Review of Steel Magnolias (1989) by Vincent Canby for The New York Times — 28 Jul 1991
Steel Magnolias is pop entertainment of an especially condescending, superficial sort. Its bitchiness and greeting-card truisms are made no more palatable by the fact that Mr. Harling probably wrote it with as much sincerity and passion as Mr.
Shepard put into "Fool for Love.".
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This review of Steel Magnolias (1989) was written by Vincent Canby and published by The New York Times on 28 Jul 1991.
Steel Magnolias has generally received positive reviews.
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