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Steel Magnolias

By: Jalbrown
Steel Magnolias is one of my most favorite movies of all time. It’s funny, it’s very serious
and the cast is perfect together. I love all the characters, but especially Olympia Dukakis
and the always funny Shirley McLain. I use the one liner “I love you more than my luggage”.

I think one thing from this movie, that stood out in my mind all these years is the
awareness of how serious diabetes can be. Maybe I am not the only one that was under
the false impression that diabetes was ‘just a normal condition that you might not be able
to eat sugar’ and nothing more. That, as we all know, is not the whole story. It was heart
breaking to see how M’Lynn (Sally Field) suffered the loss of her precious daughter. After

her pregnancy and leaving her with a sweet grandson, but in exchange it worsened her
diabetes condition. I loved how these women were such good friends, and were able to
laugh, argue and yet each still knew they were always there for one another.It’s a
wonderful story of family, friends, good times and extreme sorrow, and yet life does go on.

It does change, but it goes on. Hopefully. It is without a doubt one of the best movies ever.

By: G4158924
Steel magnolias is a star-studded movie that shows you all that life can throw at you. It
deals with love, grief, joy etc. and the love of family and friends, of having a strong circle
of loving people surrounding you. It shows you how each character has its own journey

that they have to deal with, it makes you laugh and makes you cry, you can definitely
identify with all the different situations that each character faces. It’s a loving movie of life
and it’s struggles and how people deal. It also makes you think and in the end appreciate
life or at least that’s how it was for me. The bond between them is uncanny and makes

think about the bonds we share with our own family members and friends and
appreciate that more or at least look into the dynamics in your own surroundings. You
feel so connected with the characters that this movie makes it one of those “I can always
watch” movies and one you will always turn to when you feel like watching something
heartwarming. Steel magnolias is a classic, in my list with actors I love, and one I always

recommend in watching.

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