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My Favorite Chick Flick

Tom Skerritt (as daddy Drum) and Julia Roberts (as daughter Shelby) in 'Steel Magnolias.' (Photo: Photofest) The 1989 feel-good film has got all the fixins: charm, racy Southern humor, and a blinding star-studded cast — Sally Field (as overprotective mother extraordinaire M'Lynn), Julia Roberts (as the blushing bride Shelby), Shirley MacLaine (as crotchety Ouiser), Olympia Dukakis (as hilarious, heartburn-inducing Clairee), Dolly Parton (as syrupy sweet salon owner Truvy), and Daryl Hannah (as mousey-turned-evangelical Annelle).

What does Marsellus Wallace look like?Brett: What?Jules: What country are you from?Brett: What?

From the back left: Annelle, Ouiser, Clairee, Shelby, Truvy and M'Lynn

The basis of the story is that Shelby, played by Julia Roberts, has a health concern that follows her all through the movie.

The classic about modern Southern belles, also starring Julia Roberts as her daughter, still has us quoting it 24 years after its release.

Last week, as she has done every time I have been at her house before, she finished getting ready for the day by standing up in front of the big mirror in the living room, holding a huge can of Elnett hairspray aloft and, aiming it at her newly tonged curls, asking me about my love life. But when she sees herself in the mirror without her long locks, she starts to cry, knowing she has left behind part of her pre-motherhood self and must now be sensible, with a sensible hair-do to match.

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