91 - "Steel Magnolias" (1989)

     Oh boy, can't wait to see what kind of garbage I catch from this. With Forget Paris, Ghost, and now Steel Magnolias on my list, I sense I'm losing my man card real quick. That's okay, I admit I like this movie. Sue me.  We probably all know the plot. A close knit group of lady friends in Louisiana assemble at the neighborhood hair stylist to discuss men, makeup, hair, weddings, babies, life, death....you name it. Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton and Shirley MacLaine are primary actresses here and they all have a nice rapport with each other. But don't overlook Tom Skerritt as Sally Field's husband and Julia Robert's father. He more than holds his own with these ladies and delivers one of my favorite lines in movie history. It's probably not appropriate to put it here since I'm trying to keep this clean, but the scene where Shirley MacLaine serves him a piece of cake shaped like an armadillo, his response is absolutely wonderful. He also provides a true sense of emotion late in the movie when his daughter falls ill. Don't overlook his performance.