future watch list. Sally's performance in the cemetery scene is similar to her brilliant acting in "Sybil".
I hope they do. I've never seen any reaction channels watch "Sybil"...
Sybil was brilliant ! Sally Field is a legend . She was a teenage tv star in Gidget, then The Flying Nun. She worked to be taken seriously and did a miniseries called Sybil based on a book about a woman with Multiple Personalities. She won an Emmy for her performance. She went on to win an Oscar for Norma Rae and then another Oscar for Places in the Heart . You guys should check out these early performances
The film critic Pauline Keel rarely wrote about TV movies...she called them "TV programs." But she noted that Fields' performance in "Sybil" was amazing.
I'm glad that you finally got to watch this gem about southern, small-town life. It's definitely a film that carries you through a rollercoaster of emotions. I live about 21 miles from Natchitoches, La (prounounced Nakk-o-tish), where this film was shot, and attended the local university (Northwestern State University) there. The 'Steel Magnolias' house is located on Jefferson St, and is run as a Bed & Breakfast. Jefferson St. runs into Front St which is where the final scenes of 'Steel Magnolia' was shot along Cane River Lake. Much of the area along Cane River Lake running along Front St. has been renovated to accomodate different festivals and events in Natchitoches; but it's still very beautiful. The cemetery scene was shot in the American Cemetery located just off 2nd Street. I pass by a lot of these locations when I'm in the area. My mom's cousin was an extra in the wedding reception scenes; plus she knew several of the other extras throughout the movie. I really like all of your reaction videos, and I'm especially glad that you enjoyed "Steel Magnolias".
This movie really is a classic!! Enjoy the film! Love to you both from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 ❤️🙏🙏
Really lovely story, my mom has gotten to play at least three of these characters in community theater productions over the years so it always reminds me of her.
One of my favourite movies
Clairee’s line “ if you have nothing nice to say about anyone come sit by me” is my favourite
A phrrase made famous by the eldest daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt,who had it stitched onto a throw pillow in her living room.
My grandmother was from Natchitoches and knew the author of Steel Magnolias well. Great memories of Christmas on the Cane River.
This is such an amazing film. Ouiser was my favorite character. Please watch Fried Green Tomatoes starring Kathy Bates.
Oh yes. Definitely a tear jerker this one
This film was one of my mum's favourite. She passed away last year and watching this, I am crying but also smiling at the time because her reaction was similar to yours when she first saw it.
12:18 “Of course you can!” 🙃🤣🥰
Absolutely LOVE this film and all six leading ladies!
Thank you for watching this movie. Can't believe you've never seen it before. This was one of my mom's favorite movies.
Man, one would think at least one of them would have already seen THIS. This is like one of the quintessential chick movies of all time.
That's not a rip, by the way. I'm just surprised, is all.
They seen it but not for content .....
That's like asking a girl is she seen grease
@@clone1eighty7 I've been surprised by people in that sense before. My late girlfriend was an 80's lady to her very marrow and yet had never seen Purple Rain before I suggested it.
Additionally, I can recall suggesting First Knight back in her Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves video, only to be informed that she had already seen it. If what you're suggesting were true, one would think they'd have jumped on that opportunity for content.
Not so fun fact, the movie is actually based on a play written by a man whose family suffered this tragedy with his sister, Shelby. He makes a cameo twice in the movie both times as the minister that officiates Shelby's marriage and her funeral, being present for the happiest and saddest points of the movie. His mother, real Shelby's mother, was present many days of filming and became close with her movie counterpart, Sally Fields, as well as Julia Roberts. Many were worried for her on the day they filmed Shelby's death scene but she stayed to watch it all play out. She said she stayed because she needed to watch Julia Roberts get up from that hospital bed after the scene was over because Shelby never did.
The look Julia Roberts gives Sally Fields when Julia’s pleading with Sally to be happy is the epitome of acting perfection.
Also, Carly continues to be adorable (especially with the hair ribbon).
Can't count how many times I have watched this and it still took me a little while to realize what the title meant - each one of the women really were beautiful, strong women or Steel ...Magnolias. Loved seeing you guys watch this one although, my heart hurt as you watched her go for the first time - it wrecks me each time.
Hilarious and sad at the same time !
Steel Magnolias is a piece of Americana. It’s just a slice of life. A beautiful movie
Magnolia and Steel Magnolias are two of my very favourite movies ❤
The companion to this film for me is Fried Green Tomatoes. Both require a box of tissues be handy.