Fans of Steel Magnolias should give this one a look. All the casting is just about perfect, and the story moves forward without a single dull moment or false note. The women (Dench, Caron, Dukakis, Laine, Whitelaw, Whitfield, Sims, et al) are all fun to watch -- and Ian Holm does a fine job as the aging Lothario. And, by the way, the jazz and swing music that forms the backbone of the story is terrific -- expecially the finale with Cleo Laine cutting loose as only she can.
Review of The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
(2000 TV Movie)
A great sentimental (but not too weepy) ensemble piece, with great music to boot
16 December 2002