Eric Roberts has shared his brutal opinion of his sister Julia Roberts’s early role in Steel Magnolias arguing that her performance did not hold up in the movie. The 1989 romcom adapted from Robert Harling’s stage play about a group of Southern women who come together following the loss of one of their own starred Julia alongside Sally Field,

"They all chewed a lot of scenery, and we know that if an actor cries on film, they go to the top of the class. They get the Oscar nod because crying gets a lot of credit," the actor wrote.

Julia Roberts might be an A-list movie star, but her big brother, Eric Roberts, continues to try to keep her humble. "Julia was good in Mystic Pizza, great in Pretty Woman, but not so much in Steel Magnolias,

Eric Roberts has a bone to pick with these flowers. The 68-year-old, who is Julia Roberts‘ older brother, shared that he’s not a fan of one of her most critically acclaimed movies, “Steel Magnolias.” In his memoir “Runaway Train: Or the Story of My Life So Far,