"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.

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.

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. :)

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.

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 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.

Her yelling “I’m fine!” hits hard once you lose family and friends.

Tom Skerritt wasn't just in Contact, he was also in Alien and Top Gun.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!!

Fried Green Tomatoes has to be next! someone make it happen and add it to their list!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

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.

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.

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. 🥰🥹

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.

I’ve seen this movie 5-6x and Sally Fields at the funeral with that “whyyy?” gets me every single time

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.

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!

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.

...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...

Movie is about how important true friends are, especially when life hits hard. Its also a testament to the inner strength of women.

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.

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! ❤

Steel Magnolias came out in 1989 so technically it’s an 80’s flick.

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 🤘

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.

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. 😂

They did a good job casting Susan's part with Julia

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.

I have recommend “9-to-5” with Dolly Parton. And “Conspiracy Theory” with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson.

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.

Just started watching the reaction. It won't be a matter of IF they cry, but more HOW MUCH they cry.

It is very entertaining when Carly and Cassie watch a movie that the would have chosen to watch themselves.

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.

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.

You guys have to watch Ordinary People, Terms of Endearment, and Mask. All great emotional roller coasters.

Awesome movie! Y’all need to see Stepmom with Julia Roberts, Ed Harris and Susan Sarandon

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

It doesn't matter how many times I've seen this movie Sally Field's funeral speech ALWAYS makes me cry.

They better have a box of tissues within arms reach for this one

Fried Green Tomatoes 👍🏻🔥

Shirley MacLaine, the sour looking actress who played Quiser, was super hot in her youth!!

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.

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

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.

I cry every time i watch this movie.

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

Oh lord, you are all going to be dehydrated after crying in this movie.

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_* !!! 👍👍

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."

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.

This movie had me laughing out loud in my teens and again still in my 40s. Beautiful.

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.

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.

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.

I lost my mother when I was 9. This movie hits a little harder. This and another of Julia Robets' movies.

Damn, just when I was thinking about going to bed.

It’s about women….. how women are strong….like a Steel Magnolia.

"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) ❤

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!

They're gonna go crazy on this movie...GEM of a movie.....

Tom Skerritt who played Sally Field's husband also played Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in the first Top Gun movie

This movie really is a classic!! Enjoy the film! Love to you both from my mom and I in So. Cal USA 🇺🇸 ❤️🙏🙏

Oh yes. Definitely a tear jerker this one

Hilarious and sad at the same time !

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.

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".

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".

This is such an amazing film. Ouiser was my favorite character. Please watch Fried Green Tomatoes starring Kathy Bates.

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.

My grandmother was from Natchitoches and knew the author of Steel Magnolias well. Great memories of Christmas on the Cane River.

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.

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 😂

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.

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.

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.

One of my favourite movies Clairee’s line “ if you have nothing nice to say about anyone come sit by me” is my favourite

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.

The companion to this film for me is Fried Green Tomatoes. Both require a box of tissues be handy.

Steel Magnolias is a piece of Americana. It’s just a slice of life. A beautiful movie

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).

Thank you for this. We just lost my stepson, my wife's firstborn, 2 days ago from complications from a skull fracture we think was from an accidental fall. He was 56. His accident was a week ago Friday. The doctors had expected him to recover, but his body functions just crashed on Thursday. The situation is complicated because he lived 3 states away and my wife is bedridden. I just wanted you to know that your reactions bring some joy into our lives.