"Steel Magnolias" made Julia Roberts a movie star, and proved that Dolly Parton was as good an actress as Sally Field and Shirley MacLaine. The film is about a group of best friends in Louisanna who come together when one of them loses their daughter. A splendid film, "Steel Magnolias" will make you laugh and cry. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says, "The ladies are live wires. Just stand back and watch them set off sparks".