Movie

Steel Magnolias

2012 · 90 min

A warm, talky gathering of women whose easy banter slowly gives way to real heartbreak and shared strength.

Overview: In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder the mysteries of life and death, husbands and children - and hair and nails - all the important topics that truly unite and celebrate women.
How it feels: Warm, melancholic, earnest and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, grief, family, parenthood
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
grief
family
parenthood
healing
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild