M'Lynn: "I Wanna Know Why Shelby's Life Is Over" | Steel Magnolias (Sally Field)

[@MovingPicsOfficial]

Steel Magnolias' was based on a true story🤔 Shelby, the character Julia Roberts plays in the film, is based on Harling's sister, Susan, who died of complications from type 1 diabetes in 1985 !

[@KB_Grimweaver]

The priest is played by Susan's brother, too. And the nurses that unhooked the machines in the movie were real and were Susan's nurses as well.

[@merahkesumba]

Sally Field hit me in this scene. Gold.

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

Harling's mom was on the set for the scene where Shelby is taken off life support, and when Harling asked her why, she said she wanted to see Julia Roberts get up and walk away!

[@airodriguez2007]

@@KB_Grimweaver the priest who married Julia’s character or who presided over her funeral

[@merahkesumba]

@cosmic.awareness stop babbling

[@Valley_Girl]

No one could play a grieving mother like Sally Field.

[@angemaidment5640]

Except for the real thing.

[@rochelhernandez8573]

She put me in tears

[@TheDarthChic]

Well, Shirley MacLaine did a pretty good job too. Terms of Endearment anyone?

[@cfrygirl]

@@TheDarthChicoh my goodness yes! I can still barely watch it! There’s a sequel to it: The Evening Star. It’s pretty good but the original omg!

[@MeanOldLady]

I think the closest was in The Joy Luck Club with the drowning baby scene. That wail of agony...

[@zedmarlen]

One of the most powerful scenes ever filmed. So true at every point.

[@orlandobabe]

This scene still gets my mother till this day. She’s 68 years old

[@kieshamclean3419]

❤ this scene Sally Fields was so amazing in this scene

[@Eme80865]

I wonder how many takes they had to get it right.

[@wihe80]

Totally agreed

[@100gatorfan1]

This scene never fails to pull the emotions forward. Every time I see this I cry and laugh. So phenomenal in the writing to the acting!!

[@DerrickBurch-x3r]

I'm a man and I cried also, even now

[@SIZERRULE]

Sally Field deserved an Oscar for this scene alone. Heartbreaking 💔💔💔

[@anthonybirkholz6104]

Sally Field is my all time favorite actress. She should have gotten her 3rd Oscar for this role.

[@orangefox1231]

The fact she wasn’t nominated is ridiculous and outrageous.

[@ElaineDavis-t6d]

I loved Olympia

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@orangefox1231Anakin: how can you be in steel magnolias and not be considered for nomination, it’s outrageous, it’s unfair Oscar(s) windu: we grant you a seat on this council but we do not grant you the rank of movie reviewer

[@ivysporeling3909]

Sally Field portrayed a grieving mother very well, so well that I will not be able to watch this movie again. Miss my baby boy so much 💔😭. 6 years later still feels like it all happened the other day, it turns you inside out and upside down, you die with them and what's left is a completely different person. But you have to find the things or people that make life good and keep you going.... Even tho them being gone makes life hurt, it also gives you more of an appreciation for it to... Hugs to all who have experienced such a loss. 🫂

[@jcs1025]

So sorry for your loss. Death sucks. ❤❤

[@ivysporeling3909]

@@jcs1025 thank you very much

[@nancydavis4618]

All great actors here

[@ivysporeling3909]

@@nancydavis4618 absolutely

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

So sorry for your loss I lost my dear husband too we don't get over we get thru

[@joymechell277]

“Go ahead M’lynn , slap ha” gets me Every time 🤣

[@ForgetMeNot2022]

We'll sell Tshirts 😅😅

[@stephaniegittinger7980]

Are you high, Clairee???

[@terri348]

This and Sybil were testaments to just how good Sally Field really is!

[@sherrymay5409]

Sally Field expressed exactly what everyone feels after we loose someone we love so much

[@lovelight6973]

One of the most brilliant scenes in movie history. I was 13 when I saw this and I was bawling. Sslly Field was absolutely incredible. I got chills from this scene. And then to have the break from sorrow to laughter. Brilliant.

[@Rae_Naeee]

“HIT THIS!!” “HIT HAAAAA!!” 😂😂😂

[@tmmaston]

ARE YOU HIGH, CLARIEE?!

[@km4336]

😂🤣😂🤣😂😭

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

@@km4336Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis are awesome together!

[@ForgetMeNot2022]

We'll sell Tshirts 😅😅😅

[@ElizabethMcCormick-s2n]

RIP Olympia, you were hilarious!

[@pinkpastelhearts]

i lost my mom this january and she loved this movie, she was fiesty like sally field and julia roberts (she was also a scorpio like them) i love her and miss her so much.

[@MsTellurian]

I'm so sorry about your loss.

[@cleocat1763]

Sally Field is so good in this scene. She plays the grieving mother so well. Superb acting!

[@aleahboone4323]

I loved this movie when I saw it! Sally Field's acting was so amazing. The different emotions, giving in and coming right back to grieving and being mad and crying. I was younger when I first watched it, but as an adult and losing my older sister, that scene hit so different. Phenomenal ❤

[@lovelight6973]

For sure. I went through the same thing with my brother last December. Everything Sally Field was saying is everything I did with my brother in ICU It definitely hits differently and was hard. One of the toughest things I've ever done in my life.

[@patcola7335]

​@@lovelight6973Went through the same thing with my brother in 2004 This August 2nd will be 20 years when we had to make the decision to pull the plug. He was braindead . Hardest thing my father, mother and myself had to do.

[@brandon248michigan]

I always cry when I see this scene. A parent losing a child is gut wrenching, I’ve heard the pain of that loss is indescribable and Sally Field portrayed that perfectly here, she’s a fantastic actress.

[@karicewillis]

Sally goes from being a little bummed to full on rage and then laughs at the "Hit her," parts. 💡

[@jesicastefanski7782]

This is the most raw, real performance I've ever seen. Sally Field grieving in that moment was gut-wrenching.

[@jtcali2086]

Perfect writing, direction, and acting. Taking the audience to the deepest despair, and bringing us back from the edge with flawless humor. It ties the heart of the whole film up...drama, dialog, and humor.

[@BaconandMegs3000]

"how often does this scene make you cry?" "Yes"

[@deebeeman6767]

The talent in that scene knows no bounds. The most brilliant actors to ever grace a set or stage.

[@MarcusCiambelli]

So sad how some people have such short lives. God Bless this man for telling his sister's story.

[@Childfree334]

To be fair, she would probably still be alive if she hadn't insisted on having a baby. That exacerbated her illness and did her in.

[@MarcusCiambelli]

@Childfree334 That makes no difference in my feeling sad for her short life. "I would rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special."

[@Childfree334]

@@MarcusCiambelli I was just making a point because of the title in the thumbnail.

[@MarcusCiambelli]

@@Childfree334 👍😊

[@Kat0410]

When I watched this as a child, this part always made me cry, but now that I'm a mother, I was sobbing .

[@Poodlebear19234]

Yes same here. I’m a mother now to three small children and I don’t know why I’ve watched this. I’m so sad now

[@chorizoramen93]

​@@Poodlebear19234Never seen it before, but same. I sobbed through the whole scene. Laughed. And then cried again

[@airodriguez2007]

The most gut wrenching scene of all time. There’s times that we just need to rant and rave in order for us to feel better. Love how they added a little bit of humor to this scene.

[@unconditionalfreedom]

This is one of the greatest scenes of all time and hold every human emotion. You cant help but be moved beyond repair.

[@robertbeck55]

I love movies and I am now 58 and I have never, and I mean ever, seen a movie scene where I was crying my eyes out one second and just like that, laughing uncontrollably! Powerful peace of writing! That scene has stayed with me ever since I first saw it! Even today, it still gets me! ❤❤❤❤

[@jaebmee1957]

This movie is where I fell in love with sally fields acting. This scene, they way she cried like a mother, it just broke you too. Love her work.

[@Jer1190]

Sally Field should’ve gotten an Oscar nomination for this scene alone. Such a great movie.

[@WMeier-kd8hz]

Darryl Hannah, Shirley McLain, Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Julia Roberts . That was an elite cast

[@madelineradcliff4443]

she cries so well. everyone can feel the weight of her grief

[@MariaKoroleva.Realtor]

So accurate! This is exactly how it feels when you go through a big loss..

[@justineves3588]

This is one of the very best movies ever and has a great cast too 😊❤

[@christinapickett5522]

My Dad, who was my best friend, died 2 weeks ago. Sally nailed it.

[@PatriciaRod]

My God what a great actress is Sally Field! 🙌

[@chorizoramen93]

A sign of Gods love for a parent. She saw the gratitude in her daughter's passing. I cried horribly because this how I think I would feel as a mother if I lost one of my children

[@beverlygold6442]

You don't know how you would feel until it happens to you!

[@janalaufer6965]

I could watch this scene a thousand times and I would tear up every time. This scene just rips your heart out. Being a mother, I honestly don't think I could handle losing one of my children at such a young age. This rings true to people. What a group of amazing actresses!!!

[@marihera08]

Steel Magnolias used to be my absolute favorite movie of all time, I can't begin to tell you how many times I've watched it to the point that I memorized every line, this film had an excellent cast and script, Sally Fields was truly amazing. But ever since my daughter passed away in 2004 at the age of 23 I have never been able to watch it again it just hits me too hard I just can't 😢😢😭😭💔💔

[@harmoniousdisciple]

i am so sorry for your loss 💛

[@KristineMaitland]

That is so unfortunate. My condolences on your loss, my dear.

[@bosoxgirlie]

We had to end life support for my brother & it felt as if the world stops. The anger & pain you feel just rips through your soul. And you cease crying & just wail. The wailing comes from deep inside, almost like vomit. It’s agonizing. Sally Field captured it with such accuracy & intensity. An amazing performance.

[@pamelawing5747]

This is the best scene ever. It was so well written and so shocking to be crying your eyes out one minute and then LAUGHING until you cried the next. Just totally brilliant. There was joy moving forward.

[@hhluvzmagik]

Sally just absolutely crushes every role she plays. Just an amazing actress! This whole cast just crushed it! 😍😍😍

[@azluan]

My god the way Sally navigate/move between the layers of her emotions is something to behold! How wonderful and talented!

[@teaatnanas]

This scene and Shirley MacLaine's scene in Terms of Endearment are the most memorable. Amazing Actresses

[@anthonyhebisen]

I live a block away from the house used in Terms of endearment . Im ashamed to say that It wasn’t till pretty recent that I had watched the film. But steel magnolias was one that I loved since it came out

[@dianemccloud5990]

Oh my goodness, you are exactly correct....Shirley in that scene, my daughter needs pain medicine.....Priceless, also.....

[@justcommentingonish]

the way i went from bawling my eyes out from crying to laughing my head off 😂❤

[@babyhandgrenade4004]

Sally Field is a great actress

[@trex2092]

T-Shirts "I WHACKED WISER BORDEAUX" golden opportunity for merch.

[@RedPyramid-lf4sb]

*Ouiser

[@jaygarcia8508]

Sally is an absolute icon...💖💖💖

[@azyurentertainment1496]

I'm here bawling my eyes out over sadness AND pure hilarious comedy!!! 😂😭 After seeing this so many years ago, this scene feels different now that my mom is gone. I can relate to just about every word... 💔💜

[@babyhandgrenade4004]

When she said, I was there when that wonderful creature drifted into my life and I was there when she drifted out. It was the most precious moment of my life. I felt that but in a different way. I had my daughter 3 months ago and I gave her up for adoption. I know the family that adopted her and we're very close. I felt that in that way. I was there when she was born and I was there when they took her from the hospital. They've been great. They let me hold her all I wanted in the hospital and they gave me an hour alone with her before they took her from the hospital. I just talked to her and I told her that I was always going to be there for her and that I love her and that she was going to have a big family that loves her. I know it's different like I said but I could really relate to that. Before anyone judges me, her father has not been in the picture and he is not a good person and I knew that he was going to do her more harm than good. I know I did the right thing because as I said, she has a big family and most importantly, a mother and father and Big brother who Loved her. I'd say most importantly her father. She deserves a father who loves and validates her and she would not have gotten that from her father if I had kept her. Plus I'm just not in a position to take care of her on my own but they said that I will be allowed to be in her life as much as I want and that they will make sure she knows how much I love her. Wasn't easy but being a good parent means doing what is best for your child even if it hurts you. Sometimes I think that that's going to be the thing that breaks me but I'm not going to let her father doing what he did be the reason that breaks me. I'm not going to give him that satisfaction. I'm just going to be here for her as much as I can and when she turns 18, she will always know that my door is open to her and that I love her. I'm still her first mother and even though I won't be raising her, I love her more than life itself. I could just relate to when she said that in a way.

[@Cordigordie]

How amazing are you! To sacrifice your joy of raising your daughter, knowing that she is safer where she is. I hope you do stay in her life all the way thru hers, that you will be that constant. Much love to you

[@susannetamm-fn5fn]

😢❤

[@teresadilts7876]

I watched this movie, mostly for the cast. I was hooked from the time it started until it ended. I'll continue watching it until they never play it again

[@leeannmettlach2412]

The most powerful scene & the most heartbreaking. Steel Magnolias is my favorite movie of all time. My husband doesn’t get why I watch it over & over.

[@aileenpi73]

Women are made out of steel. This is one of the best scenes ever

[@jonathanfunnell4167]

She said men are made out of steel or something

[@joymechell277]

No one , and I mean NO ONE plays a mama like Sally Field !

[@rafaelortega854]

This Is a clasic , clasy and perfect way to act and above all for this perfect film and epic scene.

[@a.o.2609]

Это самый сильный фильм, который я когда-либо видела в моей жизни! Браво создателям и актерам!

[@michaelreece2966]

This is one of the most incredible acting scenes of any movie ever.

[@wearehere4757]

This is the most powerful show of emotion in any movie. The quick onset… trying to catch it with reason. And then letting it go again because you have nothing to compare that pain to so you just let it go.. it perfect for anyone watching that just can not control their emotion for a loved one lost.

[@asiseeit2041]

Anyone who’s lost a loved one early knows the pain sally field portrays. No doubt! However best part of that scene was Shirley asking Olympia if she’s high. Perfect.

[@MariaanSnyman]

Acting genius at it's best!!! These womans powerful performance made the movie real.

[@barbaragroves]

I clearly remember my mom watching this scene and how she went from crying, to shock, and laughing loudly as it played out on TV. It became one of her favorite movies of all time. I keep that moment close to me, because I realize now how precious it was.

[@darkangel_1978]

This is my favorite scene in the whole movie. I'm not much for chick flicks (I'm a girl, who loves horror and action movies), but this one was worth it.

[@Model_Roe]

I've seen it probably a thousand times very touching and I remember crying at the end when I first saw it the cast made this movie any other cast and I could see it being very mid LoL Julia Sally Fields Shirley McClain Olympia Dukakis Daryl Hannah all carry this movie and make it watchable

[@slmadison1213]

I don't cry much...probably way less than the average woman. I watch Steel Magnolias whenever I have some alone time and need a release. It never fails me. It's gut-wrenching and the point where she's denying it's happening because she should have died first, that just breaks me.

[@dannymoore1530]

These scene deserves an academy. Sally, my best scene of all your movies.

[@brendalamb1703]

I've seen this wonderful movie so many times that I can quote it word for word!

[@dianeyoung2914]

This was just the most emotion and best scene of the movie, you could feel her pain and anger so deeply that you couldn't help but sob along with her and then suddenly through all that grief you were laughing so hard!! God I loved and hated this film.

[@cece82gemini27]

This scene always makes me cry!

[@elainekilgore1352]

One of the best all time scenes in my entire recollection. It’ll make my eyes tear up and break into a belly laugh in a matter of seconds.

[@1983noodes]

Love this scene! It makes me cry and laugh every time I see it!! Such great writing and powerful acting.

[@ambernash8149]

My GOD do i feel this , having a sick child. Reading better homes and gardens to them in the hospital, just hoping they argue with you, just for old times sake. A beautiful creature who wanders into your life, and being able to be there when they drift away. I feel the anger, its not fair, im f*cking fine but i just want to know why. I miss you Cam. Love, your mom

[@lauraluffman6177]

True friendship at its finest ❤❤

[@danielthompson3168]

Sally Field - she's never been better than in this scene.

[@Tityretupatulae]

No actor has ever been better

[@Model_Roe]

She's one of the greatest actresses of all time I remember her performance in Mrs. Doubtfire when she finds out Robin Williams character has been cross dressing as a old grandma lol gave you chills she is always so raw in her performances

[@daniellekennedy2338]

Great scene very powerful. Sally was fantastic. I love Shirley as ouiser "You are a pig from hell!" "Get off my bench!:

[@a.s5898]

The only movie scene that makes me cry and laugh at the same time.

[@itsrightbehindyou]

Sally Field to me is a supernatural actor. She is excellent. This makes everyone weep when I show them. The script is simple, but Sally raises the bar and pushes it far and above.

[@Spinner773]

Sally Fields is a true artist

[@RiMind]

A amazing scence of unity of friendship I adore this scene ❤

[@karladuncan4026]

I love all you ladies in this movie! ❤ So sad but true. We all need to understand that people go through these things. God bless everyone and everything!

[@cindyoconnellHealth]

This is the only scene I remember from the movie. Incredible! Powerful! Oscar worthy performance.

[@Father_of_Death]

I had the opportunity to see this on stage. It was good.

[@marymartindale996]

This scene makes me cry every single time: I have seen it more than 20 times in my life

[@Brandy-yt3yj]

My mother loves this movie I had to watch it all the time as a kid and now as a grown woman I watch it all the time 🤣 it never gets old ❤ thanks ma 🤣

[@mamewedjisylla7991]

How they me cry my heart out 1 second and make me laugh the very next one

[@cchisolm92cc]

When my Aunt Carniece passed away from Type 1 twelve years ago, I was ANGRY! I questioned God for awhile. How? Why? How could you take the kindest person I'd known? All that suffering for nothing. For her to miss out on the countless births, graduations, first this or thats, and the weddings. But after a long time of being angry with him, I had to remember that God gave her to us and he needed her back home with him. He came to take her away from all of the suffering, the countless procedures, surgeries, insulin shots, and pains that came with her illness. This scene is what I felt for months so I couldn't even imagine the anger Shelby's mother felt.

[@1f5sda]

I am sorry for your loss!

[@catherinecatlover]

OLYMPIA DUKAKIS WAS SUCH A GREAT ACTRESS. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SCENES OF ANY MOVIE

[@andrewfrantz5502]

To be honest, Sally Field was like a professor. Olympia Dukakis 1931-2021. The woman was a month and a half short of turning the big 90.

[@timsullivan4687]

This is the reason why Sally Field is one of the greatest actresses of all time

[@andrewfrantz5502]

Her finest films 🎥 were Mrs. Doubtfire, Forrest Gump, Punchline,(both with Tom Hanks), Murphy's Romance with James Garner, and Absence of Malice with Paul Newman. Paul Newman 1925-2008. James Garner 1928-2014. Smokey and the Bandit with Burt Reynolds is her finest performance too. Burt Reynolds 1936-2018.

[@Model_Roe]

When I first watched that scene I was bawling she is so powerful in this movie her and Julia made this movie clutch

[@hera7884]

People don’t realize, Death is impossible to understand right now. We don’t know anything about it and tht terrifies us because all we want in the end, is to be with our loved ones again. That’s the only thing humans ask for in death.

[@michaelsmith4854]

I'm crying one minute then laughing at the end, supurb writing and acting

[@GlobalRevolushun]

I've always loved this movie. I have a sweater with Weezer on it and it says "Are you high Clairee?"

[@SIZERRULE]

I need one😂💪🏼

[@lesliedennis2947]

Great acting - broke my heart.

[@msbeautifulll68]

When she told her to take a walk at her, I was in tears.😅 laughing

[@kittensugars]

Sally Field will make you cry....

[@michaelkrupar9808]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this scene!!

[@lynnpiccirillo8747]

It was a power movie it’s the only time I’ve cried my eyes out than laughed so hard at the same time

[@lindajimenez701]

I SO UNDERSTAND. I LOST MY SON ANDREW AND I AM STILL HURTING SINCE 2014 BUT I KNOW MY SON IS ON THE ARMY.OF CHRIST

[@Yolanda_Ortiz]

What am emotional scene 😢

[@khfan4life365]

“I couldn’t leave my Shelby.” 💔

[@Xoxo-sg7mk]

No matter how many times i watch this scene i go from crying a full face of tears to laughing.

[@Kraliezec]

I felt sick from watching this the first time years ago. I was in tears and gulping lumps in my throat and then Clairee made me wanna laugh. This is emotional whiplash.

[@pamseyduck2000]

MY FAVORITE MOVIE!!!!!

[@Jennifervz5jl]

Brilliant actor sally field legend 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@369jbird]

"Knock her lights out!!!!!" LOL

[@MissOne]

I hope she won an Oscar or something. 😢😢😢😢❤

[@allesasmart]

Best Actress Ever!